toyota finest,bloody leaking tank to battle.....

[theshadow]

MY NEW CAR BOUGHT OFF FLEABAY,LAST SERVICED 2010,HOW IT RAN GOD ONLY KNOWS,SPARKPLUG ELECTRODES NONEXISENT,PUT IN FOUR BOSCH,POLLEN FILTER,AIRFILTER,GOT MORE POWER,DONE 158000 MILES,VERY QUIET ENGINE,THE PETROL TANK IS LEAKING,GOT ONE S/HAND FROM LOCAL SCRAPPIE £35,TO BATTLE TOMMORROW,FOUR BOLTS LOOK VERY RUSTED....OLD SCHOOL WAY NO LUXURY OF RAMP,WILL TAKE MORE PICTURES TOMMORRW,UNDER SIDE NOT SEEN MUCH UNDERSEALENT,..BUT BETTER THAN KA,METAL TANK,THAN THEY CHANGED OVER PLASTIC,WHICH WILL NOT FIT...

[Justin Case]

Could you speak up a bit please, I can't hear you very well.

[KruJoe]

It's a Toyota Sir, nothing* will ever go wrong.

[Cavcraft]

Written like a message from WW2, you just need to ask God to speed your return to your dear Margaret after the Hun have stopped bombing your position.

 

 

They do seem as tough as old boots these Yarisisisis. I've seen loads with big miles on them and the majority wear them well. I would suspect the lack of servicing is down to people knowing how reliable most Jap stuff is so just assuming they never have to maintain them.

Good luck with the fuel tank, hope it's not too bad a job for you.

[Parky]

I like these, Parkette turns 14 next month and am already thinking about her first set of wheels - one of these is in the top three. Be interesting to hear about what goes wrong / what is a nightmare to sort on these.

 

At least they don't tend to rust like a Ka as you rightly say

[UmBongo]

MY NEW CAR BOUGHT OFF FLEABAY,LAST SERVICED 2010,HOW IT RAN GOD ONLY KNOWS,SPARKPLUG ELECTRODES NONEXISENT,PUT IN FOUR BOSCH,POLLEN FILTER,AIRFILTER,GOT MORE POWER,DONE 158000 MILES,VERY QUIET ENGINE,THE PETROL TANK IS LEAKING,GOT ONE S/HAND FROM LOCAL SCRAPPIE £35,TO BATTLE TOMMORROW,FOUR BOLTS LOOK VERY RUSTED....OLD SCHOOL WAY NO LUXURY OF RAMP,WILL TAKE MORE PICTURES TOMMORRW,UNDER SIDE NOT SEEN MUCH UNDERSEALENT,..BUT BETTER THAN KA,METAL TANK,THAN THEY CHANGED OVER PLASTIC,WHICH WILL NOT FIT...NOW UNDER SURPRISE ATTACK...ENEMY FORCES APPROACHING...PERMISSION TO RETREAT,  MEIN FUHRER?

[sloth]

the vvti solenoid jams, they eat maf meters and o2 sensors, and leak oil from timing covers. apart from that kwalitee budjet motoring m9

[overrun]

Dear theshadow, stop.

 

/WW2

[Station]

That made less sense than my work leaving do 'speech' in front of 100 people.

[gordonbennet]

Old skool Jap motors just keep soldiering on, Yaris 1 seems to have been a worthy replacement for the superb little Starlet.

 

How they manage to pass a spark with knackered plugs i dunno, had to do a OMGCHG on a Prarie in a previous life, spark plugs were all knackered, there's a fookin great hole burnt out of the head between two cylinders and still the bastard started first time...where much euro stuff of the time wouldn't even fart if if there was a hint of damp in the air.

[Lord Sterling]

Kin 'ell, looks like an eBay ad.

[Cavcraft]

That made less sense than my work leaving do 'speech' in front of 100 people.

 

 

Lot fuck the off you of can right?

[Justin Case]

They can go on for ever,  if looked after. A friend had an 02 one from new and last year gave to his daughter with 120,000 miles. It is still going strong, no faults or failures to proceed in 13 years only wotk done to it was a complete brake overhaul. He serviced it himself, every 6 months I think.

 

The bonus: sliding rear seats so that you could seat four adults and no luggage or 4 dwarfs with enough for a fortnight's holiday. I can't believe that it is now shite.

[sloth]

i have the pre release book from my toyota deale days. love these things, and the t-sport ones flew.

