2004 Toyota Yaris Spirit1.4 D4-D -Manual. - Strange whining noise.

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Sat 14 Jul 2012 13:47
2004 Toyota Yaris Spirit1.4 D4-D -Manual. - Strange whining noise. - Dever6
Car has covered approx 30K miles and dealer seviced from new. No problems selecting gears but recently noted this noise. It is not intrusive at the moment but is similar to an old rear diff box low on oil. Dealer says sounds like a gearbox bearing and could be expensive..Bring the car in? I cant even find any info in the owners manual as to where the gearbox is and how to check oil level. I have read varius negative reports about the gearbox but we have not had any problem until now.. Any advice please?
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Sat 14 Jul 2012 15:24
2004 Toyota Yaris Spirit1.4 D4-D -Manual. - Strange whining noise. - madf

Gearbox is on side of engine below air filter.

The oil should be changed at 40k miles - I did mine then. The differentials whine.

You should get the level checked: remove the engine tray jobbie. That is job number one.

Drain and refill oil, job number 2.

If still noisy, remove gearbox as it's a bearing - likely. No change from £500 in my view and possibly more.

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Mon 16 Jul 2012 01:12
2004 Toyota Yaris Spirit1.4 D4-D -Manual. - Strange whining noise. - mccgarage
Don't use the oil they say to I did one of these two weeks ago drop the oil and refill with ep oil of a thicker vocosity it cured my customers car if it is the box probably easier quicker and cheaper to source a second hand box with a warranty
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