Toyota corrola 4 cylinder engine is smoking bad and misses awfull cant afford to put oil in it every day the smoke is white smells like oil and gas

Asked by Dwayne12673 Oct 07, 2017 at 10:41 PM about the 2001 Toyota Corolla LE

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

The motor smokes all the time
now real bad would it be cheaper
to rebuild the motor or buy
another car and is this caused by
the piston rings being broke the
smoke is white

2 Answers

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You could look into an engine swap, as opposed to rebuilding the one you have. Both options have their pros and cons. Otherwise write this car off and get something else, you could easily dump a lot more money into this one than it's worth.

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you can get another Corolla, owned by an old lady, with low miles for $1500- just hunt carefully- you will get the holy grail: a Toyota that will run for the next 10 years- this is a lot cheaper and a lot less hassle than fixing that one-

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