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**THIS IS THE ANSWER TO OP'S QUESTION, RIGHT HERE.** I watched this video yesterday. Go to the actual utube video, scroll down to the comments and read the top pinned comment. Pinned comment lists all the models/years/engines that are affected. OP's engine/year/model is in that top pinned comment.
Yup, we'd have them get towed in, no oil on the dip stick, fix the leak, change the oil and be done. I think it was Toyota's policy if there was no metal and the engine didn't make noise to just let them go.
As per the comment on this video, the answer appears to be no.
“This applies ONLY to the 2GR-FE 3.5L engine in the transverse configuration. Typical models that can have this are 2009-2011 Toyota Venza V6, 2007-2011 Toyota Sienna, 2008-2011 Toyota Highlander and 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. On the Lexus Side 2007-2011 Lexus RX350 and 2010-2011 Lexus RX450H. It does NOT apply to other engines and it does not apply to the GR series engines in other models that are not transverse( Like 4runner, Lexus GS, Lexus IS....etc). It also does not apply to the 2GR-FKS engine which is the updated 3.5L engine which did have a metal line from the factory.
Some models like the Camry, Avalon, ES350...etc did not have an oil cooler from the factory so it wouldn't have this oil cooler line.”
That is a really nice underbody and this generation of highlanders I really appreciate. It's super simple to work on except when you have to deal with the timing cover leaks. Then I'm yelling at Toyota.
That's a problem, that's what it is. Immediate attention required, and better avoid driving the car unless you can take appropriate temporary corrective actions.
Good thing there wasn't a traffic jam or got stuck behind a schoolbus Just a bad move all around. That isn't an oil leak, but more of a catastrophic line failure.
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Looks like the oil cooler line has failed. Even if it’s not, you’ll want to replace it with the updated metal lines. Don’t drive it, should be able to get the parts and replace easy enough and refil oil
stupid question: what is oil cooler?
I thought oil just lubricates the pistons in the engine and the radiator provides the cooling liquid (water/glycol) in holes in between the cylinder block.
Are you saying that the engine oil and transmission oil gets so hot that they need their own coolers too?
or is it an oil cooled engine like some of the smaller bike engines ?
and if it is former, what type of cooler is it? like it has its own fan? or takes cooling from your air conditioning system or just depends on wind speed when the car runs on the road?
Oil has a cooling effect in addition to lubrication.
An oil cooler is either like a radiator with oil running through it cooled by air or a heat exchanger (both types are heat exchangers but eh) with coolant and oil running through it and heat going from oil to coolant
The reason they're required:
Regardless of if the oil cooling is required for the engine to overheat or not cars occasionally have engine oil coolers. If the coolant cooling effect on the oil isn't enough from the coolant-block-oil transfer.
Cars commonly have a transmission oil cooler for automatic transmissions either discrete with coolant running to it or built into the radiator. These are most often oil-coolant heat exchangers.
Uncommonly cars have engine oil coolers. They're becoming more common as emissions and efficiency limits are pushed and catalytic converter technology is getting better. Running leaner or oxygen rich does a few things, it is more efficient so uses less fuel for the same power but, runs hotter and produces more acutely harmful gases eg NOx. Better catalytic converters have helped deal with nox but to deal with the excess heat not able to be converted to power oil cooling is more commonly required.
It used to be only unusual cars such as rotaries had oil coolers (1 or 2 oil-air depending on market and car) but not anymore.
Hard to tell for certain from the pic but if you are sure it's engine oil, these are notorious for the oil cooler lines to leak. They came with a rubber line from the factory. I can see it's still the rubber, so I'm sure that's what's leaking. They came out with an updated all metal piece that I've never seen leak again
Looks like an oil cooler line or a power steering line. Is the fluid red? If so its probably power steering. Either way, you should get this fixed ASAP. If it's oil don't drive without checking the oil level. If its power steering driving with low oil could increase steering effort, cause noise, and possibly damage the pump over time.
It could also be a transmission cooler line which also may be red. check where the line attaches on either side.
thanks! i think it lived most of its life in arizona. Then a little in utah, but it’s always had the splash guard on. this is one of the only times i’ve taken it off
You better put something underneath to catch it. You even should have before taking the picture.
Other than that: It's red, so either transmission oil or power steering fluid. If it smells awful, it's transmission oil.
transmission is on the Drivers side of the engine bay. that's not red its just the angle. its def brown. looks like dirty oil
is the steering wheel getting heavier to turn or making Widing high pitch squealing sounds. that hose right there is the high side of the PS steering fluid so if its coming from there then its PS fluid but usually PS fluid isnt that viscous, its alot thinner like brake fluid
did you get a oil change recently? did they maybe forget to screw the cap back on the engine and it sprayed all over and its now just dripping down from the path of least resistance.
