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Thanx for the replies guys. I'm going with 5W30 full synthetic and I think I'm going to keep the intervals short starting out. I know there's a sludge issue with these engines so I'll keep the first full synth change at about 5k or 6k. Also, how many quarts does this engine take? I don't have the manual with me.

Now that is phenominal! What year is your car? How in the world did you rack up all those miles? Either way, it's very encourageing. (edit) I see it's a 97. Didn't notice that B4

I'm also thinking about switching to full synthetic. Will I benefit from switching to synthetic at this mileage? I basically want to extend the recommended oil change intervals to something like 8k to 10k miles. I'm going 10k intervals in my A4 and it's as clean as new under the valve covers, so I'm comfortable with doing those kinds of intervals. I just don't know much about Lexus' and my A4 has always had full synthetic since it was new, it's now got 142k miles. I don't want to turn this into a debate about oils (I've read some threads in the archives), I'm just trying to find out what weight oil is recommended and what you all are using.

The title says it all. I want to install a bluetooth kit but I'm not finding any specific instructions on the sequence to remove trim pieces to access the radio. I even looked in a Chilton's manual and the info was just very vauge.