Timing Cover Leaking?

Did you have to move the PS pump out of the way to do this?

 

Nope. Just clean the area with heavy duty engine degreaser and a brush and slather the RTV all over the seal of the timing cover, engine block, and valve cover.

 

Awesome, thanks for the tip!

 

What ever became of your situation? Cannot believe they are still having this issue

 

I am having this issue on my 23 Tacoma with 8,500 miles. Took it to my local dealer and they didn't take it seriously or even probably check at all, idk because it's really obvious to me.. an untrained, unlicensed layman.

I have another appointment at a different dealer this Thursday where I informed my service advisor how I will not be a customer of the previous dealership and I hope they are able to resolve this issue for me. I will keep you updated on my case. I feel more confident in this other dealership and should have gone there to begin with.

But if that fails, my next step is going to Toyota. I have video and picture evidence of the leak.

This is my first Toyota purchase in my life. One thing I can say so far which I have not seen with Subaru or Honda in my experience... Toyota dealerships treat their customers like absolute shit. You want a loaner while your vehicle is being serviced? Go screw yourself. You think you can negotiate the price on this vehicle? Go screw yourself. You think we are going to fix this oil leak on your brand new engine? Go screw yourself.

My experience with Toyota so far.

 

That really sucks man. How did you notice the oil leak? I bet it was probably leaking from day 1. Can you share the pictures ?

 

It’s unfortunate how it plays out. What I’ve seen, those in charge of approving factory warranty claims are impossible to deal with. I’m talking about when a dealership needs to make a call to get approval for a factory warranty repair. Bad enough that the dealership will eat it and do it on their dime, or try the go screw yourself approach. Then even if they get approval from the factory, they’ll pay for the parts via the cheapest possible shipping, and not even close to sufficient labor to do the task. Add to that the tremendous administrative cost to get a claim filed and MAYBE approved it’s just not worth the hassle.

Dealerships will receive notifications like recalls, tech bulletins, fix after failure and such. Recalls are usually for something to prevent lawsuits. Brakes, fuel, safety restraints, and the famous floor mats. Tech bulletins and fix after failure can say to replace with updated parts, do this before putting in the new parts, things like that.

I've never owned one but what I’ve seen, Mercedes does it differently. I talked to a girl who only buys new ones and replaces it very frequently. The dealership recognizes a frequent loyal customer. If she has to wait while it’s serviced, it’s free cappuccino and they make sure she’s happy. If they need to keep it a few days, she gets a loaner SL. She said it was too fast and scary to drive.