Oil change on RX300

#11

"Philip®" <1chip-state1 (AT) earthlink (DOT) net.invalid> wrote

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IN the current climate of sludged V6 engines, it is NOT ridiculous at
all to remove one valve cover for sludge inspection. You would not
believe how "honest" someone can behave when dumping a problem child.
When buying used, YOU are the one who's going to have to live/pay for
the previous owner's misdeeds (if any). You are one foolish buyer to
purchase the vehicle based mostly on your "read" of the owner.

Have all Pre-Owned Certified Lexus and Toyota V6 vehicles sold at the
dealerships had their valve covers removed for sludge inspection
before they are sold to the public?

My 1988 2.5L V6 Camry turns 16 in a couple of months.
Bought it used, when it was about 2 years old.
Still runs fine, in my opinion.
I've never had the valve covers removed for sludge inspection.

But what dwells in the internals of my 2000 ES 300, I wonder.
Bought it used when it was about 3 years old.

How much does Lexus charge to remove the valve cover to inspect for sludge?

#12

In news:20040222161438.09332.00000208 (AT) mb-m12 (DOT) aol.com,
Iona Camry <ionacamry (AT) aol (DOT) com> being of bellicose mind posted:

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"Philip®" <1chip-state1 (AT) earthlink (DOT) net.invalid> wrote in message
news:rehZb.1249$aT1.228 (AT) newsread1 (DOT) news.pas.earthlink.net...
IN the current climate of sludged V6 engines, it is NOT
ridiculous at all to remove one valve cover for sludge
inspection. You would not believe how "honest" someone can
behave when dumping a problem child. When buying used, YOU are
the one who's going to have to live/pay for the previous owner's
misdeeds (if any). You are one foolish buyer to purchase the
vehicle based mostly on your "read" of the owner.

Have all Pre-Owned Certified Lexus and Toyota V6 vehicles sold at
the dealerships had their valve covers removed for sludge
inspection before they are sold to the public?
But what dwells in the internals of my 2000 ES 300, I wonder.
Bought it used when it was about 3 years old.

How much does Lexus charge to remove the valve cover to inspect
for sludge?

If you really DO the oil servicing at no more than 5,000 mile
intervals, there should be no problem .... barring unusually cold and
short duration driving or in very humid conditions.
--

- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM

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Oil change on RX300

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