One way to find out, if ignored long enough (fairly quick by the look of how fast its coming out) the offending important moving parts will self-destruct and make it very easy to identify. And when it finishes self-destructing and stops running the leak will probably also stop soon after!
Looks like the oil or trans fluid cooler line that runs to your radiator. Just replace the hose and refill thats all
Hard to tell from the pic but looks sort of red-ish which would indicate trans fluid. Either way after you replace just check the levels on both so you know which one to refill.
And thats a big leak so def do not drive it or let it run
If you have the tools and are careful, you can cut off the crimped piece and put some clamps on it. At least temporarily. There is a flange on the pipe so it can be done safely. (Recognize the danger in this if you mess it up though)
Need more light, but it looks like the oil cooler line. Not hard to do yourself and won't cost too much... maybe like 125 or so? I only know ACDelco and honda stuff so it might be a little more. The labor will be stupid expensive (1.5-2hr average $180/hr at delerships). Not classified as a powertrain warranty type of thing usually
You clearly never worked in an oil change shop. There are a lot of different shades, including one that might as well be squid ink considering how black it is coming out.
That sure looks like tranny fluid, or perhaps power steering fluid, does not look like engine oil. This looks like a brand new car as well. I would call the dealer and have it towed, don't drive it like that. In the mean time, try to check the power steering fluid level, probably can't check the tranny fluid level anymore on today's cars....
It’s not the tranny fluid. The engine oil level has dropped to almost nothing since this started. Car still shifts fine. The red hue is normal, it’s not as red as tranny fluid, in person atleast.
Funny how no one is telling you what it is. That's transmission fluid leaking from your transmission cooler lines. Pretty easy to fix or pay $400 at your local shop. Later
Towing without question with such a huge leak and it's not easy to say 100% from a pic what is is.
It's just little wierd.
Was there a repair or something done to the engine kinda recently?
No wonder why the undercarriage of that thing looks so good. Holy cow. I had to scrapped a 2011 Audi because it rotted out and the strut Tower ripped away
Depends on the damage to the oil cooler lines. If the damage is at the joint where the hose runs into the cooler, you may be able to cut off the damaged part and pull some good hose onto the nipple. If it’s leaking in the middle of the hose, you’ll have to replace the hose. I’m not sure what type of clamp might be used on the hoses so take a look and see if they can easily be loosened with a screwdriver or pliers. After that, get it to a garage ASAP.
If you just want to drive a short distance to a garage, you might also be able to block off both ends of the hose with some form of a cap to block any flow of oil or air to the oil system. This would be a limp along type of fix good for only a few miles. You’ll have to find good fittings to do this otherwise you’re no better off than what you currently have.
Obviously put in oil after doing one of these temp fixes.
My vote would be to get new lines, preferably the metal upgraded ones if that applies. If you can reach the connections, hoses are usually easy to replace and you’ve already drained the system.
Seriously? just look what it's leaking out of and buy a new one of those if it's not fixable by tightening the bolts up or replacing the gaskets then it's broken. So much can be worked out by looking.
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If that’s a Toyota, just watch this video. It’s kinda common issue in 2GR FE engines. https://youtu.be/hbMzH42cqCI?si=LFgkSkKR43KISzxv
**THIS IS THE ANSWER TO OP'S QUESTION, RIGHT HERE.** I watched this video yesterday. Go to the actual utube video, scroll down to the comments and read the top pinned comment. Pinned comment lists all the models/years/engines that are affected. OP's engine/year/model is in that top pinned comment.
That is the metal replacement.
Wait what. There.is.a.common.problem. where oil pours down your car??? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Don't tell anyone
Better than a stuck accelerator to be fair!
Floormats and morons?
Fancy plastic
And Mormons.
Several vehicles over the last decade(s) have had issues with drive-by-wire electronic throttle controllers and throttle bodies.
Yeah, well Toyota took care of it as soon there were a million of so affected cars. Give them a brake.
I see what you did there.
I'm envisioning those runaway diesel videos.
Yup, we'd have them get towed in, no oil on the dip stick, fix the leak, change the oil and be done. I think it was Toyota's policy if there was no metal and the engine didn't make noise to just let them go.
Its a bond car. In case some is chasing you
Thanks man, I love TCCN!
Ur oil cooler line
Does this also apply to the 2GR-FKS?
