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Alizerothree

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  1. well...nothing but bad news i guess. I took it to Lexus and a couple other places. The head gasket is blown. the water pump is leaking and im currently replaceing it. lexus qouted nearly 2000 for the head gasket job. other places are saying 1900-2500. im pretty screwed. the good news was that the timing belt was good. great. lol im gonna try this engine block sealer. im sure it wont do much but im praying it was seal the head gasket and stop the cazr from overheating. i know the heads need to gfet sent to a machine shop but man..... im a student...i barely have money for my books :( im stuck huh?
  2. ok i guess i will let you know what happens little by little.. hopefully since its my birthday today they can hook me up for free :P
  3. went to the mechanic and we replaced the thermostat. he said it was stuck open and was opening and closing late. he installed a new one, filled the sucker up with new fluids and told me to drive around. i headed straight for the highway, drove with the heater on for a bit and then cranked up the AC full blast on cold and drove 15 miles downb to redondo beach, sat in traffic for a bit and then hopped on the freeway and drove back. it was fine until i got back to the mechanic shop, it was running a bit hot but didnt overheat all the way.... he told me the next step would be to take the care to a radiator shop and have the check the radiator.... :cries:
  4. its a 1992 :cries: im so worried... i checked the oil and its 1/4 quart too low..... but there didnt seem to be any coolant on it...then again i have no idea since the coolant is brown just like the oil.... im so bummed out.... im gonna try and cruise to a mechanic shop and get a comptression test...... any other suggestions my friends? :) would it be worth it to do an engine swap? can i get a motor from a v6 camry??
  5. ok ...so check the motor oil and see if there is collant. what should i look for in the oil? green color? thanks. i pray its another problem!!! :)
  6. i get nothing but overheating. coolant overflows out the overflow spout and im forced to pull to the side of the freeway. the water is alway6s a chocolate milk muddy color. ive backflushed it and got most of the rust out, even ran a superflush radiator treatment in and left the heater on for like an hour. ive been reading on the forum here and now i think my symtoms point to a blown head gasket due to the previous owners poor maintanence. i bought the car for 4500 and now i dunno what to do. do i TRY to sell it? (i feel terrible for laying this on someone else...) or do i try to fix it? i hear its expensive...im a student and this is really really tough :( can someone suggest/help me on what to do?? :( :cries:
  7. damnit this sucks!!!! i am having the same issue and i think i bought the car with a blown head gasket...i get nothing but constant overheating and tyhe collant which comes out the overflow is muddy, like chocolate milk colors.... and then there slight white smoke that comes from the exhaust at random times....
  8. i just oiverheated after getting off the highway yesterday as well.. i have a 92 es300 and have NO clue where all the coolant is dissappearing to. could it be that there is coolant leaking through a gasket somewhere? now im stuck out here in costa mesa and im scared to drive it back....i dont wanna grenade the motor. when it overheats there is chocolate milk colors rust water that comes out of the overflow and it is boiling hot. we filled it with water and left it on for a while with the heater and ac on and the temp gauge didnt budge from the halfweay mark. it only happens on the highway. what is going on?!
  9. well it smells fron underneathe the car i think.... my brakes squeak really bad in the rear so i dunno if thats the issue but i notice alot of heat coming from under the car/transmission area. :|
  10. Im not even the one that noticed this issue. Couple different people at differnt times would ask what this strange odor was from the car when i would park or drop them off after driving. Theres a burning smell, im hoping its just the radiator...or hopefully its just normal for a 92 ES300..... but there is a burning smell.... and im not sure if its brakes or what but its kinda bad. could i have an exhuast leak? i dunno where to take it.... private party mechanic or lexus. :(
  11. well IMO i t think it was half assed as well :| um i dont beleive there is any "red" coolant. didnt know there was such a thing hehe. just green i believe. the thing is i drove it around all day and it was ok. i just hope it stays that way. sucks the guy did a half !Removed! job.
  12. I'm looking at the needle rise slowly as im sitting in traffic (los angeles) praying to god I make it to the mechanic at 4:15pm. I pull the corner and right before it hits the red mark i turn it off and roll into the place. whew :P Anyways we found no leaks and did a pressure test, look like the caps were bad and i had rust in the radiator. the guy drained the old stuff out, and poured anti freeze, and put 2 new caps. cost me 45 bucks. whaddya think? he stated i was losing pressure from the front cap and losing some water as well. i just hope this problem is cured since ive read about 92's and overheating issues on this forum. thanks
  13. how long do these cars run for lets say if they were well maintained?
  14. Just remember that tinting will also affect your night vision! ;) ← hehe true :P hey since my es300 has a stock tint from factory...will those have to be removed or will they tint over the old ones?? mine hvae a slight brown color to them.
  15. just wondering if this can make a good difference to how the car rUNS. I dont think mine has ever been changed :(
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