Rav4 white smoke from exhaust

One cause of white smoke from the exhaust might be the engine leaking coolant. If the engine leaks coolant , it will be burned by the heat of the engine and then come out as smoke from the exhaust. A problem with antifreeze might also be causing white smoke to come from the exhaust.

I stopped asap and turned the engine off, I started back up to move yds to a safer place, with more white smoke and fumes coming from the exhaust. RavSmoking - Help - Rav Club - Toyota Owners. White Exhaust Smoke - ? If your engine is spewing white smoke.

The Toyota RAVand Honda CR-V were two of the first compact crossovers. The engine revs at this time and neither smokes nor revs the rest of the day. It does not smell like oil it seems strange. My question is: Is the Automatic Transmission connected at all to the engine through a valve of sorts?

This will cause white smoke , along with the idle issue. Water dripping from the exhaust pipe is normal when the engine hasn’t warmed completely up. Its not normal on any of the cars I’ve driven after driving minutes. That amount of white smoke wouldn’t be normal on any of my cars either, after driving minutes. Here’s the test you need to do: Is it loosing any coolant?

Here are some of the most common things that cause it broken down by smoke thickness. Keep in mind that some smoke is completely normal at times. When you fist start your vehicle (espescially in colder climates) white smoke is normal until the engine warms up. Bad Fuel Injector(s) A bad fuel injector can dump too much fuel into the combustion chamber.

Toyota RAVSmoke from engine or exhaust Inspection costs between $and $on average. The parts and labor required for this service are. It could be moisture in exhaust but if a white smoke is there check oil when drained to see if water is present. The combination of the coolant and engine oil will create a milky appearance in the smoke. All it takes is for just a little bit of coolant to get into the combustion chamber for white smoke to be produced.

My Toyota puts out a puff of white smoke from the exhaust when started. It only does if the car has sat idle for a few hours ie overnight. When a car blows white smoke , check the engine oil dipstick and oil. Our Avalon with 270k plus has started blowing white smoke out the exhaust.

Very heavy at start up and slightly on acceleration from a stop. This is generally steam caused by condensation. As the engine warms up and the condensation dissipates the white exhaust smoke (steam) is no longer seen.

The white smoke from the exhaust means that the engine oil is leaking into the combustion chamber where the petrol burns. Hence the engine is now burning engine oil along with petrol. The burning engine oil produces a white smoke.

Just came across this conversation, after googling white smoke coming out of my exhaust , not even mentioning what car, and this was at the top of my search.