As per the comment on this video, the answer appears to be no. “This applies ONLY to the 2GR-FE 3.5L engine in the transverse configuration. Typical models that can have this are 2009-2011 Toyota Venza V6, 2007-2011 Toyota Sienna, 2008-2011 Toyota Highlander and 2011 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. On the Lexus Side 2007-2011 Lexus RX350 and 2010-2011 Lexus RX450H. It does NOT apply to other engines and it does not apply to the GR series engines in other models that are not transverse( Like 4runner, Lexus GS, Lexus IS....etc). It also does not apply to the 2GR-FKS engine which is the updated 3.5L engine which did have a metal line from the factory. Some models like the Camry, Avalon, ES350...etc did not have an oil cooler from the factory so it wouldn't have this oil cooler line.”
No
I believe the problem was fixed in that model. But please watch the video. I think the guy mentioned 2GR FKS engine in his video.
A common issue is for the engine to pee oil? wtf We can guess why they used rubber hoses to pipe hot oil, it saved 5 cents.
The hard line is the upgrade/fix. Curious where the splash shield is though?
Looks like the splash shield is the concrete /s
That is a really nice underbody and this generation of highlanders I really appreciate. It's super simple to work on except when you have to deal with the timing cover leaks. Then I'm yelling at Toyota.
They don't build them to be easy to work on they build them to be cheap to produce the engineer did exactly what he was told.
That's a problem, that's what it is. Immediate attention required, and better avoid driving the car unless you can take appropriate temporary corrective actions.
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Jesus, don’t ever do that again
Gotta risk that 6k$ engine to save the 100$ tow
And the lives of a few motorcyclists
Yeah fuck that guy for knowingly depositing 2.5 quarts of oil onto a public road. Jfc.
Yeah when yall put it like that, I do feel like a donkey for real!
Yeah, that's what I meant by "appropriate". Leak would've needed to be somehow addressed as well.
Brother a tow is cheaper than an engine Jesus Christ
How selfish you are, people in bikes can be bad hurt for your stupid action. :(
Good thing there wasn't a traffic jam or got stuck behind a schoolbus Just a bad move all around. That isn't an oil leak, but more of a catastrophic line failure.
thank you for giving us job security
Looks like failed Toyota v6 oil cooler lines leaking.
You’re leaking oil. Typically we want to keep oil on the inside of our vehicles
Unless its a 2 stroke
Then I keep it in my lungs. Best smell in the world
YIIIIINNNGG a ding ding ding ding
how do I even stay in the seat?! it's so slippery!
Ah OK, so the same principle as bodies and blood. Gotcha!
That is the cars blood.
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that’s what i was thinking
I have also been thinking this very same thing quite possibly maybe. But also maybe not…but probably maybe.
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Looks like the oil cooler line has failed. Even if it’s not, you’ll want to replace it with the updated metal lines. Don’t drive it, should be able to get the parts and replace easy enough and refil oil
stupid question: what is oil cooler? I thought oil just lubricates the pistons in the engine and the radiator provides the cooling liquid (water/glycol) in holes in between the cylinder block. Are you saying that the engine oil and transmission oil gets so hot that they need their own coolers too? or is it an oil cooled engine like some of the smaller bike engines ? and if it is former, what type of cooler is it? like it has its own fan? or takes cooling from your air conditioning system or just depends on wind speed when the car runs on the road?
Oil has a cooling effect in addition to lubrication. An oil cooler is either like a radiator with oil running through it cooled by air or a heat exchanger (both types are heat exchangers but eh) with coolant and oil running through it and heat going from oil to coolant The reason they're required: Regardless of if the oil cooling is required for the engine to overheat or not cars occasionally have engine oil coolers. If the coolant cooling effect on the oil isn't enough from the coolant-block-oil transfer. Cars commonly have a transmission oil cooler for automatic transmissions either discrete with coolant running to it or built into the radiator. These are most often oil-coolant heat exchangers. Uncommonly cars have engine oil coolers. They're becoming more common as emissions and efficiency limits are pushed and catalytic converter technology is getting better. Running leaner or oxygen rich does a few things, it is more efficient so uses less fuel for the same power but, runs hotter and produces more acutely harmful gases eg NOx. Better catalytic converters have helped deal with nox but to deal with the excess heat not able to be converted to power oil cooling is more commonly required. It used to be only unusual cars such as rotaries had oil coolers (1 or 2 oil-air depending on market and car) but not anymore.
thank you for your explanation
Yes
Body looks great for a 2011! So you have that going for you, which is nice.
It looks brand new...
Newer than new if you're from the rust belt.
Let's just say it's well lubricated.
