gs300_2000

Thanks Just an update: When I got home, after having waited for it to cool for about half an hour, I crawled under the car, while on level, opened the fill plug and the oil started coming out. So, I guess it was full.

Hello, Just yesterday I changed transmission fluid in 2000 gs300. Though now I’m not quite sure I did it properly, though. I jacked the car up on the side of the differential drain and fill plugs, drained and refilled. I put in about 1.7 quarts (very rough estimate) and the oil started spilling out, so I put the fill plug back in. I used the same “turkey baster” “pump” that is shown here: http://bananags.netfirms.com/services.html (click on Differential oil), which was very inconvenient, since I ended up squeezing the bottles to get the oil in and ended up using three quart bottles (I could only squeeze in that much from each one), each got very deformed afterwards and had oil left in it (hence the very rough estimate). But now my friend tells me that it is actually supposed to take 2.8 quarts. Two techs at the dealer said 2.0 and 2.1 respectively. On one hand I’m worried that I did not put in enough, although it did start pouring out of the fill plug. On the other hand, - since I am now being told that the car should not have been jacked up and should have been on a flat surface, when drained and refilled, - I am thinking that because the side with drain/fill plugs was a tad higher than the other side, not everything did pour out and that was the reason that not all of the 2 quarts went in. I drove the car to the office today, all seemed fine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I re-do the whole thing, draining and filling, with the car on a flat level surface and using a proper oil pump, like this http://doityourself.com/invt/6847610 ? Or just try to pump in more oil using this proper oil pump? Thanks

Interesting: From: AntennaMastsRus [mailto:info@AntennaMastsRus.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:49 PM To: -- Subject: Re: Lexus RX300 antenna mast OEM vs. OE Hi, I would suggest the 24.95 one. One is Genuine. We have had great success with the other one. Thanks, Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: -- To: info@antennamastsrus.com Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: Lexus RX300 antenna mast OEM vs. OE Hello, I need to replace antenna mast in 2001 Lexus RX300. The antenna motor is working. The question that I have is, since OE costs twice as much as OEM – is there any real difference? I’d rather pay $25 then $50 for the part if they are identical. Thanks

OEM is $25 and OE is $50. I'd rather pay $25, naturally. I wonder if OEM will work just as good as OE and if there is really any difference?

You can reach the drain plug from the front of the car without raising it. Keep it on a level surface. If you have to raise it to reach the plug it won't be much and will drain fine. Thank you, dcfish. But there is a plastic cover, covering the engine compartment from the bottom, right? I should need to remove that, before I get to the drain plug then (I had read the manual on gs400). Can it be done without lifting the car? If I'm facing the front of the car, is the gs300 drain plug to my left or to my right? On my 98 all I have to do is push up on the cover towards the rear and the drain plug can be reached from the front without removing anything. You might have to remove the cover on the 2000 I am not sure, Check it out. Oh yeah, The plug is in the center. Changed the oil yesterday. Incredibly easy. Thank you so much for your help.

Thanks for the encouragement! It does appear not too complicated. Do you have any comments on this step by step guide, as applied to the RX300? http://antennamastsrus.com/Nut%20Removal.htm http://antennamastsrus.com/Instructions%20Mast.htm http://antennamastsrus.com/

Guys, Thank you for your replies and the links. Fernandopla, that would be great! Please, send the repair manual to vladfrb at hotmail.com

You can reach the drain plug from the front of the car without raising it. Keep it on a level surface. If you have to raise it to reach the plug it won't be much and will drain fine. Thank you, dcfish. But there is a plastic cover, covering the engine compartment from the bottom, right? I should need to remove that, before I get to the drain plug then (I had read the manual on gs400). Can it be done without lifting the car? If I'm facing the front of the car, is the gs300 drain plug to my left or to my right?

Hello, In girlfriend’s RX300 2001 we noticed that the radio antenna is damaged: the motor works and the radio does work as well, but the antenna itself has been bended and broken, the top now falls off if the radio is turned on and the antenna extends fully. The antenna will only collapse half way if the radio is turned off. We are not sure how this happened. The question is two fold: Will the dealer fix it? (2001 under 40K) If not, where (and how much) is the best place to get the part and is there a step by step on how to replace it? Thanks

Hello, I’m about to change the oil in GS300 2000 for the first time myself. I have found few discussions and few step-by-steps, but none that explicitly describes where the oil drain plug is located in the relation to the rest of the car, hence the question: Is it positioned the same way as the transmission pan plug (I can use the ramps to lift the front of the car), so that when the front is elevated and the plug is opened, the oil will drain completely? Is it positioned some other way, so that I will need to use the jacks instead of the ramps and will need to either jack up the rear end of the car or one of the sides? Thanks