Tow the car to Lexus dealer and been told the 'rear main seal and front timing cover seal' broke. The motor oil was down to nothing after been told by other driver to stop the car. I even bought the wrench from Sears, three prong adjustable but it is still just a touch to big to work on the cartridge cover. Indeed, the drain plug was so tight that the whole filter assembly came off and a half quart of overflow oil made a mess. The drain screw did not have a gasket, it was metal on metal just like my ford escape hybrid which also uses a cartridge filter. I cannot imagine that I am driving on the freeway at highway speeds running without oil in the power steering. The vehicle was taken to the dealer.
He also reported as a result of oil leak drive belt is all oily I had to go thru hassel, loss of transportation and mental agony not knowing what happening I did research and found rubber vvti is prone to be leak 2007-2011 and. I inserted the socket wrench extension and instead of the drain plug loosening, the entire filter housing came loose, pouring 0. The service agent said that it was engine oil. The Lexus engineers must have been thinking for 08. This particular model has a lot of trouble.
Please review and advise all owners of this failure and ensure Lexus recalls and fix this issue for all owners. They lengthened the interval for some new cars, but not all. Apparently this is a common problem with the year, make, and model. This situation is very hazardous and unsafe for the vehicle to drive. Remove the piece of cardboard and reinstall the filter assembly. Again to repeat, it's not fine for everybody to casually change to 10K intervals, see above. I'm not saying that its unsafe for the motor, I'm just saying that should you ever have any type of warranty claim that they can pin on your longer oil change intervals, they will.
Upon investigating further it was observed that the engine lost that amount of oil in just a few miles. Pick the one that best meets your driving distance each year and match it up with the corresponding lube. The manufacturer denied assistance with the repair, because the vehicle had exceeded the warranty repair mileage. Opened my hook and check for oil level and I was almost out of oil. It took some doing to get the oil filter drain plug off even at the workbench. I pulled over and saw oil leaking by the front passenger tire side.
. And I guess the owner at the time, never had the original oil cooler hose part rubber replaced. After examining the car they found oil is leaking underneath of engine and mentioned to me some kind of tube is leaking. Keeps engine clean and sludge free. The second time above date , the Lexus technician said he was beginning to see a lot of ignition coil failures.
The contact noticed oil leaking from the vehicle afterward. I contacted the Lexus dealer of mt kisco which refused to come and get the car so I had the car towed at my expense, to their dealer. This may be relevant if the opening of the trunk happens when the remote control is within 100 ft 30 m of the vehicle, i. I was asked to replace the power steering rack. No dropping of oil was noticed on the parking floor at my home. Anyway, after a small amount of oil ran down the filter, I just lowered it, with the rest of the oil inside and then dumped it into my oil pan.
Following the maintenance schedule is a requirement of the vehicle's warranty, you're in violation of it plain and simple. With a truck on one side and another barreling down my behind, I tried to accelerate but the vehicle began to shudder and shake violently! I reviewed bulletin and verified symptoms were effectively identical to those I experienced. Works in gas or diesel engines. I went and smelled but did not see anything. He said that is all that they install now and that all Lexus dealers would be doing the same. This could end up in an accident or fire, or at least engine blows up. The fly in the ointment is going to be whether or not there is enough room to fit the chain around the filter housing and then enough clearance for the handle to rotate.
If not, you caught it in time. Because someone posted this would be too deep, I cut off with a Dremel cutoff wheel the 67mm portion the outer portion. In order to deny Warranty claim Lexus would have to prove that the 10K intervals contributed or caused the problem reported. The engine was removed and two of the three bolts holding bank one vvt in place had come loose and were resting inside the crankcase. Fortunately, I was able to maintain control and there was no fire, but the result could have been very different had the event happened on the freeway rather than on a surface street since steering and stopping the vehicle was extremely difficult when the engine died. Since I had added additional oil, it had more oil to leak out. I just made sure I had my drain pain underneath and removed the canister slowly, allowing it to drain some of the oil over the upper lip before continuing.