Hey gearheads (!holla)
Normally I'm in my own little world during startup in the morning.
Finish drinking coffee, thinking bout school/work/randoms.
Then I see fog in my rearview on a clear day... hunh?
I start watching every time, and on cold cold days, it smokes on startup.
About a car sized fogbank for the first 5 seconds, then it runs clear.
It's only 135 on the clock. What am I in for? Valve stems worn and leaking oil
into the cyls when shutdown? Can't be rings already? Gaskets?
So actions? Ignore? Compression test? Screw it and race til dead?
Its the 2.2 fwiw.
Agent 99
valve stem seals. nothing to worry about. just stay on top of your oil. my ST does it to a much lesser extent at over 200k mi.
compression test will check the rings if ur worried
QUOTE"And, as always, your friendship, help, and dedication to the advancement of Texas Celica dominance is GREATLY appreciated. Thanks bro." -DEATH1994 GT:V6 swap, 5speed E53 W/ LSD, All Power, now RED1995 ST:SOLD @273k miles, Auto, all power, CarPC, White1994 ST:Totaled, 5spd, all power, RedRIP 07/09/09 @ 241,8101994 Lexus LS400:This is my new DD
Exactly^^ mine does the same...and leaks...its an oil whore lol.
Its a 10+ year old engine,its not gonna be perfect haha.
This post has been edited by SupraKid: Sep 30, 2010 - 8:04 PM
The 5S-FE does that. Nothing to worry about. Just check your oil every so often.
"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us touse the search button!2006 Aston Martin V8 Vantage.1998 Celica GT-BEAMSSwapped.2022 4Runner TRD Off Road Prenium.2021 GMC Sierra AT4.
Yeh, I pour a bunch of expensive Redline Oil into it...
some days it seems to take as much as my 2 stroke bike!
So, !thanks guys, just going to run it and not sweat it.
I love this little car, it's a keeper.
Just replace the valve seals and get a valve adjustment while your at it, its normal on high mileage engines but not something you should ignore.
"To Protect And To Serve The Wealthy" -POLICE
Mine smokes on start, too. Not as much as yours, though.
Like everybody says: stay on top of your oil and you should be fine.
Also, you can get bottle of Slick50. I was very skeptical about it but it works.
'94 ST
i dump a quart of lucas oil treatment in evry time i change my oil and it helps with the smoke problem ALOT
What colour is the smoke?
I have the EXACT same problem. You guys says it's the valves' seal? Mine has 140 kms on it.
This post has been edited by dudeofchaos: Oct 6, 2010 - 10:20 AM
Leaky valve stem seals are VERY common in 5S Toyotas. My MR2 does it as well.
1991 MR2 - T-tops - Crimson Red - Gen3 3SGTE - Lots of moneyI'm not really an asshole, but I play one on the internet.**** Photobucket
