DKRC-2003

Toysrme & Lexusk8 Thanks!!

OK, just want to make sure here that I have got this figured out from everyone's previous posts: I am referring to the 1994 ES 300: There are Three O2 sensors (aka Oxygen Sensors aka Air Fuel Sensor) They are named: Bank 1 Sensor 1 (Located between the Firewall and Engine) Bank 1 Sensor 2 (Located on the exhaust pipe after the Catalytic Converter) Bank 2 Sensor 1 (Located between the Engine and Radiator) This is the Bank 1 Sensor 1 O2 Sensor (2 pictures): (Sensor is between Firewall and Engine) (Sensor is lit up with my flashlight) This is the Bank 2 Sensor 1 O2 Sensor: I did not get a pic of the Bank 1 Sensor 2 (Too cold outside...and I do not have any ramps or jacks) Did I get this right or did I really hose this up? I have to replace B1S1 (between Firewall and Engine) per the Lexus dealer (CEL light lit-wont pass inspection); can I just replace this sensor or do I have replace both B1S1 and B2S1 (the two before the catalytic converter) or all three at the same time?? Thanks in advance!!

Can't say much about "looking reliable" BUT... Remember the days when you could jump on the hood of your buddy's 1966 Pontiac Catalina and sleep on it without crumpling the sheetmetal...

ah...i've never tried it when a message was on the screen... I agree, I really wish it controlled something on the stereo (i like the stereo controls on the steering wheels on the newer models) I usually leave it on Tank MPG (to berate me from performing lead-foot) My average speed is like 37MPH (i work from home so i don't fight the commute, when i do travel it is on a freeway many times) I use trip A to track my MPG manually although the computer does a good job of it also (just rounded to the nearest mile instead of a tenth of a mile); i do like the fact that the computer does not erase this data after filling up the tank UNTIL you drive off (in case you forget to write it down before you fill up) I've noticed that the computer's calculated MPG is about 1.0-1.5 better that what I work out by hand (im getting 24.84 MPG on the freeway and 18.97 MPG "in the city"). Compare this with my 1994 ES 300 (20.84 city and 26.47 highway) and i'm still not afraid to take out the V8 over the V6 w/ gas prices the way the are (yet). I use trip B to track my miles between oil changes.

I dont remember the year model of her car but my GF in 1986 had the oscillating fan thing in her Mazda 626 back then...

It has a car phone but I think all the controls for it are on the other side of the steering wheel The MODE button cycles the dash computer through the various mileage/timer/MPG settings and RESET does as it advertises I figured that FUNCTION would cycle the computer between Imperial and Metric but it does no such thing on any setting...

What does The FUNCTION button on the steering wheel (right above the MODE and RESET buttons) do? No mention of it in the owner's manual...

1976 Chevrolet K5 Blazer, with full-time 4WD. Ate U-joints like it was going outta style. Spent more time underneath it than in it. Got like 6 MPG (350 V8 of course). But gas was like 65 cents/gallon back then...

I user a California Dash Duster and it seems to work great. Just dont use it near any fabric (like your speaker covers on the LS...the red threads will stick to it)

Congrats! Love the color

I definitely like the color...

Nice ride SK!! I know what you mean about it rolling in the corners...in that respect it does not behave like the ES. Everything else about the car is awesome though! I have the round amber fog lights on my 94 ES and they really make a difference at night (even with the Sylvania Silverstars for headlights); but on the LS, the standard stock fog lights (mine are white/clear) are so dim that I can turn them off and not even notice any difference with the HIDs turned on. Do you think its worth looking into making the fogs on the LS the same amber lighting as the 94 ES?

Once we are done dodging Hurricane Emily (it has been raining all week now); I'll get a group photo of both cars. Checked the seat heater connections underneath the seat and they all appear to be connected. If i get some time this weekend I'll try to troubleshoot it some more. Thankfully seat heaters in Texas are mostly a nice-to-have option... Now Ive got to make room in the garage so that both cars will fit!

