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  1. General Discussion
    Just noticed some oil leaking seemingly from the turbo. For context the turbo is placed right by the exhaust headers and does not have an intake (working on that). I noticed splatters of oil on the side of the head cover. The oil looked and felt old/gunky. Could the turbo be sucking in residual...
  2. Basic Help & Repair
    Hi! So I recently had an oil change and after driving for a small distance the low engine oil light came on, also noticed that the MPG needle stopped working, all other cluster needles seem fine. The rear light warning also came on, All lights are working properly. All this after an oil change...
  3. Basic Help & Repair
    Picked up an 03’ is300 with 80k on engine and body. Car is mechanically sound (ish) however with my very enthusiastic driving it’s starting to struggle with retaining fluids. There’s oil coming from the pan seal, oil pump, and possible other places. Was curious if anyone has re sealed the GE...
  4. Basic Help & Repair
    I replace my oil at ~ every 10k mi with the filter. My head gasket has a bit of a leak, but not major. I don't leak oil. But my oil light comes on usually after a couple to few thousands miles after each change. I check the dip stick and it usually looks pretty low or dry, why is this?
  5. Basic Help & Repair
    I have a 2002 automatic is300. I've had it since it was at 160,000mi. The only maintenance/ repairs I've done, other than oil every 10k mi (bottle says 15k mi) and oil filters. New radiator(@ ~ 175k m) New breaks and rotors all around (@ ~190k mi) Other than that I haven't really worked on...
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