earthgirl424

If anyone can help me!!!!!

I live in Calgary and my truck stalled out yesterday, luckily in front of my house. I thought it sounded like it was dying cause I was running out of gas but then I got gas and it still sounded terrible. I tried to turn it over after a lil while to hear what it sounded like but it had an even harder time starting after that.

Any ideas? It's been leaking something over the past week as well.

thanks for any help!!!!!

dirtoyboy

What is it leaking?

What have you tried to fix it? Does it start at all?

swaycleveland

id start with vacum lines! make sure all are plugged in and not leaking ! easy way to tell if you have a vaccum leak is to spray starting fuild on the lines if one leaks the engine will surge. toyotas are big on vacuum lines and will run like poop without them right ! start there and let us know what you find

earthgirl424

It's leaking oil and it starts but makes a pretty heavy banging sound.

bigt

is it a 22re?? or the 3.0 can you look in the rad see what color the coolant is and also check under the oil cap for moisture!

dirtoyboy

How much oil is it leaking? Is this a new leak?

Do you show oil on the dipstick?

bigt

*2 dirtboytoy.. LOW OIL will make your engine bang!
also your truck was driving fine then was kinda sputtering and died by your house not its running really bad???
has it been overheating latley?

tc

What engine and transmission?

Well, I'm usually the guy to suggest starting with the easy stuff ... but this sounds bad - like blown head gasket or spun bearing bad.

Check the coolant and oil. The coolant should look clean and clear, nice green (could be other colors depending on the type of coolant). The oil should look, like, well, oil. If either is foamy, cloudy, or looks like a milkshake, that's probably headgasket bad.

How much oil has it been leaking? Did the level get really low? Have you been 4wheeling it and damaged the oil pan? That would lead me to bearing bad.

I hope it's not either of those, because they are expensive and time consuming to fix ...

swaycleveland

yeah forget the vac line im with TC on the something major idea

earthgirl424

ok . . . . . lol . . . i think this is bad. like really bad. i just put in 5l of oil cause the dipstick was dry, let it sit,then started it a couple times. and then there was a bang and now it won't start at all.

bigt

what engine is it?

dirtoyboy

That sounds bad.....I would think the damage has been done already....

Your best bet is to get that to a mechanic ASAP. I wouldnt recommend trying to drive it

earthgirl424

and i haven't been overheating or off roading. i haven't even left the city since the ski hills closed down. the coolant isn't clean and actually there isn't much in there. and it's a 3.0. sigh, i think i am a bad truck owner.

bigt

nope those engines blow head gaskets.. go to toyota you may have never had a recall or atleast call them!..
there is a member or 2 from around calgary maybe they will chime in..and point you to a good garage

bad way to spend the long weekend!

earthgirl424

yeah, i would've preferred spending a few days camping in the mountains.

thanks for all your help!

bigt

seriously though call toyota because if the head gasket wasnt done you might get a new engine!

but i would get it looked at because it doesnt sound good..

earthgirl424

that would be sooooo incredible if i got a new engine for nada!!!!!

i emailed the toyota dealership around the corner from my house and also found a mechanic who might buy it off me. i'm going to guatemala for 7 months in a month so i really can't afford to drop any money on it. i don't wanna sell it but it's not even starting now.

bigt

yeah and when you get back look into a yota with a better engine!