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My truck keeps smoking after short trips for some apparen...


My truck keeps smoking after short trips for some apparent reason Mechanic's Assistant: How many miles are on the car? Have you been losing oil or [coolant](/topics-coolant-nissan/)? Yes I have Mechanic's Assistant:</...

My truck keeps smoking after short trips for some apparent reason Mechanic's Assistant: How many miles are on the car? Have you been losing oil or [coolant](/topics-coolant-nissan/)? Yes I have Mechanic's Assistant: What is the make/model/year of your car? 2001 Nissan [frontier](/topics-frontier/) Mechanic's Assistant: Are you fixing your Frontier yourself? What have you tried so far? Nothing yet, in the past it used to smoke some but now it’s doing it much quicker Mechanic's Assistant: Anything else you want the Mechanic to know before I connect you? It looks like my transmission is a little wet

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Roosevelt
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Hi! Roosevelt Hope I can help sorry to hear about your truck smoking after driving do you see the smoke out your exhaust or from under the truck ? let me know Thank you Roy! Just post back to me

Under the hood
Automotive Expert
Okay most likely you have a oil leak onto the exhaust system causing the smoke You could have valve cover leaking or rear seal also I would have it inspected to know for sure .

Ok so do you think that you can pin-point the problem
Automotive Expert
What I do is clean the engine drive the truck to see where its coming from

Thank you
Automotive Expert
Your welcome have a great day Thank you Roy!

Thank you sir
Automotive Expert
Thanks again !

Oh sir do you think that I could buy some sealer or something for it
Automotive Expert
Most likely going to need a new seal or gasket

Thank you so much
Automotive Expert
No problem

Your the bestGood day
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