Tacoma died on freeway puffs of white smoke coming from exhaust with gas smell

[kefferjoe]

I was driving down the freeway and the truck suddenly went into limp mode and the dash lit up. The truck had issues idling and there were puffs of white smoke coming from the exhaust and smelled like gasoline. The vehicle diagnostic indicated electrical failure of some sort. Had it towed to the dealership but was curious if anyone else has experienced this. 2024 Tacoma non hybrid 28k miles. Does have K&N intake.

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[gmalkmus]

Never heard of that happening before, terrible luck I’m sorry! Is it a manual? Uphill in a high gear giving it a lot of gas?

 

[maxx075]

Prepare yourself for them trying to deny warranty because of that intake.

 

[kefferjoe]

Never heard of that happening before, terrible luck I’m sorry! Is it a manual? Uphill in a high gear giving it a lot of gas?

Uphill so was giving it a good amount of gas.

preliminary results showed a lot of fuel in cylinder 3. So possibly a bad injector or bad valve.

Toyota gave me a rental for at least a week and assured me this will be covered under warranty

 

[Will721]

Not as common in gas as diesel due to pressure differences, but direct injection injectors typically have replaceable tips do to a combination of high cylinder and rail pressures. They function like an needle and seat. They are prone to hanging open or even dropping the tip into a cylinder.

Just a shot in the dark, but if I had to guess one of the injectors in the DI system hung open and flooded the engine. Possible it hydro locked.

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