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  1. Texas
    So….went back to T5 on Sun night, obs a lot more traffic at 5pm so the figures are different but not so much to cry about. The tank Avg is down a bit but all time Avg actually up a bit😀
  2. Texas
    Deffo a bit suspect, but I would remove belt and check smoothness of all pulleys in system and then run engine ( for short time only as no water pump or alt will be operational) with the belt removed, this will indicate if the noise is indeed in the aux belt system or not. so, you say ac seized. So do you now have replacement good ac compressor? If yes then when old compressor failed it may have put a lot of force through the tensioner and damaged it to how it is now ( if it is tensioner)
  3. Texas
    Just curious on how ‘very broken’ this 250 is? I guess they never ran it dry of oil or you would not be thinking of engine mods. Bodywork?
  4. Texas
    I would , dis-connect battery for a few mins, go fill up and then cross my fingers 🙄in that order😂
  5. Texas
    That’s how a locomotive train can pull 1,000 tonnes+ with only a couple of square inches of actual wheel contact ( metal on metal!) with the rail because it’s weight is 100 tonnes+, if it were lighter it would just wheel spin even with 1,000+ HP.
  6. Texas
    Prob dirt then that may be moving around🙄
  7. Texas
    If you could find one! 😀
  8. Texas
    Took my daughter to T5 this morning ( admittedly it was 02:30!) round trip of 202 miles and even with J8-J6 closed, so a detour, I managed these numbers, was at a steady 76 for 90% of it.😳 Gotta go pick her up Sun ( Bank Holiday😩) night so let’s see if numbers are the same then, I doubt it🙄
  9. Texas
    £2,000-2,250 it’s gonna cost more than that in Road Tax after a few years, £615 a year and not even a sporty car!😩
  10. Texas
    You can see that one external hose goes to the long ‘dip’ tube and the other external hose just goes to cap. After a heat cycle of the engine the coolant in the engine ( whole system actually ) will cool and contract, this contraction will draw some coolant ( via the dip tube) from the ( non pressurised) external reservoir. If the reservoir is empty or in your case the system was trying to draw from the cap hose) then it is going to draw in air and cause your low coolant problem over time. There is no valve but direction of hoses is important part.
  11. Texas
    Might be worth having all 4 wheels off and doing a through brake ‘service’ ie cleaning all pins and contact points and have a good check of everything else in each corner, it can only be beneficial👍
  12. Texas
    Pretty rare for a HG to go on a 250, a 220 now you’re talking! ”P.S. Just make sure you actually have blown head gasket, it would be kind of waste otherwise. Head gaskets don't blow on these cars often and this must be 2nd case in over 8 years.” Linas.P so back down to 1 case then😀
  13. Texas
    So……you don’t like 250 then?😂 but how you getting on with its big brother? 250 is plenty car for me here in UK where you get Hung, Drawn & Quartered for doing more than 10% over speed limit ( well robbed of £££££’s ) where in the world are you ( dking22) to be able to use you car to its full extent?
  14. Texas
    Oh Ok, my bad🙄, thought it was a new one, only posted up 3 days ago, but obviously others are a bit quicker than me ( no surprise there then!) standing by to see the final outcome but not holding my breath for a easy/cheap fix😳
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  16. Texas
    Have you done a ‘search’ on this forum for key words of your symptoms? Cause you sure ain’t the first ( or will be the last ) to have a defective 220 engine🙄
  17. Texas
    Have you read my Mates Maserati experience here? Bargepole comes to mind😂
  18. Texas
    Can’t see that it done many ‘runs’ in the last tank fills and as it’s on a forecourt lots of idling to get it warmed up just before prospective buyer turns up🙄or lots of short ‘blats’ locally to show it off ( like it needs it!) so yes prob the worst mpg figures you are likely to get👍
  19. Texas
    Just been surfing the (8) ISF’s currently on AT and came across this in one of the ad pics, not exactly good for a selling point at the moment but you should know what you are letting yourself in for. Lots of grinning in those 109 mi I bet😂😂 ‘range 109 Mi’ with just under 1/2 tank 😳😂😂
  20. Texas
    Be careful you don’t end up turning your 200 into a 220😳
  21. Texas
    ‘Uses more fuel’, we’ll you don’t get something for nothing and prob be cheaper in the long run if you gotta buy/fit a new compressor🙄
  22. Texas
    My son has a 335i coupe (E92) and with the RF tyres it’s a harsh ride if you daily it! Too harsh for me at my age😂but if you were to push it I expect it will easily out handle the IS,
  23. Texas
    That bush has deffo seen better days! But doesn’t account for the metal-on-metal sound if you ask me!
  24. Texas
    Unless the part No’s are the same then it prob won’t be straight forward fit, but clever people can do clever things and make it look like OEM if you find them and pay them handsomely! 👍
  25. Texas
    You not aware then that this is possibly the Most troublesome and most difficult to diagnose/fix Lexus yet? Even dealers fail to get this car running as it should, no matter how much money/parts you throw at it!
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