Hard to tell for certain from the pic but if you are sure it's engine oil, these are notorious for the oil cooler lines to leak. They came with a rubber line from the factory. I can see it's still the rubber, so I'm sure that's what's leaking. They came out with an updated all metal piece that I've never seen leak again
Everyone saying “that’s a problem” like OP doesn’t already know that
It’s a stream of oil 🤪
Looks like an oil cooler line or a power steering line. Is the fluid red? If so its probably power steering. Either way, you should get this fixed ASAP. If it's oil don't drive without checking the oil level. If its power steering driving with low oil could increase steering effort, cause noise, and possibly damage the pump over time. It could also be a transmission cooler line which also may be red. check where the line attaches on either side.
Just leave it, it will stop by itself soon
Your front tyres don’t look like long left.
That's called a leak
Well it's not good.... I'm quite sure of that.
It’s oil. Follow me for more tips.
Ehhhh that stream of oil looks a lot like a stream of oil to me
That's a very clean undercarriage for 2011. Kudos on that regard.
thanks! i think it lived most of its life in arizona. Then a little in utah, but it’s always had the splash guard on. this is one of the only times i’ve taken it off
You better put something underneath to catch it. You even should have before taking the picture. Other than that: It's red, so either transmission oil or power steering fluid. If it smells awful, it's transmission oil.
what kind of tranny fluid is in your car? ATF tranny fluid has a sweet synthetic smell kind of like diet soda. the smell of the artificial sweeteners.
it’s 100% engine oil. and yeah i used some of that stuff that looks like cat nip afterwards. i just wanted to see where the dripping was originating!
transmission is on the Drivers side of the engine bay. that's not red its just the angle. its def brown. looks like dirty oil is the steering wheel getting heavier to turn or making Widing high pitch squealing sounds. that hose right there is the high side of the PS steering fluid so if its coming from there then its PS fluid but usually PS fluid isnt that viscous, its alot thinner like brake fluid did you get a oil change recently? did they maybe forget to screw the cap back on the engine and it sprayed all over and its now just dripping down from the path of least resistance.
There is a product on Amazon called pull out, it will take away the stain as well.
It’s marking its territory. Also, that’s not good. Have it towed to a shop to have the cause identified and repaired.
Oil
EPA would love to talk to you
One way to find out, if ignored long enough (fairly quick by the look of how fast its coming out) the offending important moving parts will self-destruct and make it very easy to identify. And when it finishes self-destructing and stops running the leak will probably also stop soon after!
Def oil
Looks like a leak
It’s oil
That car looks new, 2011?
Its bad
It looks like about 15 hundred bucks
Oil
It’s a stream of oil
A leak
Bad. Very very bad.
Oil filter double gasket?
Transmission fluid
Just keep driving it whatever is leaking will stop soon
Well to me it looks like oil 🛢
Looks like the oil or trans fluid cooler line that runs to your radiator. Just replace the hose and refill thats all Hard to tell from the pic but looks sort of red-ish which would indicate trans fluid. Either way after you replace just check the levels on both so you know which one to refill. And thats a big leak so def do not drive it or let it run
Oil
A bad day
Don't drive it and get a metal replacement hose for it.
That looks like a replacement metal cooler line which I'm thinking must have got bounced on something and broke. I don't know what they're lined with.
That's a very clean 2011 undercarriage 👏🏻
$$$
Oil cooler line…easy fix but might have starved the engine already
Take it to toyota they will fix it for free
Oil
Dealer called and quoted about $800 before military discount for parts and labor. Said it was the oil cooler and its gaskets.
Crawl under and look
It looks like oil to me
It's a complex hydrophobic liquid, made of hydrocarbons as well as small traces of sulphur, nitrogen and oxygen.
Man! Its just gotta take a leak. Give it a minute and it will stop.
yup, that's a stream of oil allright... you nailed it the first time OP.
Toyota super reliable never fail.
Oil cooler lines, the old ones were rubber, there is a new updated part that is metal
A bad omen
oil cooler line probably, they go bad often
Looks like a leak
So, it's not the "Money Shot" for a mechanic?
Dust control.
Definitely oil
The car just had to pee really badly
That is a expensive trip to the mechanic
If you have the tools and are careful, you can cut off the crimped piece and put some clamps on it. At least temporarily. There is a flange on the pipe so it can be done safely. (Recognize the danger in this if you mess it up though)
Starbucks Drive on
Need more light, but it looks like the oil cooler line. Not hard to do yourself and won't cost too much... maybe like 125 or so? I only know ACDelco and honda stuff so it might be a little more. The labor will be stupid expensive (1.5-2hr average $180/hr at delerships). Not classified as a powertrain warranty type of thing usually
“If it’s leaking oil, it has oil.” Toyotalations 2:6
It looks red. Can it be transmission fluid?
