broke something... now car smokes - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

fe519 · 10-20-2003, 01:14 AM

i posted recently but now I got pictures. Can someone tell me what the highlighted yellow arrow in the picture is? Im guessing it is the pcv valve but when I broke it, I wasnt certain that it is. anyways, my car now smokes really bad... not a good sight. Can someone confirm it is the pcv valve or if not, tell me what this plug is? its a 98 camry v6. thanks for your help.

Nick · 10-20-2003, 01:16 AM

where's the pic?

what colour's the smoke? is it coming from the exhaust or from the broken valve?

fe519 · 10-20-2003, 01:22 AM

fe519 · 10-20-2003, 01:23 AM

sorry, i never uploaded pictures before. Can someone show me how to automatically show the pictures from this post? I uploaded my pics to imagestation

Nick · 10-20-2003, 01:25 AM

omg that pic was huge, i took that out

the only yellow i see on there is that spring behind the diagnostic port

fe519 · 10-20-2003, 01:27 AM

hey oldman, how did you make it show up like a automatic picture, like from this post? do you have to upload to your album or something and where do you get the image link?

Nick · 10-20-2003, 01:29 AM

yeah, that's a pcv valve, but i'm not sure how it could make your car smoke that much

again, what colour is the smoke? if you're getting lots of blow by it might be blowing lots of oil into the intake

fe519 · 10-20-2003, 01:32 AM

well, a long story short, i needed to change the pcv valve. i tried taking that off, but the cap broke off. there was a spring and a tiny rod in the middle... and it fell out and i never found the rod. I just plugged it back in without the rod and the spring. the smoke seems to be whiteish, a little gray maybe. i cant really tell. i drove it around today, do you think that will cause any damage to the car? the smoke tends to be really heavy during startups, like maybe from a red light or stop sign. i appreciate all the help.

Nick · 10-20-2003, 01:34 AM

well replace the valve as soon as possible, hopefully you didn't drop anything in there

brink · 10-20-2003, 08:32 AM

Well, the PCV valve is supposed to be a one-way valve activated by pressure in the valve cover; so it seems to me if you lost the actual valve mechanism you're now getting just a straight shot of intake manifold gasses into the valve area, as well as valve gasses (maybe oil) into the intake area, all depending on where there's more pressure. I'd get a new one quick.