Smoking While on a Incline

Bahaha, "wheres the smoke coming from"......................."somewhere near the truck"

 

Negative, and I was in it at the slab.

 

Ole scotty, being of no use as always.

 

I did not. But I was not close enough to smell anything.

 

Hahah, I thought that sounded like the Scotter

 

I just watched the vid and that looks like oil not coolant. Coolant is white, not grey.

 

I've seen/known white smoke to also be "lack" of fuel. I know that's a symptom on the 5.9l cummins that the lift pump is going out. Loss of power is also an indacotor of no fuel... common sense I know but with this forum you can't be too sure.

 

And it was me calling to him over the radio lol

 

I am thinking it's oil as well, I find it funny that the level is not low.

 

hope toyota can fix this, but you gonna have to show proof, and they might not like the hardcore stuff you doing

 

I was unsure if that color constituted as white or grey. lol

 

It was white at the slab. It looked blueish at chocco.

 

I am going to try and mimic it on a really steep paved road.

 

You've checked transmission fluid levels?

It often burns white.

I'm unsure on these new fangled rigs if there is any physical connection that would allow transmission fluid to get sucked into the motor. But on older vehicles it was a sign of a failed vacuum modulator. I suppose those don't exist with all the electronic stuff, but maybe someone can confirm that, like @gearcruncher ?

Just a random thought in the midst of this weirdness.

Keep us posted what you find!

 

We have a contingency.

 

Do you have a manual tranny? It could be the clutch or the tourque converter in an auto tranny brunning fluid off and out a vent tube. If it was the clutch burning you would definatly have smelled it, burning clutch really stinks. Burning ATF isn't that bad.

 

@stronghammer should know a good paved spot

 

It has to be an over oiling problem not an under oiling problem, so with the truck sitting on an incline the oil is trapped at the top of the motor and has nowhere to go, so it leaks past the valve guide seals and smokes terrible for a few minutes. It doesn't start right away or just on a little hill because it doesn't have time to build up. he was sitting on that incline for a while which allows the oil to keep pumping and getting trapped in the top back half of the motor until it has nowhere to go but leak through the valve guide seals.

 

I have not! I will go do that right now. I will be keeping the OP updated and hope to post a resolution there.

It is a automatic.

Do you suggest a oil change and make sure the level is right? It is dead center of the 2 notches on the dip stick right now.

 

Love the logic, but would be a lousy design for an off road vehicle. Kinda like old OHC 6 Pontiacs with one return hole. When it clogged up the HLAs would go flat!