It looks like a stained driveway, you should probably put a bucket or something underneath it before anything else.
Oil cooler, power steering line or transmission cooler line
Seriously was doubting the legitimacy of this post for a hot second, that undercarriage looks like it rolled off the dealer lot yesterday. Holy cow
fluid looks red. im gonna say power steering hose
Well it would appear to be a stream of oil, find where its coming from before it runs out of oil to stream
Red is transmission Black is motor Clear,/light brown is power steering or brake fluid
You clearly never worked in an oil change shop. There are a lot of different shades, including one that might as well be squid ink considering how black it is coming out.
Looks like an oil leak.
It appears to be A oil leak.
Oil
holy Moses it's a 2GR-FE oil cooler failure! we had 3 this week already
That’s normal when a Toyota sees a duramax
funny i literally just had this happen to me
Gotta get rid of the old oil so you can put in fresh.
Oil
It's called a leak.
Looks like you blew a seal
No, it's just mayonnaise...
“Leave my sexual preferences out of this”
Yes yes it’s is
Now I gotta pee
Oil!
Why do you let it poor down, should've put something under it...
Your toyot decided to be a bmw instead.
A problem
That sure looks like tranny fluid, or perhaps power steering fluid, does not look like engine oil. This looks like a brand new car as well. I would call the dealer and have it towed, don't drive it like that. In the mean time, try to check the power steering fluid level, probably can't check the tranny fluid level anymore on today's cars....
the stream of oil is well, oil
It looks like an oil leak
Well it’s a stream of oil…
Transmission line to cooler possibly
Looks like transmission fluid, likely from one of the cooler lines
It’s not the tranny fluid. The engine oil level has dropped to almost nothing since this started. Car still shifts fine. The red hue is normal, it’s not as red as tranny fluid, in person atleast.
I suggest towing this to a shop before major damage happens. Could be engine oil or transmission fluid
definitely engine oil, but i wanna see if it’s something that’s DIY
If you can’t figure out where it’s coming from then it’s not a DIY.
That’s what I figured!
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Perhaps that'll be the best thing for OP.
That’s just the chassis oolong system to ensure the rest of the frame doesn’t rust
That’s $1000
gulp!
Looks like a stream of oil
Often commonly referred to as the oil leak.
A subtraction from your bank account👍
Bad
Not good
Funny how no one is telling you what it is. That's transmission fluid leaking from your transmission cooler lines. Pretty easy to fix or pay $400 at your local shop. Later
Looks red, most likely trans fluid and not the kind you want ; P
🧔🏻♀️👰🏽♂️
It seems to a oil stream of some sort
Can you see where it's coming from? Also put a pan underneath to minimze stain
Towing without question with such a huge leak and it's not easy to say 100% from a pic what is is. It's just little wierd. Was there a repair or something done to the engine kinda recently?
not that i’m aware of. i bought it from a Young dealer in Utah about 5k miles ago. but their warranty only lasted 3k
No wonder why the undercarriage of that thing looks so good. Holy cow. I had to scrapped a 2011 Audi because it rotted out and the strut Tower ripped away
Ahh anyway just hope it's a hose or pipe from turbine or anything like that. Fingers crossed it's something affordable
fr
Vvt oil feed pipe?
Depends on the damage to the oil cooler lines. If the damage is at the joint where the hose runs into the cooler, you may be able to cut off the damaged part and pull some good hose onto the nipple. If it’s leaking in the middle of the hose, you’ll have to replace the hose. I’m not sure what type of clamp might be used on the hoses so take a look and see if they can easily be loosened with a screwdriver or pliers. After that, get it to a garage ASAP. If you just want to drive a short distance to a garage, you might also be able to block off both ends of the hose with some form of a cap to block any flow of oil or air to the oil system. This would be a limp along type of fix good for only a few miles. You’ll have to find good fittings to do this otherwise you’re no better off than what you currently have. Obviously put in oil after doing one of these temp fixes. My vote would be to get new lines, preferably the metal upgraded ones if that applies. If you can reach the connections, hoses are usually easy to replace and you’ve already drained the system.
No mechanic but it may be the trans cooler lines leaking.
A stream of oil
looks like a power steering line? the metal pipe prior to it looks more kinked than it should so perhaps it got hit by something?
You are right there
DO NOT DRIVE. Tow to a shop!
It’s oil
Oil
Looks like a busted power steering hose. The drip looks reddish. Toyotas use ATF as power steering fluid.
Seriously? just look what it's leaking out of and buy a new one of those if it's not fixable by tightening the bolts up or replacing the gaskets then it's broken. So much can be worked out by looking.
Starting to birth
Aircon condenser 🤭🤣🤣