Q: I juct got a valve cover gasket replacement and now my car is smoking from tailpipe bad i have a 1999 toyota solara sle

asked by on March 05, 2018

Yes i took my car in and got valve cover gasket replacement. Now that got it back it smoking from the tailpipe and when i accelerate it smoke even more.

My car has 242966 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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