Does your Camry blow blue smoke when you start it up? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

BlueFusion6851 · 10-18-2005, 09:42 PM

This is a Poll for ALL Camry owners, Gen1-Gen5.5, does your camry blow blue smoke when you start it at all? What Generation, When (i.e. Cold Engine, After waiting a couple hours, or Every time) This should be fun and informative for all of us.

Happy Polling

For Added Info, please state what engine type you have also

Mine: Gen3 3VZ-FE: Yes, After waiting a couple hours, and every morning, i am greeted with that lovely smell...

leasaunce · 10-18-2005, 09:46 PM

nope not for my GEN 4. All i get sometimes whiteish smoke for 10sec then its gone

BLUE SMOKE

Mayne Event · 10-18-2005, 09:50 PM

mine blows very LIGHT blue smoke for a second but thats very common, blue is just richness is your AF ratios. It doesent really mean much, if your car has been sitting you can have some excess fuel needing burned off.

95WhiteCamry · 10-18-2005, 09:51 PM

gen 3.5 5S-FE, smokes almost always but goes away soon after. more like darkisk smoke too, i think i'm burning oil at start-ups.

RichieRichJP · 10-18-2005, 10:00 PM

Gen 3.5 5SFE, after removing and painting my valve cover (not replacing any seals) it started doing it. It's kind of blueish for only 2-3 secs then goes away.

Bill in SC · 10-18-2005, 10:05 PM

If your Camry, or any other vehicle is producing blue smoke at startup, and no other time, that's a pretty good indicator of needing valve seal replacement..
Bill in SC

HoboJoe · 10-18-2005, 11:43 PM

My gen3 3vz will once in a while blow blue smoke, but not at every start up.

Cyorke · 10-19-2005, 10:11 AM

NO smoke here on 94 V6 with 78k miles. 1MZ-FE engine

95camguy · 10-19-2005, 10:16 AM

no smoke on my 95 v6(1mz) with 148,000 miles

toyboyracer · 10-19-2005, 10:30 AM

HELL NO !

Not @ 156 kms/97 k miles

terrastrife · 10-19-2005, 10:43 AM

blue smoke? i look after my car thank you!

3vzfe with 250k km

***ASG14*** · 10-19-2005, 10:50 AM

I just get white smoke, which is normal. '96 1MZ-FE 75k miles

My old '92 5SFE with 190k miles did not either, nor does my dads '96 5SFE Wagon with 95k miles.

My dad's 3 old Gen 2's smoked blue like a MOFO though when they got up in milage.

And if my mom's Gen 5.5 Camry starts smoking, I'll be worried!

***BLUEMEANIE*** · 10-19-2005, 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill in SC

If your Camry, or any other vehicle is producing blue smoke at startup, and no other time, that's a pretty good indicator of needing valve seal replacement..
Bill in SC

yup. leaky valve seals.