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  1. General Discussion
    After assuming the head gasket blew (oil in the exhaust and boiling coolant) I removed the head to inspect the block and gasket. Only 1 was clean and the rest were dirty....thankfully they were all in one piece. The clean piston (piston 1) had a little worse compression than the others with...
  2. General Discussion
    One day when I stopped driving I walked to the front of my Is300 and heard my coolant boiling (it was a hot day). I replaced the bad radiator cap and drove it home when it read as overheating. Wasn't sure if it was air or if it was truly overheating but I flushed it and replaced it anyway (the...
  3. General Discussion
    One day when I stopped driving I walked to the front of my Is300 and heard my coolant boiling (it was a hot day). I replaced the bad radiator cap and drove it home when it read as overheating. Wasn't sure if it was air or if it was truly overheating but I flushed it and replaced it anyway (the...
  4. Basic Help & Repair
    So I noticed I was leaking oil I didn’t know till I seen the floor and when it started giving me problems with the acceleration i was stepping on the gas pedal and it wasn’t picking up speed so I checked the engine I seen a lot of oil leaking coming from the camshaft I replaced that but the guy...
  5. General Discussion
    Hello Everyone , i receive this code , i don’t what to do next, from where should i start to Fix… ADVISE….
  6. Basic Help & Repair
    I have two key issues with my 2001 Lexus IS300. I managed to fix one, however after countless repairs I can't fix the second. The first issue is that the car wouldn't respond to the acceleration pedal being pressed down. I managed to fix this issue by replacing the the throttle body. The...
  7. General Discussion
    Hey everyone.. so I’ve read a lot of the forums.. got my codes.. all that but I haven’t seen anybody necessarily have the same problem as me. So long story short.. Beginning of day went to work (no CEL on my car at ALL) then back home to change my valve cover gasket seal. Removed air...
  8. General Discussion
    Hey guys, I have an 01 is300 with 230k miles on it and i had taken it to the shop to clean my injectors and he told that i'd have to replace my spark plugs as well as they were too worn out and also changed my whole set of coils as it was misfiring on the 3rd and 4th cylinder. Once he put back...
  9. General Discussion
    So I was wondering if I was to do a 1jz or 2jzgte swap, could I just have the normal wiring harness plug into a stand alone ecu and program that ecu to start up the car via a push button start? Or would I still need the immobilizer?
  10. General Discussion
    I’m thinking about turbocharging my 2002 is300. It currently has 31k miles. I’m looking at the cxracing kit (https://www.cxracing.com/products-by-car-toyota-scion-lexus-lexus-is300/products-by-car-toyota-scion-lexus-lexus-is300-2jz-ge-na-t/TRB-KIT-2JZGE-IS300-IC?sort=p.price&order=DESC) My...
  11. General Discussion
    Hey guys. Mad respect first of all i and Doing a whole deal and gasket change out on the02 is3 and Mayhave messed up timing other than lining up crank to tdc and both cams to tdc do i need To know anything elseto CORRECTLY time my GE before i close Up everything? All the vid about how...
  12. Basic Help & Repair
    Hi, I have a strange problem. Back in 2016 I removed the engine from my is300 and it has sat there for 3 years, anyway I've put it back in and got it working except there is a problem. Next to the Coolant temp sensor on the side of the head there is another threaded hole that I only noticed when...
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