Mayday Mayday Taco coming in hot......

09 base 2.7 2wd auto 207k: Symptons hard rough start shaky for a minute then idles down normal never did that before...Today it blew out alot of white smoke out the exhaust. Upon cheking fluids i see oil & tranny dipstick normal color. The coolant reservoir is contaminated with oil & i can see red residue on oil cap.( Tranny shifts fine at this point.) Pictures of coolant reservoir, red tranny fluid and oil dipstick. Anyone gone thru this ? What was the solition ?

 

head gasket gone. That sucks

 

Yup

 

I would drain the oil and put it in a glass bottle to see how it settles ( water / oil ).
Do the same for the transmission fluid and coolant.

Get the head gasket tested to see if it is blown or not. ( It does sound like it may be ).

It also may be that the radiator heat exchanger for the transmission fluid is compromised and allowing crossover between the coolant and transmission fluid.

 

get a compression check done. will verify head gasket..

 

Ouch, sorry OP.

 

Chemical block test

 

Compresion check revealed a head gasket failure. $$$$$$ on the positive for now......the truck never overheated and the tranny fluid level is as it should be and not contaminated. So im in the hole a couple grand or 22hours and 120$ in parts. I got the same 22hours from 3 diffrent shops & a coworker who uses the same repair app for his shop. I would let him repair it but we both work 55hrs & I wouldnt get my truck for a week and a half. Sigh.....

 

It's a big job. Be wary of shops that offer to do it for less than the allotted time, they'll likely be cutting corners

 

Reminds me of this.

 

$120 in parts sounds very low.

 

At this point Im still in the hole for alot of coin. 220 320 420 eitherway lol.

 

When I did the head myself it was ~$250 for the Toyota gasket kit, $427 for the local head shop to work through the head (and fix my burnt valve), and then I replaced all cooling system parts too , don’t remember how much that added.

 

At this point, take a step back and enjoy some 420.