IdaraCHODB:


Anyone needing spacers in abuja should send me a PM

biafrandream:

Please endeavour to obey traffic regulations, because they are for the good of the general public including yourself. However, in the event of a palpable or patent display of abuse of power by the law enforcement agents, one should stand his ground and plead his innocence. From the your testimony, you crossed the traffic at amber, next time, be patient until it goes green. If they don't make efforts to enforce these laws, we will still complain. Let us try and give room for human failures while discharging public duties.

lomomike:


Purchase the plugs, call him and strike a bargain on labour before he begins. Highest you should bargain is 2,000. Tell him its ordinary sparkplug change na, no big deal, afterall its not a major work. Highest 20 minutes. If he doesnt know about 3MZ-FE engine sit in ES330, he'll be glad thinking him don job you. He wont know what hit him by the time it hits him hard below the belt.

Sit down with a chilled drink + chicken and watch how he climb your engine and sweat profusely just to replace ordinary sparkplugs.


Lemme post a link for your reading pleasure.


http://www.clublexus.com/forums/es300-and-es330/696222-diy-lexus-es330-v6-spark-plug-replacement.html

lomomike:


What are you waiting for?

Inspect them, but i must confess, dont attempt that job, instead give it to that unfortunate mechanic who you've been beefing to suffer the brunt for 4-6hours to change the plugs.


Its one of the hardest tedious jobs to do in that car.

You use type T-IV oil right? Usually its changed at 30,000 miles (toyota/lexus wont admit it)

lomomike:


These sparkplugs can do 100,000 as long as its not fouled. In lexusownersclub.com, most guys says even at 120,000 youre wasting money and time. Rather an average of 140,000mile then change. But lomomike says, 80,000-100,000 chikena!

lomomike:


Im not too sure, but whats the engine type you have? Is it not 3MZ-FE?


If youre using 5W30, its 5,000miles or 6months which ever comes 1st.

lomomike:


if you dont know where to get 5W30 oil, just holla at me, i'll get it for you. As for your ATF, i feel you should check to confirm if its Toyota Genuine ATF type T-IV or Toyota WS oil. I can also get them if you dont mind. Really, id recommend To anyone personally to change ATF every 30,000miles. If you can get a very good scanner which can scan more functions such as ECT-s and MAF/MAP.

lomomike:


Did you recently work on the car that necessitated your removal of battery terminal or it loosen and came off on its own?

The reason for the drop in RPM is due to the ECU reverting to default however, have a keen observation of the car for a week. On a side note, i'd advice against use of Aftermarket remote starter system. I dont feel confident with them.

joeace2020:
man u these days

Piyke:


You have a point right there, I remember a friend whose car had not only the Xmas light, but SRS, ABS...all kinds of light I wondered how he manages with viewing his cluster.lol
I remember my CEL coming on once due to low engine oil, I was just about to start driving but decided to check the dipstick, alas! oil was below low mark. You know what would have happened if I already had a CEL prior...I may have only been alerted by the grave low oil pressure light or had serious damage to the engine

adanny01:
I have been watching a lot of youtube videos suggesting to wash CAT with lacquer (Thinner) and others with just soapy water. Cant seem to find an obvious working method of getting the CAT working up to threshold. Though I got the fact that the P0420 comes up when the CATs efficiency drops by as low as 5%. That means that the CAT is not entirely bad but has started degrading. The check light is annoying so the need to get it out. I have not seen a better and easy solution like the installation of the spacer. Getting one has been a challenge same as the present economic conditions.

I have also found out from one of the videos that to check that the CAT is still working there should be about 100 degree Fahrenheit difference at the inlet and outlet of the CAT tested with an infrared thermometer. I wish i could have access to one.

adanny01:


Its going to be 24hrs soon. Waiting!

lomomike:


Lol, so you're now comfy with that annoying light?

No matter what trick you perform, that light must come up until you find what triggers the fault. Its even worst in Toyota/Lexus/Scion cars because even if pigeon farts, it will come up.


My 2003 HL 2.4L christmas light showed up, three rubbish codes up. 4 nights ago my RX330's own christmas lights showed up VSC and Check light I've not scanned it yet. I don vex park them travel back to Ibadan via bus.

cecegorz:

Obeledu Ugada! Longest time bro.
Any ideas on the cost of brand new OEM for the front set in Naija?

adanny01:


Yes i guess eventually i must. Instead of that i will fit a test pipe with an O2 space fabricated on it as i have read. The hollow section of empty CAT may not be a good thing for the engine and a straight pipe is recommended instead. For now, i want to try the spacer and if it fails, then the straight pipe thingy.

For now, most mechanics i have asked have no idea that a spacer of that dimension exist. Thats because most spark plugs threads are same but the nut are either 19 or 21mm while the O2 sensor has a bigger threading with 22mm. With the new $ exchange rates, the spacer is too expensive to make an orders. I think i can fabricate the spacer by welding a 22mm nut to a fitting pipe and having the other pipe threaded to correspond to the CAT O2 hole. It shouldn't cost more than 1k for labour and parts.

cecegorz:
I noticed this issue on my Highlander in Lagos, but lack of regular free way to do up to 100 to 120km/hr didn't allow me to know the extent of the challenge.
I took it to my mech for wheel balancing and after that felt it was ok.
Not until I travelled long distance and had stretches of free way that I observed the fullness of the issue, once I hit that range of speed and had any cause to apply brakes to slow down, the whole steering keeps vibrating badly.
I can't wait to get back to Lagos for a complete overhaul.

P.S. I bought four brand new tires when I bought the car in October, so I can't blame it on the tires

bravolad:


Carry out a wheel balance & alignment. Most likely the culprit.

lomomike:


I love the IS series. Some guy here wanted selling off an IS250 AWD last month, I called him personally, and tried to strike a deal with him, but I was discouraged after I conducted little secret investigation. That said, the IS series is a beautiful car to look at and drive the Is250 feels slightly under-powered, but the IS350 is good, rear seat legroom is small because its an entry level compact sedan, its spring suspension are quite soft tuned for any serious sporty performance and only the IS250 comes in manual tranny. However, I'm more inclined to tall non-sporty things, this is a conscious and deliberate attempt to prevent myself from driving extremely dangerously.

lomomike:


I don't know about Callahan, hope they meet or even surpass manufacturers specification.

If I were in your shoes, I'd take some days off, remove the catalytic converter, soak it in detergent mixed with distilled water bath for say over night, check the O2 sensors and Heater Sensors for efficiency, if they are bad, I'd replace them but I'd install spacers before re-installing the heater or O2 sensor.