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The heat on my girlfriends RX300 isnt blowing as hot as it should be. I changed out the air mix servo with a new one and its better, but still not great. Any other ideas as to what would cause the heat to be pretty warm, but not hot?
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Hi,
New to the forum. Have used the forum to read about things before and decided to sign up. Anyways, my girlfriend has a 2002 RX300. She's had it for a bit over a year and is having some pretty bad oil consumption issues. Around a qt every time she fills up with gas.
What I've done so far:
-Replaced PCV valve
-Switched over to Pennzoil platinum synthetic
These haven't helped the oil burn at all. I've never an exhaust smoke and I dont see any leaks. It seems to run well besides the oil consumption it has right about 120k. It sounds like a lot of people have had good success with replacing the rear valve cover. Before we do that is there anything else I should check into? It sounds like I should check the PCV breather hose and make sure that it isn't clogged up. Is there anything in particular to do to test compression on the car? I've compression tested a ton of jetskis and small engines but never done one on a car. Anyone have a quick how to or procedure? Mainly just concerned about the electrical system.
Thanks,
Eric
Rx300 Oil Consumption Issues
in 99 - 03 Lexus RX300
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Just an update. Crawled under the car and saw a lot of oil leaking. Took it in and the rear valve cover gasket was leaking pretty badly. Had the valve gasket replaced and oil consumption seems better. Not 100% sure if its fixed yet as it doesnt get driven a ton. Hoping that it fixed it. Just got an oil change and added some mmo to the oil. Will run it for 1500-2000 miles and then change it again. Hopefully will clean it out a bit.