On another note, has anyone had problems with their A/C compressors? I have reason to believe mine is throwing around refrigerant oil via the compressor pulley, otherwise it's just road gunk.

 

Good point! I need to take a closer look at that "line" on my hood. It could well be from dirty water on the belt.

 

Not likely, if it's a nice clean pink line all the way from the front to the back of the hood.

 

well my line was not pink but greyish white. i should snap a photo

 

Good for you -- my thanks for caring about the inconvenience of your customers! If there's a likely flaw, it should be recognized and acted upon !

 

im curious as to how much inventory is dusty because stocked stuff they dont sell.

 

Can't say I'm experienced with this (hasn't happened to me yet), but if the line on the hood is a different color from the coolant in your overflow reservoir, then it probably isn't the coolant pump. From reading posts, I get the impression some (many?) no longer have intact shields under the engine and so "water" can splash onto the serpentine belt. This opens the possibility of road "water" being deposited by the belt onto the hood liner. "White-gray" doesn't seem probable for the water pump.
I understand your point, but it seems clear that in the cases of xB2 (2AZ-FE) coil packs and water pumps, the failure pattern is well established.

 

Most definitely, thats why stock them too but in general "ALL water pumps" is a bit funny to me.

 

Got it, and kudos to your dealership as well. Deciding what to stock must always be a challenge and the only tool to evaluate it is failure statistics. I'm glad that today I'm able to go to my Toyota dealership and purchase a single plastic fastener, whereas a year ago, I had to purchase a full bag (minimum quantity from the warehouse). It's just unfortunate the 2AZ-FE history doesn't appear to be recognized by dealers separately from the using car models they sell. Still, if they've stocked the pump for the Camry and tC, then they probably have it on hand for the xB2 !

 

when i took my car in they had to order the coil packs and the water pump lol. i got stuck with a corolla for 3 days

 

Hopefully it wasn't worse than ordering from the warehouse (typically one day). Still, perhaps I'm in left field, but at least they provided the Corolla !

 

every time i have brought my car to a dealer and had a renter car i got a corolla. there not bad but just not for me. i feel way to cramp in them.

 

you should see my 6'8" tall ___ get in one. I feel like a shriner.

 

I'm only 6' tall, and I felt like a sardine in a can in the Corolla.

 

I still have not heard if this is happening on the 2010's...

 

lashing out at WRONG person.call scion corp......

not sure as to what you mean but if its stocked in my store its there for a reason. shop,retail and wholesale sells water pumps and other tune up items on a daily basis and items that are DUSTY as you put it can be sent back on a monthly return.

i guess you fail to realize that TOYOTA's have the same water pump problem also. hence the term ALL.....

 

Uhhh, actually, I didn't lash out at anyone -- I complimented you :?!

 

^^ I saw that one coming, but I thought I'd let you speak for yourself Trevor.

Sometimes misunderstandings occur on typewritten forums. I've know I've been on the wrong side of that myself.

 

Yea it's the internet and sometimes text can be taken out of of context...It's hard to interpret what someone is saying sometimes...

 

No big deal I guess, at least it gave me my very first opportunity to use that emoticon -- figured there had to be something appropriate !