[Vince70]

Getting back to World war 2

It sounds like the issue with the fuel tank is Flak damage if it's got a couple of holes.... It could do with a self sealing tank..

 

That or it was bounced by a couple of ME109's or FW190's..

How big are the holes as those 20mm cannons can really damage a fuel tank.

[Negative Creep]

Getting back to World war 2

It sounds like the issue with the fuel tank is Flak damage if it's got a couple of holes.... It could do with a self sealing tank..

 

That or it was bounced by a couple of ME109's or FW190's..

How big are the holes as those 20mm cannons can really damage a fuel tank.

Good point, I think only the facelift version had self-sealing tanks

[theshadow]

fitted the tank yesterday about 5 hrs in between munchies,rain,   the old tank was very rusty,heat shield fell to bits,have sprayed some heat resisent paint on tank good for up to 600c,bought for £2.49,good job the was removed,had quite abit of surface rust behind tank,sprayed with zinc spray from lidl,toyota rustproofed the wheelarches well,non on front floors,chassis,sprayed with zinc,anti roll bar bushes tomorror,bought febi,been advise since 2007,rear number plate bulb changed,bought 10 for £1.00,changed headlight bulbs for white look ones,from pound shop..

[Station]

I've never even checked the engine in my MR2 in three years (apart from changing oil). Rover ran kseries in MR2 mule cars when they were developing the MGF, what do Toyota do to make their cars so reliable? Easily my favouritist car maker.

[gordonbennet]

I've never even checked the engine in my MR2 in three years (apart from changing oil). Rover ran kseries in MR2 mule cars when they were developing the MGF, what do Toyota do to make their cars so reliable? Easily my favouritist car maker.

 

If Burnaston is anything to go by then Toyotas QC is miles ahead of most of the competition.

 

Stand by their product,  the head honcho admitted very publicly and apologised for losing the sight of the ball a few years ago....they made some mistakes just as any maker does, but when they do they stand up and admit it and put the problems right (usually extending warranty to 7 years/110k miles), and don't expect their customers to foot the bill for their fuck up like too many other makers.

 

Good standards, old fashioned and expensive belt and braces design...example, the (big bastard) cam belt in the Landcruiser does not drive the water pump, it drives the camshafts, there are three serpentine belts all driven off the crank, two of them drive the water pump which means if one belt snaps there's every chance you can carry on driving to get it fixed...that design alone must be expensive to make but its probably the one most likely to get you home in a vehicle designed as fit for it's purpose.

 

Their lorry division Hino is well respected too, simple and tough if it aint broke don't fix it engineering.

 

My main criticism of Toyota is that their european cars are frankly boring compared with what the rest of the world gets, and they've beaten too many of their models with the ugly stick, including the fronts of the latest Lexus', WTF were they thinking...

 

i offer this, have a paper bag handy...who the fuck passed that bling grill and front skirt as fit for human consumption, ok beauty is the eye etc but it looks like a grill you'd find on ebay made in some chinese sweat shop, compare with previous LS460 which is reservedly handsome, classy even

[Taff]

 

 

The bonus: sliding rear seats so that you could seat four adults and no luggage or 4 dwarfs with enough for a fortnight's holiday. I can't believe that it is now shite.

 

surely their clothes will be smaller, and so will their suitcases and so they won't need that much room anyway?

[sierraman]

A colleague has a Yaris, its done something mental like 170k. As with any car this size, they do rust, its just it isn't on the arches and door bottoms etc.

[theshadow]

done the rear brakes,had to sledgehammer of the rear wheels very rusted on...than hammerered of the rear drums,shoes down to metal picked up pagid shoes,bought new wiper blades ,£3.33 for both ecp 21 inch,13 inch for the front,have found couple of tiny holes on manifold,have putty on see how it lasts,changed battery was the original,got a good from a 206 just faces the opposite way,bent battery bracket to fit..

[brickwall]

Is that it mostly done now? I do like these for some reason.

[theshadow]

not quite mot due july,underseal in next 2 weeks,..yet to spray the wheels silver,..

[brickwall]

Good stuff, they are one of the wee tiddler cars I have been looking at. At least I know what to look out for.

[theshadow]

have owned various small cars,ie,ka fiesta,kia,suzuki,etc,this seems the best yet,do not go for the poverty spec model,it has black bumpers,no pws,elc etc,this one of mine is gs,drive great,just make sure timing chain is no noisy,look at front droplinks,bushes go,cheap on ebay for 9.00 set..