93 XLE V6 white smoke

[sbushnak]

Good day all

Sometimes when driving, does not matter if cold or hot, I can see some white smoke coming out from under the hood.

I opened the hood to see from where the smoke is coming out, it is shown in the attached picture.

It smokes for a bit and then disappears but some days it will smoke for 5-10 minutes and then stops.

Any ides why is it smoking?

Car has 134K miles

Thanks

[bigbird]

that may be a leak at the water pump. can u get a little more specific abotu where it commmin from. lreave the engine running for a while and trace the origin of the smoke

[Unco]

also, can you see any drip marks under the car? it could be the power steering high pressure hose or maybe a rocker cover gasket. try turning the steering wheel lock to lock (with the engine running, of course) and see if the smoke shows up.

[ghettosled]

where do the coolent lines connect to the heater core? are they over there?
(i cant remember off hand where they are routed on the camry)

[sbushnak]

Well after driving today the car didn't smoke anything. it might be from the water pump. it is due to be replaced within the next 10K miles.

I will drive tomorrow and see if it smokes again

[sbushnak]

Well my car didn't smoke until today when my brother drove the car. When I opened the hood to check it out, it was already too late. the smoke was gone. But I might have found something.

I saw some fluid on the serpentine belt, not the alternator one, the drive belt in the back.

I couldn't reach it because it was tight in there.

Any ideas?

[Eye8Pussies]

sounds like a water pump

an oil leak would leave drips on the ground since it won't evaporate/burn fast enough

[sbushnak]

Thanks for your replies. It seems the water pump needs to be replaced. Yesterday after the car finally smoked a little, I took it directly to my mechanic and confirmed that.