2010 Camry 2.4 won't crank when hot
Hi,
I've looked through the forums but it seems
difficult to find exactly what I'm experiencing.
108,000 miles and this is one of those oil burning
Camrys. I go through a quart every few hundred
miles.
The car will not crank when hot. Starts strong
when cold.
Runs lean.
Some pink coolant gunk collecting near a hose on
driver's side of engine but coolant is not low.
Fans near radiator do not spin unless heat/ac is
being used (definitely a novice question, I don't
know if they should).
A little stutter starting when warm and not hot.
Hesitation when moving from a stop.
Plugs, coils, MAF and battery recently replaced.
Ground mounts cleaned.
Have NOT looked at throttle body or idle air control
yet.
A guy who was trying to sell me some fuel injector
treatment said my catalytic sounded like it might
be dead. He was a street mechanic, not someone
at a bona fide garage, so I don't know whether to
take that seriously. I'd take advice on the cat,
though, given this oil issue. I probably should have
been changing the oil more frequently when it
started consuming it but I didn't know better and
kept going 10k with synthetic oil.
Thanks for considering this issue!