Exhaust gasket

[Eddiefh]

Hi all had my car in to the local dealer for a fault , I thought it was a pulley or drive belt squealing, but turns out it’s a exhaust gasket half way down car roughly under back seats , I’ve put my head under car as I thought they were crazy with the findings , any way I’ve not got terms and conditions handy would anyone know of top of there head if it’s covered or not . Local dealer said not and want £177 to fix 

 

many thanks 

[Bernard Foy]

The car appears to be six years old, so it’s probably a wear and tear issue and won’t generally be covered by a warranty. It can’t do any harm to take the car to an exhaust specialist repair shop and get an estimate from them for comparison to the dealership.

[Gerg]

As Bernard says above, I'd go to an exhaust centre for a quote.

I have no experience of your car, but this exhaust in the picture (for illustration only) is for a Verso, and is on eBay.  The noisy joint is likely the one at the top of the picture. 

It looks like a standard spring-loaded joint from this picture.  There will likely be a graphite/steel wire doughnut as a gasket.  These can be as much as £40-odd.  When I had a similar problem on a Mazda 6 (a squeaking exhaust at tickover), replacing this doughnut was the official cure, it wasn't uncommon on that car.  

Not seen this on a Toyota Verso.  Perhaps someone else knows better?

[Eddiefh]

Hi just took car round to local garage he thinks like me originally it’s the belt , even though I could hear a noise from underneath the car like Toyota said he said he could find any leaks from exhaust but I could clearly here the noise he said it because it’s a damp day and it’s the belt . 
think I’ll just have let Toyota fit the part they’ve ordered in the morning  

[Hybrid21]

So it's the belt and the exhaust Eddie ?  ☹️

[Eddiefh]

2 hours ago, Hybrid21 said:

So it's the belt and the exhaust Eddie ?  ☹️

Hi , sorry worded it wrong it think it’s a gasket on exhaust it needs 

[Bernard Foy]

Let’s know how it turns out Eddie 🤔

[Eddiefh]

Hi Bernard , my car near 2 gaskets on exhaust and upto now to squealing or screaming seems to have stopped, I must admit I thought it was the drive belt at first. 
shame it wasn’t covered by the relax warranty as it’s not yet 6 years old and only done 31 thousand. 

[Bernard Foy]

4 hours ago, Eddiefh said:

Hi Bernard , my car near 2 gaskets on exhaust and upto now to squealing or screaming seems to have stopped, I must admit I thought it was the drive belt at first. 
shame it wasn’t covered by the relax warranty as it’s not yet 6 years old and only done 31 thousand. 

It’s good you got it sorted though, the relax warranty doesn’t generally cover wear & tear.👏

On a different subject I’ve got a squeal for nearly sixty years and it’s incurable, 😂🤣😂.