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Well I made up my mind and sold the car as it was to a garage so they can sort it out. Pretty gutting but I will have a baby soon (due 27th June) and a supra to play in so not all bad. Cheers for all the help and I'll come back on here when I get my next Lexus.

cheers, I will do. Still can't make my mind up what to do!

Update - engine is down on compression. Anyone selling a second hand engine at the moment? I have seen a few on ebay and breakers but would prefer to know where it's come from.

Cheers for that. I would be intrested in a price but I think to get it shipped here would cost a fortune. Thanks for the offer.

To be honest I have not had time to sort anything. It's still sat on the drive. I had to decorate the spare room this weekend due to a baby on the way. What are you having done with yours? sounds like upgrades are on the cards. If it is a new engine job for mine I can't decide weather to have it rebuilt but uprate stuff, just put a second hand engine in or look into doing something silly like a 2jzgte, think the cost of that would rule it out though!

Does anyone have a standard back box for an is200 or altezza for sale?

You need one of THESE same as I got from Halfrauds. You just take all the spark plugs out, put the tester into the spark plug hole for the first cylinder and crank the engine on the starter for a few seconds and read the pressure off the gauge. Like Robin said the 3S-GE should be around 11.5 Bar (for a new engine), if it is less than about (IMHO) 10.5 Bar you have a problem. It's really easy to do. I did not realise you could get something like that so cheap. Thanks. I'm going to do it tomorrow. Nice one.

Thanks for that. The garage should have done a compression test. I'll get another garage to do that first then see what to do.

Cheers for the help guys. I'm going to get a second opinion before I rush into anything. The car still drives and does not seem to be down on power (although I have been taking it easy). It only smokes when I rev it hard and it's a puff of black smoke not blue. Is there a chance it could be a sensor or hose issue? Going to check everything then take it to another garage then start thinking about a new engine.

Cheers. The plugs have been in roughly 7-8 months. It had a full oil change in october. I have had it serviced every 6 months and don't do many miles. It has 75k on the clock. There is some smoke when I blip the throttle. The revs at idle drop then pick up, then drop. I have found one engine on ebay (breakers in cheshire) does anyone know the car this is from?

Just had a look on Thor's website. £4k+vat for a new engine! I don't think I can stretch to that. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Talk to Robin H about rebuild, think he's doing that at the moment. My Altezza is off to the scrapyard soon so you could get the engine from taht. Not sure how much they cost second hand, Thor racing have a few brand new ones! Cheers. Sorry about yours.

My rs200 was running a bit lumpy so I took it to the garage. They told me it has oil passing the piston rings (the plugs were knackered at only 7 months old). What sort of price should I expect for an engine rebuild? Anyone know how much second hand beams engines go for and where I could get one? I really don't know what to do with it. Any advice would be appreciated.

thanks

Guess I'll stop being lazy and wait til I get home from work. Just thought someone might know.