# 2010 Toyota Matrix - Blue and white smoke

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-toyota-matrix-blue-and-white-smoke/171482>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [October 22, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-toyota-matrix-blue-and-white-smoke/171482 "2020-10-22T22:56:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jack44](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jack44](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jack44)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-toyota-matrix-blue-and-white-smoke/171482/1 "2020-10-22T22:56:46Z")

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blowing bluish white smoke and increases when accelerating on flat and uphill

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**Author:** ![ledhed75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@ledhed75](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ledhed75)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-toyota-matrix-blue-and-white-smoke/171482/2 "2020-10-23T17:45:57Z")

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Sorry to hear that.

I’d guess your engine is on it’s way out. It’s burning oil, at the very least.

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**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-toyota-matrix-blue-and-white-smoke/171482/3 "2020-10-23T18:32:05Z")

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Check your oil and coolant levels often and top up if needed. An engine can last a long time even if it’s burning oil.

If you are losing coolant, that’s more serious and needs to be fixed, to prevent rapid catastrophic damage from overheating.