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As far as mpg is concerned, I took the car on a long road trip last weekend and drove over 500 miles on the car with the CEL and the P0330 code on. When I filled up the car at the gas station, I got 418 miles on a tank of gas and I put in 14.318 gallon of gas. It came out to be over 29 mpg on this tank of gas. Beside feeling lack of power from acceleration from slow speed once in a while, the engine did not run any different than what it used to be before I had the CEL on. I wished I can find the CE1 connection on the wiring harness and connected both inputs to the ECU from the good sensor. Did anyone know where the EC1 connector located on the engine. I can't seem to find it from the wiring diagram that's on the 97 ES300 service manual.

I was wondering, what kind of problems or damages (if any) one would do to the engine if you driving around with the CEL and the P0330 knock sensor code on. As far as I can gather, the P0330 code indicated that there is a problem with the sensor (the ECU cannot read the sensor output), but the engine is not really knocking. Since the computer cannot read the sensor, so it defaults to a save mode operation. If you continue to drive under this condition, does it really do anything to the engine?

Can we get an update on this flat head screw? Did you sucessfully move the sliding moonroof using this screw.

How can you tell the car is going into OD or not? I am still looking for the EC1 connector and still can't find it. Attached is a wiring diagram from the ES300 service manual where the EC1 connector suppose to be located on the right side of the engine.

Can you tell me exactly where the EC1 connector is located, I can seem to find it on my 97 ES300? I spent almost an hour looking for it, what color is the connector? Thanks.

I just checked my transmission oil on my 97 ES300 before I changed it. The level on the dip stick seems to be high when I checked it. It is a bit above the hot mark when the engine is running and at operating temperature after shifting through all the gears. After I shut off the engine and drain the transmission oil, less than 3 qts of oil came out. The manual said the refill suppose to take 3.7 quarts. These number does not add up as you can see (less than qts out and 3.7 qts in and the level already high before it is drained). Could someone tell me what is going on here and how much I suppose to put back in. I did finally put in 3 qts.

If the front cover gasket is leaking, chances are the rear cover gasket is also leaking as well. The rear gasket is a lot more differicult to replace as far as I know. Can anyone give me an idea of :( the cost of replacing both the front and the rear gasket?

Is there a place or point on the 97 ES300 that you can place a heavy duty floor jack to jack up either the front or the back of the car? I know there are points on both the front and the back behind or in front the wheel that you can jack the car up for a tire replacement, but I am looking for a place that you can jack up the car either at the front or the back end at a single point (support) under the center of the car. Anyone know or did this before. I can't find any information on either the owner or service manual. Anyone?

Since I bought my 97 ES300 late last year, I always have the clunking noise on the back of my car. I was going to replace the struts but one of my friends told me to check the sway bar and the sway bar links. I ended up replacing both sway bar links on the back and I never hear the clunking noise ever since. To improve the ride further, I am going to check the sway bar brushing as well. According to the service manual, there should be 2 of them, one on each side, just like the sway bar links. B)

97 ES300 with 144K, bought it on 10/18/07 for $3,500. This is what I had done to the car so far: A set of brand new brakes and rotors (front and rear). New timing belt (at 145K) and water pump, cam and crank seals and all other belts. A driver side fog light. A new Sony stereo head unit with mp3 because no CD player came with the car and the LCD display is dead. One of the back light on the climate control unit does not light up. Need to figure out how to take it apart and replace the bulb. Other than that the car look fine and drive nice.

Some of the back light on my climate control panel does not light up. Can anyone give me an idea how much these light bulbs cost at the Lexus/Toyota dealers and can I get them any place else except the dealers. Thanks.

I just purchased a 97 Lexus ES300 a month ago. Last weekend when I try to open the trunk with my key (the master key). I can not turn the key at all and the trunk will not open. I can open it with either the trunk release button inside the car or by the remote controller. I called the preivous owner and ask him if he changed the trunk lock but he said he didn't. He also said it opens before but he had not use the key to open it for at least 3 years now. He always used the remote or the trunk release button inside. I tried to spray some WD40 or other stuff into the lock a couple of times over the course of a couple of days, but still can not get the key to turn at all. Any sugguseion please. Thanks. :chairshot:

Why don't you just do what I did, I went to Circuit City and had a new Sony head unit installed for only $250. My 97 Lexus can now play mp3 as well.

1997 ES300, 145650 miles. Just got the timing belt and water pump replaced at 145309. The struts and mounts need to be change soon. Otherwise just the normal wear and tear parts replacement.