4afe smokes when starts?wth?

[toyotaboyfreak]

my 1990 corolla 4afe smokes when i start it and takes 2 tries to start it, what's wrong???here's a video of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKLR-DsNJzE

[Rookie_One]

white smoke.....look like a head gasket

[retiredat44]

does it use oil? how much/ how often?

I can't tell the color in the video..

does the water drop int he radiator? how often/How much?

Are the spark plugs porcelin the wrong color? have oil on them?

lots of variables here...

[ae924afdx]

look like valve stem seals... OIL... weird in a 4af ..

[toyotaboyfreak]

thats what i thought too, but i have to make sure

[Flashmn]

Might be normal condensation and moisture in the exhaust pipe.

Man you guys really expect the worst.

[freakinbox]

thats alot of smoke for condensation lol. Thats worse that my car, but mines blue so I know it's oil, I also figure valve stem seals since these cars are hitting 19 and 18 years old! but on your car I am also thinking possible head gasket, only if your going through coolant and oil like crazy!

[toyotaboyfreak]

no it doesnt use that much coolant

[Flashmn]

thats alot of smoke for condensation lol.

You should see my E-class mercedes :P

[freakinbox]

still, mine needs a headgasket and valve seals and smokes less than that, and you want t to talk about condensation in the exhaust in the morning when I get off work at 7:15 am :p, actually in the morning it doesn't seem to smoke that much since I guess the cold tightens everything up.