Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D 3/2007
16,750 miles

This is a regular customer who has had the car from new

He noticed it was difficult to reverse up his drive (sloping) and it does not seem to have the go in it that it had when new, a bit better when warm, not stalling and ticks over perfect

Came in last week and check for codes, non present. He left over night and I checked live data from cold, all OK, with a rev it did chuck out some black smoke

Had the car back in today and suggested I looked at the EGR valve, once removed it was clear this was the problem, stuck open about 1/8"

Enquired at Toyota and they are £225.00 plus VAT and on back order for 2 weeks

Good thing about these valves is that thet are well made an robust, so soaked in WD for half an our to soften carbon up and it cleaned up like new

Refitted and all good, customer is over the moon



I was surprised it had such a thick carbon build up for low mileage



Peter