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Originally Posted by skipesk

Got a question for you Camry owners or past owners, mechanics etc.
Upon start up I get a fair amount of white smoke out the tail pipe of my 99 Camry? It's more visilbe now in the colder weather (live in S NJ). The vehicle does have 109K miles on it, I'm not sure if this is par for the course, or not. I did just do my first oil chg since buying it, and it was a little more than a half a quart low, since I didn't previously change it , I'm not really sure how many miles since the last chg? Needed a establish a starting base with this vehicle. Do any of you out there have the same experience? Is there anyway I could lessen the output by maybe adding some slick 50, or maybe Lucas oil additive my next change, or changes? Appreciate any of your thoughts or comments, suggestions thank you.
Rock on

Skip

You might want to check to make sure you don't have any sludge build up in the engine. You can do this by removing the valve cover gasket. If there is no sludge present you can get away with just putting valve stem seals in it. They will more than likely need to be replaced no matter what condition the engine is in. If you have engine sludge present you might contact your dealer they do have some assistance through Toyota on certain vehicles, the Camry is one however they only provide assistance on vehicle that the in service date is 8 years or newer. Let us know how it goes and good luck.