2001 Toyota Avalon Given Avalon Person Someone Put Sugsr Tank Car Starts

2001 TOYOTA AVALON
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I WAS GIVEN A 2001 AVALON, PERSON SAID SOMEONE PUT SUGSR IN TANK. CAR STARTS, HAS WHITE SMOKE AND WILL NOT STAY IDLING WITHOUT ME PRESSING ACCELERATOR. WHAT SHOULD BE THE FIRST THING I SHOULD DO I DONT THINK IT WAS SUGAR I THINK IT JUST SAT UP FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME NO CODES STORED IN MODULE
Nov 3, 2012 at 8:36 PM
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Have it checked for a leaking head gasket. Your mechanic will draw air from the radiator through a glass cylinder with two chambers partially-filled with a special dark blue liquid. If combustion gases are present that liquid will turn bright yellow. With a head gasket leak, coolant can leak into a cylinder where it is burned. The classic symptom is white smoke from the tail pipe.
Nov 3, 2012 at 9:24 PM
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