The vehicle smoke

2011 TOYOTA COROLLA
200,000 MILES • 1.3L • 2WD • MANUAL
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JEREMIAH MATLOU
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One mechanic advise me to put brake fluid inside the spark plug hole and leave it for two days and crank the engine without spark plugs and the smoking problem maybe solved. As he suspect that the cause might be the buildup caused by nowadays petrol.
Oct 20, 2018 at 2:36 PM
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ASEMASTER6371
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Good evening.

That will have no effect on the carbon deposits.

To determine if it rings, I would do a wet and dry compression test. That is when you do a compression test on a cylinder and then add a small amount of oil. Then retest and see if it increases. do this to all cylinders.

If it is white smoke, you need to do a leak down test to see if it is a failed head gasket.

If it is black smoke it is running rich.

Roy

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/head-gasket-blown-test



Oct 20, 2018 at 3:06 PM
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