how to fix muffler smoke

Asked by Guru966692 Nov 06, 2022 at 03:37 AM about the 1994 Toyota Tercel 2 Dr STD Coupe

Question type: Shopping & Pricing

my toyota tercel 1994 blow smoke when engine cooling, and when accelerate
on first and second shift after light stop. I feel smoke inside my car. my car is a
standard transmission

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That poor little car is thirty years old and the engine's probably just telling you that it's worn out. In a couple hundred thousand miles, engines get loose and oil moves through rings and seals and exits the car as black to gray smoke out the exhaust..... A lot of people just live with this until the engine dies. You could do that or just have a mechanic diagnose this and tell you you need a rebuild. You probably won't be able to find a used engine that will improve on this condition, so it'll take about three grand to fix, which is a grand more than the car's worth.

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