Sticking valve gear - Toyota Corolla

I have a 2006 Toyota Corolla 1.6 with a noisy valve. Toyota tech says a batch of these were produced, and he said that the valve stem mushrooms due to being incorrectly hardened both he and a mechanic spotted it straight away - it cost £1200 to fix.

Was there ever a recall for this problem mine has 49,000 on the clock sounds like a diesel

Asked on 13 November 2012 by trevor

Answered by Honest John
Nothing here:

www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/toyota/corolla-and-v...d

But I will now add the problem.
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