Hi There, First time poster. I only stumbled upon this after I posted below message on whirlpool forum and Hank invited me over. To save me writing my experience over again, Ill paste my original message from whirlpool: 'My girlfriend and I are on hols and as I was driving along I noticed the tappets were a bit noisy, so I stopped to check the oil level and noticed no oil. After filling it up with new oil, I drove to a car park to find the new oil was leaving a big puddle underneath the car. I drove it nice and easy to the Toyota dealer and he noticed the oil was leaking from the oil hose. He said to me 'didn't you get the recall letter?' We purchased the car in Dec 2010 and after googling I noticed the recall for the faulty oil line was done in 2009. Obviously I'm going to be up for a few dollars as the service manager said they would have to pull all the pans out from underneath the engine as the oil has splattered everywhere. The air con is also not working – may need new belt with oil all over it. If anyone could give me their opinion on where I stand in this situation. The car is now 6 years old with 140,000km on the clock. The previous owner had it under lease. Is it worth me taking this up with Toyota or should I just not bother. After I get back home I will also need to see how much it is to fix the noisy tappetts + get the air con fixed. At this stage we don't know how much damage is done.' I picked up my car yesterday and they only charged me $149 to clean the oil off engine (no charge for replacement of hose). The tapping noise is still there. Service manager believes it is the VVT actuator. To fix this, engine needs to come out. Anyone have any idea how much this will cost? I have since gone back through warranty and service book and noticed car was serviced by Sydney City Toyota in Feb 2010. Shouldn't the hose have been replaced then? At the top of the page in the service book it says in bold red: "Important: Check the Toyota on-line system for any outstanding manufacturer service campaigns" Any opinions/advice are much appreciated. Thanks in advance Phil Edit: I forgot to mention the oil/engine light never came on when I ran out of oil
