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.... I'll be really interested to know if you do manage to ascend the north face of the Eiger .... I might go there for my next trip if you do !!!! Malc

This boyracer's dream deserves it's own topic :) Ebay item number: 251810455389 This is what "the green inferno" looks like: PS. Good motor ruined imo, but i would love to pick up my mother-in-law from airport in this :D

Hello and welcome to the LOC. Good news is that the water pump on the 220d is driven by the fan/sepentine belt and not the cam belt so a lot easier and cheaper. I would think a couple of hours labour ( find a decent independant to do the job) If you want an OEM water pump grab one of these while you can. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-OEM-LEXUS-WATER-PUMP-16100-09340/331465742760?_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985&_trkparms=aid%3D444000%26algo%3DSOI.DEFAULT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140221143856%26meid%3Deb8f55954ba14604ad6a7b4b720e4b86%26pid%3D100012%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D10%26sd%3D231358283518

I have, as The-Acre has mentioned made some of these parts,feel free to send me a PM if you are interested in one.

I will do for sure, just in case it happens to someone else. If it comes tomorrow I'll post over the weekend, otherwise I'll be working away in London so it'll have to wait until April.

Hello Mike, no. apart from the post where I asked was any member interested I have not advertised the car. I made an error in stating euro which has another member understandable upset, as he was working from this post, had he read all my posts he may have seen that when I did advertise the car (one must go) it was at 5300 POUNDS. I have now decided that the car is not for sale, I don't need any bad feelings . William

Hi Dan Thank you for your interest. I called your office this morning and spoke to your colleague, also named Dan, who went though the quotation process with me. He came up with a price that I was not expecting :( I have just done a price comparison web site and the best quotes are all around 40% of Dan's number, so I guess I will have to check with them whether they are happy to insure on the Vin for the first fortnight. Thanks again Jon

jon there is pics and instructions here: http://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls430/757395-diy-the-step-by-step-telescopic-steering-write-up.html

The Hybrid pump will eventually fail, typically between 120k and 180k on both GS450h and LS600h cars. But, it is not actually the pump that fails, it's just the two ball bearings within the pump which fail, preventing the shaft from turning. These bearings are about £7 each and are readily available from most bearing suppliers. The only down side is that it takes about 6 hours labour to change them, but it is a straight forward repair, so anyone with ramp can do it. See my post "GS450h loss of power" for more detail. Any local garage should be capable of doing this using my instructions, but unfortunately, Lexus don't repair vehicles properly, they only replace faulty parts, so avoid at all costs as you will be in for a £4-5k bill instead of a £500 bill !! My point being; don't let the pump put you off. These are wonderful cars. Incidentally, mine has 162k on the clock now and still drives like new. Save yourself £3k and go for the higher mileage car; after all, it is still low mileage!!.

Yeah i fully understand why people remove the DPF,i just thought it was now a failure for MOT, its interesting that yours had an MOT 5 months ago with no problem. Im sure i read somewhere that the head gasket issues were sorted after 09 plate but im not certain of it

The article is about Ser 2 to 3 changes though. Helps?