LawrenceR

This is happening to me now. The only sign I have noticed is the coolant overflow so far. The car has been serviced when needed, its booked in with Lexus on Friday and it meets the extended warranty criteria so they will hopefully sort it out! Check out my thread there is some good info on there if your interested. Good luck.

That was a great reply thank you so much. I cannot speak from a mechanics point of view but logically it makes perfect sense. I can see how garages could use it as an excuse to empty your bank but if Lexus are paying then they can replace whatever they like, but on the other hand if I do end up going to an independent garage I will know that its just the gasket that needs to be replaced. I've had head gasket problems on bmws before but they went almost instantly and that was it you could not drive them. I only need to use it for a couple of miles a day will use the Mrs car until it goes in but I will defo keep the coolant topped up just in case. Once again thanks for all the info.

Thanks for the info I'm just praying that they'll cover all that work! They said they checked my service history and it was ok but my latest service was at a Toyota main dealer not Lexus they assured me that Lexus parts were used when I booked it in. I bet a lot of people have this problem not knowing about the warrant, so glad I found this forum!

Thanks I used info in that thread to fight my corner. Lexus have agreed to take it in for inspection and providing nothing is suspicious they will repair under warranty. Just got to wait 2 weeks until it goes in. Does anybody know the extent of the repairs eg just replace the HG?

After speaking to a friend who is a technician at Toyota he said it probably is the head gasket needless to say I'm gutted. I have spoken with my local Lexus dealer about the extended warranty and they are going to let me know tomorrow so fingers crossed. Does anybody know if there is official info on this or is it at the dealers discretion whether they fix it or not?

Hi people I'm kind of lost and need some advice. I bought a 220d 58 50k last month and I have experienced coolant discharge from the header tank overflow pipe. I had a local garage test for head gasket and it was ok they suggested it could be the water pump. So I took it to another garage and they suggested I replaced the rad cap and that what I done, a week later and there is still signs of leakage not a massive amount and not every time I drive. The car runs fine and temp gauge is bang in the middle when warmed up. I checked the service history and the problem was noted in a service 2 years ago as well. I will continue to monitor the problem and seek advise from garages but I wondered if anyone here has any advise? Thanks for reading I look forward to your comments.