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  1. Spark plug
    Ethanol absorbs water which is not good for the fuel system. And damages rubber and plastic parts that all fuel systems have
  2. Spark plug
    I'm making a list
  3. Spark plug
    So E10 has finally got to N. Ireland. I run mine on super and my nearest station is 5miles away that does it. You would think all stations should be made to stock E5 as there are so many cars here not suitable for E10 like mine
  4. Spark plug
    My rear exhaust hanger is broken and can't replace it with new one as the bolts that holds the old mount up are rusted in and won't come out. Anyone any ideas what I could do? Anyone else had this problem?
  5. Spark plug
    Brake fluid absorbs moisture over time which lowers it's boiling point and could leave you with no brakes on a long downhill if the fluid boils. Dot 4 brake fluid is better than dot 3. Not sure what Lexus use in their newer cars but thought all newer cars used dot 4 by now
  6. Spark plug
    I had noise's on my front suspension when I got my Lexus last year. I removed all the disc shields as they were all very rusty. and one of the brake pad shims was loose on the front. She is now very quiet over bumps
  7. Spark plug
    I put kyb struts all round on mine and it made a big difference to her handling. One of my originals spring seat rusted and the spring dropped down the strut. So thought it was best to replace them all as they all looked rusty. I wouldn't recommend buying cheep struts as they won't be the same quality. You get what you pay for.
  8. Spark plug
    What are you going to replace her with? She's gorgeous, I'd keep her a long time if she was mine
  9. Spark plug
    It's worth a try. use which ever oil you think has the best cleaners to clean the piston rings.
  10. Spark plug
    I can't see a big company like Castrol claiming their oil is fully synthetic if it's not. There would be law suits for false advertising against them.
  11. Spark plug
    I've been driving and using Castrol oils for 40years and all my cars have done over 150,000 and one over 200,000 miles and the engines where still going well when I got ride of them. I'm not going to debate either about which oil is best I'm just sticking with what I know. Shell petrol isn't available where I live.
  12. Spark plug
    Castrol Magnatec Stop-Start A5 Engine Oil - 5W-30 is synthetic and what I used. And I use bp ultima petrol. Castrol oil is a old and trusted make that I've used for years in all my cars that did big mileages. So I think it's worth a try
  13. Spark plug
    When I got my Lexus last October with 76,000 on her she was using a lot of oil. I changed the oil when I got her, then at 78,000 then again at 83,000 and she hasn't used a drop in the last 500 miles so hopefully this has helped her. She had full service history but oil only changed every 10,000 or two or three years as car wasn't used a lot which is way too long between services. This causes the piston rings to get gunged up and stick to the pistons. I used Castrol GTX oil for all my oil changes.
  14. Spark plug
    I'm sticking with e5 super
  15. Spark plug
    Going from 5% to 10% is doubling the amount of ethanol not just adding a little more
  16. Spark plug
    I love my IS 250 plan on keeping her a long time. I think she has plenty of power considering are speed limit is 70 and she gets there quick enough for me. Only 83,000 miles on her now, as long as the automatic transmission doesn't give me trouble I'll keep her. Only thing I miss is a bigger boot. I had a RAV4 and an Avensis which had much larger boots and rear seats folded down
  17. Spark plug
    Petrol in a diesel would destroy the diesel pump. But a little diesel in a petrol engine shouldn't do anything. But I think a diesel tank would have different fittings, for a diesel pump is completely different to a petrol pump
  18. Spark plug
    It should keep much better it's the ethanol that makes it Go off
  19. Spark plug
    I had a Avensis and a Rav4 before I got my Lexus. Tried them both on Tesco petrol and neither of them ran well on it and where I live is hilly and had to go down a gear on Tesco fuel. When I went back to good fuel they both ran much better.
  20. Spark plug
    I get 29mpg using bp ultimate. And I wouldn't use Tesco fuel
  21. Spark plug
    I run mine on super and get about 2mpg more and she goes better. Ran her on ordinary unleaded when I first got her last October
  22. Spark plug
    I'm sticking with bp super 97 e5, seems to run better and does a few more miles to the gallon
  23. Spark plug
    Thanks
  24. Spark plug
    Silly question, my Lexus doesn't seem to need the plastic bit or what is it for?
  25. Spark plug
    Doing this doesn't turn it off fully. If you try to come out of a side road side ways in the wet it still cuts the power which is not good
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