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Old Aug 19, 2018 | 05:53 PM
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Default Smoke coming from under car, (driver side )

When you step outside the car you can feel the heat, and sometimes see the smoke, I was able to see where it was coming from, anyone know what this is?
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Old Aug 19, 2018 | 06:20 PM
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Year of LS? How many miles? Does it drip oil on the floor? How is the brake fluid level? That lower cover is pretty saturated with fluid

Initial thoughts:
Valve cover gasket is allowing oil to run down and onto the exhaust.
Brake master cylinder-reservoir is leaking and this is brake fluid.

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1999, 300K. Yes it drips oil, the valve cover thing was also mentioned by my father, im gonna have it proffesionally looked at, thanks for input, I’ll come back when I hear what the Lexus tech says
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Old Aug 19, 2018 | 08:35 PM
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oil and brake fluid smell different so it should be easy to tell what it is.
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