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Eric, thank you very much for what you do. I have learned a lot and has given me the confidence to take on the task to work on my own car. I have a 1971 Toyota Corolla KE26 Wagon. I was driving it and heard a large noise, and smoke started to come out of the exhaust. I pulled over and thought I may have threw a valve. After pulling over and getting the car towed home, I found that the top end looked okay. I attempted to manually turn the engine and it stopped turning. There is not damaged to the outside of the engine. Besides my suspicion of a thrown rod, what else could I have run into?
So it turns out that the engine is a 4K 1.3L vs the 3K 1.2L I thought it had. Not that it has anything to do with this issue. I ended up confirming it by looking at the block. But back to the leak, it turns out that this engine have spark plug tubes, which have tube seals.
So I’ve been told! Willing to sacrifice a little blood offering, haha. Will definitely be picking up some New Skin Liquid Bandage! If I’m really lucky it’s just a loose plug. That will be my hope. I picked up this car as a restore project so I’m getting what I asked for. It’s not in bad shape at all. Body is straight, minor rust in typical spots (lower fenders on both sides).
Thank you for your reply! I really appreciate it very much. I haven’t had the opportunity to pull the spark plug yet. I’ve been busier than normal with work. I’m new to working on cars and this is the perfect opportunity for me because this is my first project car. I’ve been watching many of EricTheCarGuy’s videos. I was also going to perform a compression check across all just to be sure.
