Mine is actually a 2azfe, my tablet had an error where I couldn't see what I was typing so I'm not sure if I just posted or not but I could to see and it was filled with typos and I'm not sure if I pressed send or not. Regardless, disregard that. So is it Blowby or the valve stem seals and is this a major problem or no and would a high mileage oil be able to fix this?
On an unrelated note, I go to Detroit often now and there's often a lot of empty parallel parking spots where there's broken glass or shattered beer bottle glass. Is thst bad for your tire and would cause a flat? During the day, you can see it, but it can be hard to locate these glass shards at night so what if I accidentally parallel park at a location where there are these glass shards? Will it hurt or no or definitely cause a flat?
I got my windshield fixed by safelite and they told me their glass doesn't cause flats, but what about beer bottle glass or window class in houses? Or are standard non run flat tires unable to put up with the glass shards?
Is this smoke on startup a major problem and would likely cause a head gasket to fail or am I fine with its, the car drives like it used to and drives better than some new cars as I drove that rogue of my family members and in all honesty, the camry drove and felt better!
I also heard the camry's problem may be the valve seals, should a mechanic inspect it or how can you inspect it? will maxlife or high mileage oil fix this?
i dind't have the smoke on startup until i switched it to synthetic last year on the car at 145k miles but i have historically used synthetic blend in the car too at my tire place
and another time 2 years ago,the car smoked on startup but that was due to the valve cover gastket going bad an a minor oil leak
i don't notice any oil leaks or low oil level,so is this the valve seals? if you need work on that, is it expensive or major or not really? i heard it's ok in the short term but the smoke on startup won't be good for the long term and i'm trying to drive this car till 2025 with 300k miles (twice it's current age, or about twice, and its mileage)