Miles_Moose

That is great Kinezo! Thank you very much for sharing the fix. I will endeavour to do the same :)

Hi everyone, The same thing has just happened to my 2007 Aurio AT-X as well. I am @ about 127,000 km now. The oil cooler return hose also has developed a hole. My friend who did some work on cars on his own came over and we had a look and found the oil spurting just as in Kinezo's video on another thread http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/45719-major-oil-leak-help/ I have spoken to the dealership where I bought it as a used car and have also contacted Toyota Australia about this issue of discontinued part. Both of them were not able to do anything for me. You are very lucky julian040859 to have that part replaced. I have to say I don't think it is that infrequent, given that Toyota's engineer have redesigned that part of the vehicle. Then using a bit of a marketing ploy Toyota discontinues stocking an alternative and more affordable solution, without issuing a notice to their customers. I have been quoted by a local mechanic that to fix the problem I would need to order the full metal replacement. I am currently an international student studying here in Melbourne and definitely cannot afford to fork out the ~$600 to get it fixed. So I am looking for a more affordable alternative. I am sending the car to another mechanic and hopefully he can recommend a cheaper solution. Otherwise, very unhappy that I have to spend so much money for a piece of rubber hose.

Hi everyone, The same thing has just happened to my 2007 Aurio AT-X as well. I am @ about 127,000 km now. The oil cooler return hose also has developed a hole. My friend who did some work on cars on his own came over and we had a look and found the oil spurting just as in Kinezo's video. I have spoken to the dealership where I bought it as a used car and have also contacted Toyota Australia about this issue of discontinued part. Both of them were not able to do anything for me. I have also read someone else having the same problem on another thread @ http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/35814-oil-pipe-leak/ Luckily for this guy in that thread Toyota approved an out of warranty replacement for that part. I have been quoted by a local mechanic that to fix the problem I would need to order the full metal replacement. I am currently an international student studying here in Melbourne and definitely cannot afford to fork out the ~$600 to get it fixed. So I am looking for a more affordable alternative. I am sending the car to another mechanic and hopefully he can recommend a cheaper solution. Kinezo would you mind sharing more details about how you went about addressing the problem and where you sourced the parts from? Cheers!