General Warning and Fuel Tank Heat Shield - Toyota Yaris Forums

ttufrosty · 05-31-2007, 06:18 PM

General Warning: To those of you who own the 3dr LB take care on wet roads and driving in rain. Wife and I were driving home from Iowa down I-35 during a nasty downpour the other day doing roughly 65. Well long story short, lost control, car did 1 360 on my side of I-35, continued into another 360 though the median, and finished up in the left lane of oncoming traffic. Yeah it sucked. So it seems these little cars that get oh so great gas mileage can and will hydroplane at very low speeds in rain. It was my first ever experience at hydroplaning, no fun at all.

The car survived very nicely except for one thing. It seems that the trip though the grass managed to tear up the gas tank heat shield. It is still attached at a couple of places but is now unattached in one location. I have manged to get it back into somewhat of it original shape to protect from heat, but how necessary is this piece. Does it need to be replaced ASAP or can it wait until I get back to Texas. Thank is advance.

05-31-2007, 06:18 PM	#1
ttufrosty Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: DFW, USA Posts: 50	General Warning and Fuel Tank Heat Shield General Warning: To those of you who own the 3dr LB take care on wet roads and driving in rain. Wife and I were driving home from Iowa down I-35 during a nasty downpour the other day doing roughly 65. Well long story short, lost control, car did 1 360 on my side of I-35, continued into another 360 though the median, and finished up in the left lane of oncoming traffic. Yeah it sucked. So it seems these little cars that get oh so great gas mileage can and will hydroplane at very low speeds in rain. It was my first ever experience at hydroplaning, no fun at all. The car survived very nicely except for one thing. It seems that the trip though the grass managed to tear up the gas tank heat shield. It is still attached at a couple of places but is now unattached in one location. I have manged to get it back into somewhat of it original shape to protect from heat, but how necessary is this piece. Does it need to be replaced ASAP or can it wait until I get back to Texas. Thank is advance.