tommy2tall

Hi All-

My wife has a 1996 SC400 with 48K miles. Maintained by Lexus dealer until warranty expired in 2000. Never had a problem. Changed oil every 3000 miles since 2000.

Coming home from a party last night the engine lost power and blue smoke coming from engine compartment. Cruising at freeway speed we pulled off and called fire department. The check engine light was on and temp guage was maxed. Fire dept opened the hood and sprayed the engine. No actual flames. I had kept the hood closed so as not to let it ignite. Engine wouldn't re-start.

AAA towed it to our home. I noticed oil on the bed of the tow truck. Still coolant in the reservoir.

This morning I checked the oil level with the dipstick. Normal. No real damage by the smoke. Engine still would't start, although it turned over.

Do any of you have a suggestion as to what happened? I can't tow it to a mechanic until tomorrow.

Thanks in advance, TTT

TWISTED II

maybe you should change the title to Smoke! since there wasn't any fire....but in any event. blue smoke, temp gauge maxed....my guess would be head gasket maybe.

BLK13X

Yeah, sounds like there's oil burning up somewhere (ie. the blue smoke)... hoping you haven't cracked the head or the block (very rare but it does happen. It happened on my friend's ES300 a few months ago and it finally cracked the head ).

O. L. T.

iTrader: (17)

Fixed the title for you.

It could have been electrical, fuel related, etc.... only a mechanic can say from here.

SPORTcoupe

iTrader: (2)

You said it wouldn't re-start, but does the engine crank over, or do you turn the key and nothing happens?

~Alan