recently bought 94 camry 3.0 dual cam v6 with 140k miles; ac works great, heater works wonderful, trans wonderful (auto), power almost up to par with my talon tsi and 96 3000gt vr4... just have one problem, it smokes constantly once she heats up! i thought it was burning out at first, but after periodically checking the oil level she proved me wrong, then i thought it was the thermostat so i went through all the wonderful t, cursefilled time it took to yank that damn thing out...i then refilled the system and well it still smokes... the thing is i can drive it for hours and it wont over heat or lose power... i don't get it. i changed oil, air filter, thermostat, oil filter, tranny flush and fill...what is going on with the white smoke from the back of the engine? the engine sounds great and it ain;t thehead gasket far as i can tell...please any help would be appreciated greatly!

 

Smell the smoke and determine if it smells like oil, water or gasoline.

Has the coolant level in the coolant over flow tank or brake fluid reservoir dropped?

 

well i can't figure out what it smells like...but i can say that the resevoir isn't overflowing, the oil level is always at full, the trans fluid is always full, and it get absolutely great gas milage with no sign of it burning excess gas becasue i can still drive just as far on the same amount of fuel as usual...i just bought some gunk engine cleaner and sprayed where that was dirt and gunk on the engine and undercarriage and i don't see any new leaks or gunk build up...seriouly now... i just don't get it... I thought it may even be like a nest or something burning in there and i looked hard but i just don't know where else to look...you think it could be in like the cabin filters like a mouse nest? idk...

ps sorry it took so long to answer i was working 24hr shifts with only 12hrs off...killer...military life can suck

 

Im on board with toyo, check antifreeze levels.

 

probally cracked head or something of that nature that is allowing antifreeze to get in

 

im leaning towards head gasket too!! sounds ALOT like head gasket. epically since it really starts ne the t-stat opens and the water pump starts moving coolant around..