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Wife's mint 98 ES300 with 50K and the CEL comes on yesterday. Car has been meticulously maintained by Lexus (previous owner up to 45K). I went to AutoZone today and thier code readers won't communicate with the ECU. Any idea what is up with this? I really don't want to visit a Lexus dealer if I can figure it out and fix it myself.

Thoughts? They tried several of their code readers too.

Thanks,

Tony

looking for a 1998 driver side outer tail light lens ES300 model. PM or e-mail me at aja8888@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Tony

We just picked up a 1998 ES 300 with 38K on it and the passenger's mirror housing is scratched. That is the only mark on this car. The car is 'white" metallic on top but I cannot find the paint code. The door post has two stckers, one about air bags and the other for tire pressures. No information sticker on there, the door frame or the firewall. Help?

Any ideas?

Tony

I had the same problem on my 02 ES, but at least on the 02 there was a small drain guide attached to the engine block that would direct the exiting oil into a stream that could be caught some how.

Solution:

Take a 20oz. plastic soda bottle. Cut the top of the bottle off completey about 3/4 the way up from the bottom. Prop the bottom end up under the oil filter before you loosen it. Then when you spin the filter off, the exiting oil is caught in the bottle and not on your crossmembers or garage floor. When the oil has drained out of the filter, then you can spin it the rest of the way off and turn it upright to guide it out from under the manifold.

worked for me many times.

steviej

I'll make a note of that......thanks steviej! B)

That is a good idea.

Thanks