My camry is acting crazy. help?

[trdboy15]

Hi I own a 99 camry V6 with 52 k on it and the car is hesitating alot and it seems like the car is gonna die. There is a smell that never came out of my car before. There is no smoke coming out of the muffler but the smell seems like burning coolant or oil. I checked the coolant resevoir and there is a top layer of oil inside. I don't have any extensive mods on my car intake and muffler.Do any of u guys no anything about this? Thanks for all your help

John

ps do any of u guys know the powertrain warranty on toyotas? I didn't get the extended warranty.

[88 LE]

Originally posted by trdboy15
There is no smoke coming out of the muffler but the smell seems like burning coolant or oil. I checked the coolant resevoir and there is a top layer of oil inside.

You have a blown headgasket / headgaskets.

[trdboy15]

Hey 88le, i kinda figured cause i asked my friends about it and they said the same thing. Anyone have this kind of problem with their camry? Could u please tell me how much it costs to fix this problem? Warranty wise does anyone work at toyota? thank you

john

[rated_w]

it's only 52k .. bring it in.. replacing the headgasket can be costly (it cost me 500 dollars to do a headgasket on a bonneville without labor).. it should be covered by warrenty.. I think.. but I dunno..

[trdboy15]

hey thanx for the reply rated w. Yeah im gonna take it in on monday. Isn't the headgasket part of the powertrain? I think my car is still good for the 5yr/60k warranty on powertrain.

[brink]

Are you the original owner? They may give you grief if you're not. I'd say it should still be covered under the 60k powertrain, but Toyota may say that the warranty is non-transferrable. Good luck!

[trdboy15]

Hey thanks Brink, yes I am the original owner, should i swap all of my modifications out just to make sure they don't say anything? like rims intake trd muffler?
thanks

john

[']['R][) camry]

Originally posted by trdboy15
Hey thanks Brink, yes I am the original owner, should i swap all of my modifications out just to make sure they don't say anything? like rims intake trd muffler?
thanks

john

those are all fine... if you had an NOS kit or something you should take that out.. but other then that.. intake and muffler are fine

[trdboy15]

Hey thanx TRD camry, does anyone know how long this could take because I need this car to commute. Would toyota supply me with a rental, cause I didn't expect this to happen. well thanks for your help guys. post more if u can.

john