I've bought a Lexus GS300
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I've had an IS300 Sportcross for about 10 years, depending on what year yours is, possibly the same engine. Yours will probably have had it's first round of water pump / lamda sensor replacements. In fact, if it's had the belt replaced at the correct 60k intervals and the previous owners had any common sense, it'll be on the 2nd water pump, as they are known to leak a little sometimes after you switch off. No big deal, it isn't engine threatening, just sensible precaution to replace it when the belts done.
I replaced the water pipes to the auto box heat exchanger at about 100k miles on ours, as they were slightly leaking, less than £30 for both, just a bit of a faff to do.
Ours is just starting to use oil and it's not the first one I've heard doing this, worth keeping an eye on. Generally speaking, they're incredibly reliable.
I replaced the water pipes to the auto box heat exchanger at about 100k miles on ours, as they were slightly leaking, less than £30 for both, just a bit of a faff to do.
Ours is just starting to use oil and it's not the first one I've heard doing this, worth keeping an eye on. Generally speaking, they're incredibly reliable.
Heaveho said:
I've had an IS300 Sportcross for about 10 years, depending on what year yours is, possibly the same engine. Yours will probably have had it's first round of water pump / lamda sensor replacements. In fact, if it's had the belt replaced at the correct 60k intervals and the previous owners had any common sense, it'll be on the 2nd water pump, as they are known to leak a little sometimes after you switch off. No big deal, it isn't engine threatening, just sensible precaution to replace it when the belts done.
I replaced the water pipes to the auto box heat exchanger at about 100k miles on ours, as they were slightly leaking, less than £30 for both, just a bit of a faff to do.
Ours is just starting to use oil and it's not the first one I've heard doing this, worth keeping an eye on. Generally speaking, they're incredibly reliable.
which year is yours? I had a very late sport x which, apart from regretting that I sold it, i recall they sorted the issue as the engine progressed?I replaced the water pipes to the auto box heat exchanger at about 100k miles on ours, as they were slightly leaking, less than £30 for both, just a bit of a faff to do.
Ours is just starting to use oil and it's not the first one I've heard doing this, worth keeping an eye on. Generally speaking, they're incredibly reliable.
I loved my GS300. Only issues during ownership - petrol tank vent blocked so engine stopped on a long journey, obviously not that long a journey because it was a thirst beast. That and the key went on the fritz causing some Intermittent immobiliser problems.
I lived in MK at the time, and the brakes weren’t quite up to the repeated stops from motorway speeds.
Great car though, 10/10 would buy again!
I lived in MK at the time, and the brakes weren’t quite up to the repeated stops from motorway speeds.
Great car though, 10/10 would buy again!
kurt535 said:
which year is yours? I had a very late sport x which, apart from regretting that I sold it, i recall they sorted the issue as the engine progressed?
Ours is a 2004, the only things it's needed other than service and consumables are a caliper ( could have probably saved the original, to be fair ) a backbox at 80k, a lamda sensor at 95k and the 2 small water hoses for the auto box heat exchanger. The hoses were cheap, the other bits were scary!Oh yeah, the head unit did what they all do and stopped releasing the cd's.
It's maybe worth 2.5k. I could spend 20k on a replacement and like as not end up with a worse car.
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