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Toyota eventually collected the GT from home and fixed a leaking hose which apparently was a known fix on the Toyota faults forum. The car has now been returned at no extra charge and all is now well, fingers crossed!

You wouldn’t expect the dealer to mix coolant types , well hopefully not!

That’s a really good point. It is very green! What colour should the coolant be? Toyota coolant used to be red/pink but do they use OAT in the ‘86? I can’t check as there isn’t any in the filler neck. If it stops raining over the weekend I’ll take a closer look.

Thanks. I took a photo but there’s not a lot to show. Its still loosing coolant and getting hot and smoking so I phoned Snows Toyota this afternoon and they said to drop the car off asap but that’s easier said than done as I’ll have to organise how to get home afterwards! I think I’ll have to pause further progress until the weekend and use the Avensis instead:-(.

Thanks for your replies. The service check list doesn't show that the coolant was replaced so it shouldn't be air in the system and all the coolant that has leaked out is the other side to the filler and expansion chamber, so I guess it's either a rogue hose or worst case scenario the cylinder head but you'd have thought that the dealership would have checked both thoroughly. I agree that the best next step is to clean it up as much as possible so that I can look for any new leaks. I'm not best pleased that the dealership didn't clean up the engine bay!

Has anyone else experienced coolant leaks around the right hand side of the engine? My wife's 2012 plate 86 only just came back from it's annual service at Snows Toyota a week ago when smoke started pouring out the engine bay. I left it to cool down before opening the bonnet but there appears to be coolant in various places over the right hand side of the engine and coolant "splatter" everywhere else. We took it back to Snows last Friday and they kept it over the weekend and they said that they ran it for 4 hours but couldn't find anything wrong. Drove the car again today and it really smells of burning coolant and there is still small amounts of green coolant sloshing about in the crevices, although I agree there's no sign of where it's coming from. The engine bay looks a real mess now and we're slightly worried whether it would be a bad idea to drive too far in it. Any suggestions?

Thanks. How much posted to Southampton ?

It looks about the same size but with 19” wheels and a special paint job it does look rather nice! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some photos I took of the FT-86 concept at the Toyota museum in California when I visited there in 2016 :-))

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After checking the car over this weekend I found that annoyingly Roxby Subaru didn't stamp the bodywork warranty booklet. In addition, during replacing the pollen filter, they refitted the glove box but not the little damper on the side and also left the control pad hanging out underneath! I fixed this myself but this shouldn't have happened when paying a lot of money for a service. They sent me a text to give marks out of 5 which I only gave 2. Was this too harsh? They couldn't wash or vacuum the car due to Covid-19 which is fair enough but I would have hoped for some little extra's instead. The good news however is that Subaru UK have confirmed that due to Covid-19 there will not be any void in the warranty despite being 4 weeks past the service due date. Next service I'll probably go to a different Subaru garage or if not, my local Toyota garage!

If the spark plug service is included at £395 that's a bargain! When is your service due? ie. when will you find out for sure? Does this also include the rear diff oil? I did think about taking the car to a Subaru specialist but are they not all about Impreza's, etc? A work colleague said to wait as long as possible for the service, ie every 10,000 miles but that seems a long time to wait for an oil change. I guess most people on here go for an annual service? My BRZ service at Roxby Subaru went ahead today without any issues so no complaints other than forking out a small fortune!

Thanks. That’s really helpful. I’ve only had the car 6 months and the PO had done 54k in 3 years and with the last service done at 48k at Subaru. I wish I’d haggled a little more with the seller with hindsight. I’d like to think that Subaru will honour the warranty given that it’s only just past the due date as a result of Covid-19 but I can only ask I guess.

Thanks, although as my post states it is a BRZ so possibly only Subaru can up-date the service record? Roxby Subaru said that the park plugs can be changed at the 5th service next year given that it hasn't reached 60k yet. Presumably the plugs will last more than this so it would be nice to put off the inevitable extra cost. I doubt this cost is in the Toyota price!

My 2016 BRZ was due for it's 4th service last month and I booked it in at my local Toyota dealer as they are only 3 miles away, however due to Covid-19 they shut everything down and gave me a new date of 4th June! According to the service book the service must be done within one year of the last service or the warranty becomes invalidated! So yesterday I thought I'd phone my nearest Subaru dealer and it turns out that they are open and I can have the car serviced on Thursday! They are about 20 miles away but have offered to pick the car up from home. The downside of this is the service is £540 vs Toyota's fixed price of £395, however it does include the rear diff oil change. Why is there such a difference in pricing. Would there be a number of 'extras' that Toyota would charge on top of the £395 and would Toyota be able to up-date the on-line service record?