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Thank you for your reply. I will change the serpentine belt and change the coolant this weekend and try the 'quick way' first to see if I can remove and install it. It is just not much DIY info out there for the lexus owner for repair/ maintenance. I guess most lexus owners take their car to the dealership to for maintenance/ repair. At least that is how my wife is. For me, I got the old camry and 4 runner to play with and ton of info on the web for repair and if even I mess up, I would not get burned by the wife. Last week I tried to do the timing belt on the 2003 camry V6, but I could not loosen up the crankshaft bolt, So I could not finish it up. I have to ask the local shop to loosen up the bolt for me. I definitely try to finish the timing belt/ water pump this week for the camry. Since I start to work on the car, I learn a lot from the internet. It is very interesting but one thing I hate about working on car is to change one thing, you have remove a lot of other thing, just to get to it.. Again thank you for your help.

Recently I start doing car maintenance in my spare time. I am thinking of changing the serpentine belt on my wife's 2009 LX570. I open the hood and it seems to me that removing the coolant reservoir and the plastic part that cover the fan (hold by 4 bolts/nuts) would hep with the belt removal and installation (since it gives more space to work with in the front). I wonder that is the way to go or you can just remove the belt and install without removing any part at all, even if the space seems to be very tight. BTW, it has 136K on it and the serpentine belt looks good when I inspect it this morning, no crack anywhere at all. I called the dealership to inquire about changing timing belt, but they told me there is no need since they use the chain (not the belt) on lx570, but I forget to ask about the water pump since people always change water pump when doing timing belt for preventive measure. Should I change the water pump or just wait until it leaks? .Any help/ info would be greatly appreciated.