Toyota Avanza Owners & Discussions [continued]

**drkiko** · December 8th, 2012 12:49 AM

Originally Posted by _Qwerty_

sana makita mo in person and makuhanan mo nang picture.. alam mo naman itsura kung tinira talaga nang daga yan..

Yes. It has 2 punctures close to each other. No other defects in the gas tank and the rest of the fuel line. There was a fortuner G there with likewise the same problem. The bad thing is that parts are not available and the owner had to settle for a patch up job with epoxy for the meantime. The SA said that it would not be wise in the avanza's case as it runs on gas. Just have to trust the SA. Anyway, the said part would just cost me 640 pesos. Not covered by warranty as they said it seems to be cause by a rat bite. Really hard to say if its an inherent defect unless we see it reported by other owners. Or maybe just bad luck on my part. The car has no other problems. I've had it since march. Just opted to wait as the car is used to drive my children to school.

**drkiko** · December 8th, 2012 04:40 PM

Originally Posted by drkiko

Yes. It has 2 punctures close to each other. No other defects in the gas tank and the rest of the fuel line. There was a fortuner G there with likewise the same problem. The bad thing is that parts are not available and the owner had to settle for a patch up job with epoxy for the meantime. The SA said that it would not be wise in the avanza's case as it runs on gas. Just have to trust the SA. Anyway, the said part would just cost me 640 pesos. Not covered by warranty as they said it seems to be cause by a rat bite. Really hard to say if its an inherent defect unless we see it reported by other owners. Or maybe just bad luck on my part. The car has no other problems. I've had it since march. Just opted to wait as the car is used to drive my children to school.

Did some research and it turns out that fuel line punctures/problems are not that uncommon. I saw the fuel line personally. It really looks like it was chewed out by rats. Will update you guys of how things turn out.

**dr. d** · December 11th, 2012 09:42 PM

reminds me of the time i just bought a besta... my back-up light just kept dying. i changed several times my back-up light switch ( it screwed into the transmission housing)... finally, i brought it to the casa. the first thing the mechanic asked was, "may aso kayo, 'no?"..
i got a piece of sheet metal, drilled a hole at one end, bent it into an "L" shape, and screwed it in between the switch and the housing.. voila!

**saint777** · December 12th, 2012 09:42 AM

Guys share ko lang fuel consumption naka 2nd PMS (regular oil) na ako and ever since clean fuel unleaded gamit ko. once in a while nag blaze 100 din ako twice full tank and then balik unleaded ulit.

avanza J 2012
Im getting 8km/L average on pure city driving within manila area.

does it make any difference kung mag synthetic ako next PMS(10k)

**mcjoen** · December 12th, 2012 01:48 PM

On pure city driving may not be that much of a difference.

I drive on mixed road conditions with my 2007 J, for the first three years I used regular mineral oil from Casa and I get 9-10 km/li, after 3 years I switch to fully synthetic I was surprised to see that my FC has improved to 10-12km/li.
This is my experience and im no expert.

I use petron XCS by the way.

Originally Posted by saint777

Guys share ko lang fuel consumption naka 2nd PMS (regular oil) na ako and ever since clean fuel unleaded gamit ko. once in a while nag blaze 100 din ako twice full tank and then balik unleaded ulit.

avanza J 2012
Im getting 8km/L average on pure city driving within manila area.

does it make any difference kung mag synthetic ako next PMS(10k)

**saint777** · December 12th, 2012 11:07 PM

Dumaan ako sa CASA kanina nag purchase kasi ako ng PMS discount card nila nun pag release ng avanza 2012 ko P5,xxx yun free oil til 10K PMS (3x PMS)...sabi nila mag synthetic daw ako sa 15k PMS dun ko daw makikita ang diffrence...

Originally Posted by mcjoen

On pure city driving may not be that much of a difference.

I drive on mixed road conditions with my 2007 J, for the first three years I used regular mineral oil from Casa and I get 9-10 km/li, after 3 years I switch to fully synthetic I was surprised to see that my FC has improved to 10-12km/li.
This is my experience and im no expert.

I use petron XCS by the way.

**RG-93** · December 13th, 2012 10:40 PM

Ano kayang compatible na diesel engine para sa engine swap ng avanza?

**drkiko** · December 14th, 2012 11:54 PM

My avanza has been finally fixed. I emailed the customer service of TMP telling them how I found it unacceptable for the top selling car company in the Philippines for the past decade not to have parts on stock. In fairness to them, they replied immediately the following day and they were very helpful

**joemarski** · December 20th, 2012 04:49 PM

* RG-93
Meron na ba?
Why not build Avanzas with Diesel Engines?
There were news that Hyundai will be releasing their Accent CRDi VGT Hatcback first quarter 2013.
It's built with a 1.6 liter diesel engine. Can't Toyota build a smaller diesel engine too to fit their Avanzas
or even their sedans? I just think that Avanza would have been better equipped with a diesel engine...