Bang

[AustinAllegro]

Driving along, radio playing and wondering whats for dinner when I get home when

BANG

lots of bits falling out and rattling under the car.

No warning lights so I eased off and pulled into a layby, no hard shoulder on this road. Lots of green fluid inside the passenger wheel arch and under the car.

So I check all the fluids Oil, brake, coolant to find none missing and assume this must be some funky gearbox oil. I guessed that if the gearbox had dumped its oil it was probably finished anyway and drove it home then to the dealers in the morning.

At first the dealer said it was just the expansion tank had "popped its cap" and started putting it right. Now the story has changed to some sort of impact damage caused the bottle to explode. The dealer suggested it was a large stone or maybe a bird.

I'm ruling out the "bird strike" option due to the lack of feathers and innards.

The stone option is also unlikely, I had the road to myself and stones don't fly that well on their own.

I'm not sure where the expansion tank lives on a yaris, well mine currently lives all over the A420 but thats not standard fitment.

Anyone care to speculate on the chances of a stone hitting the expansion tank without causing bodywork damage?

[jaxx]

which yaris do you have chap??

on the TS its down the back of the radiator on the passenger side

a stone seems unlikly and the bird even less!

has it been serviced recently?

[AustinAllegro]

Its a 1.0GS and is due for a service in 2000 miles.

I tried a forum search and found nothing similar, even Google came up with nothing of interest.

Looks like I'll have to pay the £300+vat and take up the fight with Toyota UK instead :( dealer isn't willing to consider any other cause.

[jaxx]

no warrenty cover on it?

[AustinAllegro]

Still under 3 year/60,000 warranty but that apparently excludes damage repairs.

So if I cant prove its stone damage its time to pay up.

I was just hoping that some of the other Yaris owners here had the same problem and found the cause but it doesn't seem to be that way just yet.

[tim220171]

I dont have anything to report myself , got a tsport only done about 6000 miles on it

Thanks for the tip though , ill try to watch out for that problem in the future

[dawesy]

but on the same hand they'll have to prove it WAS stone damage. fight em for it telling them you'll take it up with toyota warranty dept if you dont get satisfaction.

lee

[tim220171]

go for it geezer , kick butt

:arrgg-matey:

[Viper_7]

I belive the 1L's also have the under engine sump guard which stops cack getting into the engine...and stones...so how a stone could get flipped up. with enough force is a little strange....also...I don't think it would explode under pressure...crack perhaps...but then it would have to be a hell of a lot of pressure to do even that.

Weird...!!!

Vipes

[1NZ-FE T SPORT]

Sorry to hear that mate!

Haven't heard of that problem here before, (main dealer) only stonechips causing damage.

If it is down to a mechanical failure of some kind then it would be covered under warranty.

[AustinAllegro]

Its come back with a shiny new pressure cap on the radiator.

Wouldn't need one of those if the old one wasn't defective would it ?

I smell a rat