Thanks to all who have posted on this board...I have been studying it for weeks! Finally decided on a 98-00 LS to join my 94 ES 300. It took me almost 6 weeks but i finally found a Pearl White 1999 with 83K miles and pretty much in flawless condition (the only problem is that the front driver seat heater is inop). The only annoying thing that I have discovered owning two Lexuses now is that both keys fit in the same ignition switches (I keep putting the ES key into the LS and vice versa and wondering why the ignition switch wont turn!!) :chairshot: thanks again!

Went to buy some more Lexol at the store and they had another product called Lexol NF (Neatsfoot) Leather Dressing; did a search for it and did not find anything. Was wondering if anyone else had used it and what kind of results they got with it

Nice ride! Isn't it amazing how many early ES 300's are on the road that still look brand new?

I own a 94 ES and its the best car that I've ever owned. The stock stereo to me has enough umph. Don't be afraid to shop around and find a nice, well kept one. Even if you pay top dollar and still have to sink 1 or 2 Gs to get all the maintenance up to snuff, you still should have saved a fortune considering the cost of a new one.

Originally I intended to own the car for 2-3 years and then upgrade...now im thinking it will make a great third car and ill keep it till the wheels fall off. 500,000 Club maybe?

If you want Howard Stern, you'll want Sirius.

Anybody got a list started for the 2nd generation LS? I'm trying to find a 1998-99-00 LS 400 (UCF21) Series IV to buy soon...

"stealership" - i like that! The timing belt+water pump (and all the other little stuff w/ labor) was 1K+a happy meal... The dog bone and engine mount work was just under $300 and the tint job was $160 I know im a sucker for letting the dealer do all this work...prob is that im an engineer (and not a mechanic)...I break just about anything I try to fix when it comes to cars (and pay more + towing in the end) haha When I was looking to buy the car I took it down to the dealer and had them print out the service history for this car. They came back with a 14 page report (yikes!). At first I thought "this car has had some issues" but it turns out that all of it was the standard periodic maintenance meticulously performed by the prior owner. The only time it was ever brought in outside of a PM job, it was towed in with the complaint "It wont start". Dealer solution: Replace (1) battery. And a battery lasting for 8 years in Central Texas is impressive on its own accord... As nice as it was to have the service history from the dealership...now i feel somewhat obligated to let the dealer continue to do all the PM work on it. Currently, the only thing wrong with it is two needles burned out on the instrument cluster (going to LexTech once I buy the LS 400...). Not bad for a 11 year old car. And I still have spend less than 8K total on it since I purchaced it.

Checking back in...been gone for a while. Just rolled 103K on my 94 ES 300 with nary a prob still. Took it in finally this week to the Lexus dealer to get the timing belt and water pump replaced, also had them replace my dogbone and motor mounts. And I got the windows tinted for 20% off. I got to keep the loaner this time for 3 days (a 2005 Lexus RX 330); very nice SUV. But, and this is an interesting observation: After having to turn in my loaner for my 11 year old car, you would think I would be bummed about how much older and "wore-out" my 94 drives...it was the exact opposite. My 94 seemed to drive just as nice and was just as comfortable as the 05 RX that I left behind... This is still the best car i've ever owned. Threw in a few pics of the car with the tint job. Am now looking for a 1998-2000 LS 400 now to add to my Lexus fleet.

Thanks for you thoughts. The dealership told me that they recommended that I get the engine mount & dog bone fixed first before I worry about the timing belt/water pump job though. They also told me specifically that my drive belt did have cracks "all over" and that I needed to replace that soon--which I cannot find and you can see in the pic yourself... As far as the front control arms go, they told me that I could wait a while on those; all that they did for me right now was make the car drift more than usual when I was driving at highway speeds...which I have not noticed much since I generally use the car to go to work and back...a 5 minute trip rarely over 40 MPH.

Anyways, considering the 2 facts that (1) my car is going on eleven years old and (2) I did not buy this car at the dealership; i must say that Lexus of Austin treated me just like I had bought a brand new LS 430 yesterday. Terry was my service manager and was very pleased with the service and hospitality. Got the car back in the afternoon and it was vacumned and "hand washed" without any swirl marks in the paint (damn SW03ES, that is wrong about your car). And the neat thing about all of this...dropping off that brand new 04 RX and picking up my 94 ES...my old car pretty much drove just as nice as that RX did...

lemme try that again....