Johnny5

You are doing the service yourself, and you don't know what this component does?? Trust me. Servicing from a Haynes manual or whatever does NOT make good sense. I have run a garage for twenty five years, and still take my LS to a dealer, as I believe a guy who is familiar with the machine will do a better job despite my own quest for perfection, as you will probably have yourself. IMHO of course :D The valve forces the fuel vapour to be retained under pressure rather than let it contaminate the environment. This is why fuel tanks frequently hiss when the cap is removed. I believe around 2-3 p.s.i. is correct....

Then Chris S was bull****ing me then OK, gotta be worth adjusting then. Either that or ruin the whole effect of an LS eh?

£500 for a front wheel bearing on a RWD car? I would have thought 1 to 1.5 hours plus a bearing (£30-50) should be close....

Surely Hydraulic valves are self adjusting, using the oil pressure to quieten them? I say this because I once had a 12,000 mile LS400 and left it standing for three months. When I started it, it smoked like a bitch and ratlled like a bag o'nails for around 10 seconds while the oil worked it's way around. It was fine after this.... Hydraulic tappets can benefit from a good flushing fluid. We use this on every car we service, and you can sometimes hear it work on old gummed up engines! Some engines have a combination of hydraulic and adjustors, such as the Honda powered Rover 827.

It seems pointless however, to run a luxury car, noted for it's refinement, except it sounds like a bag o'spanners.... Save a few quid and trade it in for an old Rover 800! Alternatively, give it a good thrashing with some oil flush (Tec2000 works a treat) which should quieten any hydraulic valve noises, and then see if it requires any adjustment after an oil change. I have seen Tec2000 flush work on Fords which sounded like they required new Camshafts! 30 minutes, then silence!

Pug 307..... Hahahahaaaaaahaahaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaa Oh dear *** on a bike...avoid this French rubbish like a Rottweiller with Ebola. The Honda is a nice car, but very single minded, the CRV is ugly and outdated. Only IMHO of course..... The IS200 seems like a Jap 3 series to me, a good all round trad saloon with a little class about it! This 'Image' is easy to live with long term, and the quality is too. :)

Sorry, I'll be more specific.... Typical MPG per tank is 21. I drive 5 miles to work, and mainly use it around town with a trip of 30 miles once a week, which sees a good blast down a local Motorway at 150mph. No fouled plugs for me then I took it down the motorway at 75ish, and it was telling me around 28-30 on the digidash, so all is well. It's just serviced, and 23,000 miles, no probs..... :)

Looks nice! As long as we don't get Monkeys climing up my wipers...

Thanks for the welcome! I can nurse it up to 23mpg in mixed running, probably 24 on a run, or nearer 19mpg around town with a bit of right foot thrown in. Spectacular for such a large beast I suppose, but not compared to my Fabia vRS TDi if you know what I mean.... :D I usedto have a 3.0 litre Capri, and as I remember that used to use a Watering can as a carb..... :tsktsk:

Was in the motor trade since 1980, so had most things from Mini's to Mercedes with a few oddballs along the way! (Citroen DS, CX, GS, a few Saabs, Volvo's etc) which I won't bore you with. Recent cars include; Skoda Fabia vRS. Perfect little weapon, can't sell it as it's too good! Skoda Fabia 1.4 Elegance 100bhp. Good estate, sold it for vRS Skoda Octavia 1.9TDi Elegance. A very nice car indeed. Toyota Celica GT4. Not reliable, Drunk fuel but strangely addictive in a hairy chested way. not exactly sporty, too heavy! Toyota PicNic 2.0. Sweet MPV, also thirsty but a nice machine nonetheless. Previous faves; Merc W123's (230-280) Built like tanks, very comforting to own. Merc 500SEL Bigger tank with more toys. Economy was surprising!! Toyota MR2 (1600) A blast to drive, no use to man nor beast though Rover 400 GTi Turbo. Driving was believing! 200bhp in a waffer thin Honda... Oh dear *** did it go.... Plus loads of other stuff. Pop round and see my Holiday snaps too...

I have a 2001(Y) UK Lexus LS430, and it has parking sensors integrated. This is not the full park assist like the lucky bastards with 2003 models have, but it was standard, and beeps like a well rodgered Road-runner when you get a bit close to immovable objects :duh: It also has the premium pack, maybe thats part of it!? Only guessing...it loves petrol stations though

Err, very nice and all that, but I would rather not remove 20% of my LS's paintworkjust to get rid of some outspan..... You sir, have balls the size of a stallion :P

Increased s*x drive after collecting handsome new car perchance? :P