danielahammond

Yes I will remove the sump over the weekend and have a look, I took this to a local gargage and asked them what they thought, they said the same as you. As a Toyota Tech what do you think are the chances of getting Toyota to do something about this since I expect this problem has happened due to the loss of my engine oil after taking it for a service (this was around a year back now though).

Thanks for the advice. I changed engine oil today and also stuck in some wynns engine flush which did a good job of cleaning it out. I drained the oil as you suggested and did find small flakes of metal around 1mm square surface area but very flat. I also took an old filter apart (one that I put on after Toyota changed oil at service and subsequently lost all the oil) This filter had metal flakes in it. I have images of these but not sure how to upload them. Ok I got the pictures here now. Is it normal to have flakes this size in the filter?

Hi I have an IS200 SE 1999 It started making a rough engine knocking sound recently that is most noticable when accelerating to about 3-4 thousand rmp. A while back (April 2009) I took the car for a service at toyota. They changed oil but screwed the new filter over the old filters seal (which obviously got stuck in place when they removed it) On the way home doing about 60 down a single carriage way I lost all the oil from the engine, I drove home about 1 mile with very low oil pressure (car stalled a couple of times) Anyways I took the car to Lexus Plymouth last week and the tech said I had very low compression pressures, he said one was as low as 110 psi the others a little more the minimum the Work Shop manual says is 142 but shoul be 182 or more with a difference between each cylinder of no more than 14 psi. I thought the engine was done based on what the Lexus Tech said (a couple of thousand to repair). But I measured the compressions myself and got the following readings; From front of car back, 170 psi 195 psi 200 psi 200 psi 200 psi 195 psi So it would seem I have a fault only on one cylinder. I did the "wet" test adding a small amount of oil to the low pressure cylinder and the pressure increased to 210 psi so this would suggest worn rings/bore. However I would assume that if one cylinder was worn the others should show similar symptoms. There is also no oil on the spark plug, they are all in good condition with tan/brown/grey colour. Any comments/help/advice very welcome. Thanks.

I have an TRD engine start/stop button for an Toyota Auris. Just wondered if anyone would now how to wire this up to the IS200?

I've got one, replaced it with an aftermarket, worked fine in the car, its from an IS200 SE 1999 V reg. You can send me a PM if you want to make an offer. Cheers.

Oh right, thanks guys. Yeah I probably wasn't to clear, I've got the cover off and got full access I just can't seem to get the cigarette lighter out from the cover. It's got a white plastic molding underneath, looks like it has two white tabs that might press in to release it but they don't seem to budge. Just wondered if there was some special sequence to get it out like twisting it or something. Didn't won't to break it if this can be avoided. I'll try again tonight. Cheers.

May be a retarded question but how do you remove the cigarette lighter from the IS200 ? Thanks

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