White smoke and wont start - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

kelley5795 · 12-16-2011, 01:11 PM

1998 Toyota Camry 4c, I was exiting the freeway and came to a stop and it started to white smoke and died and started back up and it never did heat up and it had a rough idle, after leaving it off for 30 mins it won't start and when I try to start it i smell alot of gas out of the tailpipe could the injecter cap blew off???
a sensor gone out?

Please help

***BMR*** · 12-16-2011, 01:45 PM

Did the white smoke smell kinda sweet?... That's indicative of a head gasket failure; coolant leaking into a combustion chamber.

***JohnGD*** · 12-16-2011, 01:56 PM

Yeah, either flooded cylinders or blown head gasket.

With the engine cold, remove and inspect the spark plugs. Exercise fuel related precautions. Also (cold engine) inspect the coolant level in the radiator (not just the reservoir).