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Your engine develop a sludge. This is a costly repair. The heads will have to come off. I have some pictures of the engine and produres for this fix. It's somewhere in this forum. Good luck. JPI

Hey JPI- If you are still on this board, can you give me more information on the A/F sensor for code reading 1130? I have a 2000 RX300 and this code is the reason my check engine light is on. Is this something easy to replace/fix? I am relatively handy with vehicles but I have never worked on a vehicle with so many gizmo's(my last vehicle was a 1990 Ford Ranger XLT- easy to work on) If you could offer suggestions or comments to replace this sensor and cost estimates, I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Eric Please check your bank1 sensor 1 . JPI

You need to take a look at your valve cover gaskets. Remember start fixing the problem from top to bottom. JPI

You are right. The high beam color is yellow. Who would want to have their high beam come with HID? not me. JPI

Any codes? Please provide more details. JPI

Hello there, Sorry for the late reply. I didn't check my pm until today. Your rear A/F sensor is going out. This is something that you can do it by yourself. You will need a 22mm wrench to break the A/F sensor lose. The A/F sensor is by the firewall, and located on the exhuast manifold. Replace the A/F sensor, clear the code and you are good to go. Good luck bud. JPI

ES300 and Camry use the same part. JPI

There is a small crack on the exhaust manifold. Once your engine get hot, the metal will expand. And you longer hear the exhaust leak. What kind of noise you hear from the tranny? JPI

It depends on what you want to do with it. 6 spd trany, lsd, custom drive shaft, AEM, single turbo kit, upgrade fuel system and the list goes on. JPI

There are a lot of options can you do. Swap in the GTE, it's a direct swap. Or go NA-T with a thicker metal gasket and you will be fine. Transmission, a 6 speed will fit in there but you have to get the a custom drive shaft. Expect to spend from $10k-15. Supraforums.com offer more tech support. JPI

Guys this is something to need to be aware of. We had a 97 Ls400 came in our shop a month ago. Our client brought the vehicle to a local lexus dealership for a starting problem(don't want to name name). They quoted her $1200 for a starter job. She thought it is a little too much so she decided to give us a call. The vehicle came in. Getting 13.4V from the battery, pop out cover for battery water. No it is low and the positive end terminal is broke off. We top off the water, charged the battery and replaced the positive terminal for her. She thanked us. We saved her $1200. Check your little stuffs before jumping into the starter job. Have gun guys. JPI

This is ashame and gave some of the repair shop a bad. We don't screw people around here. I hope the plan you told gonna work out ...Free test drive lol. Private me on AOL and let me know bud. Why did you pay in cash? No tax? heehehe. JPI

I would check your voltage of the battery. Check the starter relay and then narrow it down to the starter. Starter job on this car isn't fun. JPI

You don't need to drop the transmission to replace this egr tube. But it does take a while to get it in and out. It does take practice though. If you are willing to make a trip down to dallas, we will be able to save you some money! JPI

Why are we replacing one motor mount? Is this labor? Yes, it's 1.5hr to replace a motor mount. And of course 3hr for both. JPI

How much are you willing to spend? I have a lot of lexus clients coming through the shop. I will keep an eye out for you. JPI

It will fit. Some of the 2002 have HID. JPI

Did you look at cars.com? JPI

Have you replace the t-belt and water? if you haven't this is a great time to do so. Also It won't hurt to replace t-mast 0-ring. JPI

If the valve is stuck you are not getting power steering assit at all. One thing you might want to do is take the reservior out and cleaning it. JPI

I hope you know that this car is not for drifting or doing donuts lol. JPI

I worked at Park Place lexus in plano. Jordan Case is the GM. Jason Peel and Kevin Bole are the Service Managers. I'd been with this company for so long. Park Place lexus is not like it used to be couple years ago. If you need to access to the service record. PM me and I will help you out. I still have some good friends working there. Actually I employ all the tech used to work for parkplace :) JPI

Good luck finding one for that price. JPI

if i'm not mistaken, one o2 sensor should be on your manifold and the other one should be down along the exaust pipes right next to your cats. check to see if that's where the 2nd sensor is. good luck. i think you need to replace both of them just to be safe. Why are we replacing two them when one fail? Why is it safe? What is the code? JPI

so the check engine light wasn't on? JPI