New Lucida Owner

[leebenny]

HI to all i recently bought a 92 lucida it was great for first two weeks now i have a very loud tapping coming from font end when in idle after much inspecting and crawling around i discovered 2 bolts had sheared off the plate that connects all the belts to the crank shaft? doe's anyone know of a good mechanic in the hull area who can fix this! :(

[propnut]

HI to all i recently bought a 92 lucida it was great for first two weeks now i have a very loud tapping coming from font end when in idle after much inspecting and crawling around i discovered 2 bolts had sheared off the plate that connects all the belts to the crank shaft? doe's anyone know of a good mechanic in the hull area who can fix this! :(

I think what you are referring to is something called that SADS bushing. There is a guy called Bob Murphy who travels around the country fixing these cars. You can contact him through

www.estimaowners.com

Otherwise if you are handy with a set of spanners you can buy them here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-LUCIDA-ESTIMA...A1%7C240%3A1318

And fix the problem yourself. Sounds like someone has already done that and didn't tighten the bolts down correctly

[john991@shaw.ca]

HI to all i recently bought a 92 lucida it was great for first two weeks now i have a very loud tapping coming from font end when in idle after much inspecting and crawling around i discovered 2 bolts had sheared off the plate that connects all the belts to the crank shaft? doe's anyone know of a good mechanic in the hull area who can fix this! :(

[john991@shaw.ca]

HI to all i recently bought a 92 lucida it was great for first two weeks now i have a very loud tapping coming from font end when in idle after much inspecting and crawling around i discovered 2 bolts had sheared off the plate that connects all the belts to the crank shaft? doe's anyone know of a good mechanic in the hull area who can fix this! :(

hi, we at ateb 7088 merritt ave burnaby bc v5j 4r6 have all the ability to fixed what ever you want. pls check it out at www.ateb.ca.

please do not hesitate to contact us at 604 438 7537 /604 8378373

look for john

[propnut]

HI to all i recently bought a 92 lucida it was great for first two weeks now i have a very loud tapping coming from font end when in idle after much inspecting and crawling around i discovered 2 bolts had sheared off the plate that connects all the belts to the crank shaft? doe's anyone know of a good mechanic in the hull area who can fix this! :(

hi, we at ateb 7088 merritt ave burnaby bc v5j 4r6 have all the ability to fixed what ever you want. pls check it out at www.ateb.ca.

please do not hesitate to contact us at 604 438 7537 /604 8378373

look for john

Dude the guy lives in Britain and your garage is in British Columbia. Apart from sharing the word Britain there is quite a bit of distance between the two

[fazer]

Can anybody recommend a good reasonably priced mechanic. I live in Fulham sw6/W10 area ?

Does anyone have Bob Murphy's number ?

[propnut]

Can anybody recommend a good reasonably priced mechanic. I live in Fulham sw6/W10 area ?

Does anyone have Bob Murphy's number ?

You can contact Bob via www.estimaowners.com

As far as I know he is based in Essex so a short drive to you but he is a busy guy as these cars give him a lot of business.

I read your other post but to be honest I get tired of posting replies to people who own these cars as they almost never bother to come back and even say thanks or give any feedback as to if the problem was fixed etc. All just seem to think it is some sort of gospel right that someone on here answers their questions. Funny those who buy the UK Previa's seem to be completely different, can't understand why buy an import become a moron, buy a UK car become a nice guy ????

However I will give you some insight

Estima suffer from overheating due to one or maybe all the following

1. Blocked radiator core - caused by simply accumulation of rust/limescale and/or the congealing of the Toyota Red coolant as a result of mixing it with water.

2. Failed water pump

3. Faulty Thermostat

4. And by far the MOST COMMON a cracked cylinder head

5. Extremely rarely failure of the viscous fan

Best of luck,