TonyP

I recently took my GS to the dealer to diagnose an oil leak I noticed (car still under warranty). Dealer concluded that I had a leak in the No. 1 (upper) oil pan seal. They also stated that the repair involves 18 hours of labor! Can someone explain what is involved with this repair? Just seems like a lot of work to remove an oil pan.

Thanks for the insight. The dealer repaired the leak under warrantry, and told me that the leak was at the intake manifold. Luckily, no damage done to the engine.

I have a 2000 GS300. The check engine light went on, and the engine began to run very rough, like one cylinder wasn't firing. The dealer said that the seal on a casting plug leaked coolant into one of the cylinders and shorted-out a spark plug. The dealer said that it was not a head gasket leak, but a plug used to fill one of the holes used to remove sand in the original casting process. He also said that he had never seen this happen before. Anyone out there heard of this one?

I'm planning to upgrade the sound system in my 2000 GS300. I found the amp behind the glove box. Can I simply disonnect the amp input from the head unit and tap-in to get pre-amp outputs to my new amp? Or is there something about the Pioneer stereos that require the stock amp to remain connected, requiring me to go with speaker level inputs (with distortion!) to the new amps? Also, does anyone know if there are adapters available to plug into the speaker wiring harness versus tapping in to each wire?

Does anyone know where I can get specs on the 2000 Pioneer audio system? I'm looking for amp info, (how many, watts, etc) and speaker info (size, power handling) before I decide how to upgrade.