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Mines not black but not red, smells like play doh / plastersine, or is that the burnt smell you mean, 1st gear whines a bit but other than that all is well, 63 k on clock

hi guys and thanks for your reply's a bit more info, it passed it M.O.T on friday with no addvisories, so i dont think it could be bushes or anything like that??? i not sure my self, it has both the clips on the back pads that lance posted, so could be the fronts, was just a bit embarssing going down the bumpy roads, clattering about like a shed, i will get my cuz to look at front brakes as he's a mechanic for a big company, thanks for your replys.

hi there

just after a bit of help or if anyone has had the same, just been driving ona smooth fast road and all is well. went down one of the town streets where the road surface is terrible and it was banging and clattering like mad on the uneven road, going between 20 -30 mph, and then on the smoth road all is great and smooth again, it sounded like it was coming from the front but could not be sure, definately the passanger side.

thanks

hi mate.

i will ask her what sequence she put in and give ya an update.

thanks

_{hi all}

_{she said she has entered some sort of sequence using the fob to dissarm the internal sensor, she locked it last night using just the one press on the remote fob because see said double locking made it go off (before she had disabled the sensor) and all is well, but no alarm, so its sort of sorted,}

_{janet, yes this only started happening to hers the last few nights randomly, but it was at night and warm? who knows.}

_{but thanks for all the replys and its sort of fixed enough she can live with it.}

great stuff thanks for your help mate, ill keep you posted the locking the car up like that sounds a good solution until we get to the bottom of it,

thanks

thanks for your quick response chris, yeah it had a new Battery 1 month ago, i think we will try to dissconnect it, i was thinking maybe the Battery in the fob might be low but dont know if that would cause the alarm to go off.

thanks

hi there

my sister is having problems with the alarm on her 2003/53 is200 le auto, it has just started going off randomly throughout the night and is getting worse, just wondering if anybody has experianced the same problems, any advice would be very helpfull to us, thanks in advance.

rich

hi petay,

yeah i know how to check it mate, it looks between good and ok, probs more good than ok which is good considering its done 52k from new with no atf oil change, and thanks for the chart really helpfull.

cant belive it says replace ATF every 30 thousand miles, mine hasnt been done at all from the look of the service sheets,

seen in local motor factors store 5 - 30 fully syn lucas engine oil, might use on next service, anybody had any experiance with this or used it before,

thanks

hi guys,

need some advice from the more experianced people than myself, im going to be servicing the car next week, what is the best oil for the 200 and what visc is the best for the uk, i've heard and seen all sorts like 10-40 semi syn to 5-30 fully syn even to 0-30 fully syn, so just asking advice of which is best for the car, and also do i need a new sump plug and washer when servicing or will the old one go back as normal,

thanks for your help

rich.

hi chris,

i spoke to them on wednesday just gone about this as i was asking for a price on a snapped key, i just asked the price of the ATF just out of curiosity as many people say change it with age, mines an 53/2004 with 50k, so coming up to ten years old, thought it might need changing,

ta.

i enquired about toyota atf from lexus leeds and they said 61 pound plus VAT and that was 5L.

hi there,

car looks loverly and the add is well laid out.

i dont think it and LE as they only came in one colour and yours is not it, but loverly loverly car.

and question is that i have a is200 and lexus said that the auto gearbox is a sealed unit and the gearbox oil should be fine for the life of the car, with it benn an 2004 i thought i should change it, but both lexus leeds and coventry said the same thing about it been a sealed unit.

replys would be much appreiciated.

thanks.

my temp gauge and mpg gauge are the other way round in my car, ???????????

noble??? you could of just said v6 cougar mate.

AGREE WITH MATT, NO SUCH THING AS A IS300 SPORT.

congrats mate,

be nice to see some pictures. i feel a step in mine when it gets to 4200, its not quick but nice sound, great cars, best ive ever owned,

mini super charge?????? lol

hi there,

i recently changed mine, think mine was the original too, the cars a 53 2004, sounds a good price, i got mine for 59.99 but it not a bosch, and as said before make sure terminals are at the back, and a few that fit the is200 are slightly bigger and smaller so just beware.

regards.

scam.........same happened to someone i know with alloy wheels, no despatch without payment first, then no item turns up, like said before, better in person or using paypal.

fair point about fuels in earlier post about doing nothing to a is200, i have run with several fuels in mine and there is no differance, same with my corolla t sport, i could tell no differance in that either, i say just use the fuel you can afford, makes no differance to a 150 bhp car anywho, lexus are great cars, if ya want to go quick, buy some else

did not bother with bosch and just bought one from local motor shop, because in his book it nentioned two sizes for the is200? so did not want to order one and it come wrong, have not fitted the new one yet but i will keep an eye out when doing so, maybe tonight,

thanks for your heads up.

its a 2004, ive had a price for a bosch at 59.99 delivered,

thanks for your replys guys.

hi there,

my Battery has jap writing on the top, does this mean that it oringinal, only asking cos on a morning,

or at night after work it really struggles to fire it up, the volt meter in the car reads amount 9.5, once it fires its fine, really fast turn over to fire it.

is my Battery going,

cheers guys.