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09 Reg Is220D, Spinning Noise From Clutch Or Transmissiion
Chuckie888 replied to latwow's topic in Engine & Transmission
Ufortunately the good news didn't last long. The pedal is heavy again and the rattle is as before. I am thinking it's the scored release bearing shaft, although most people just seem to take Lexus word for it and believe it is 'normal' for a prestige car to have rattling clutch and crunching gearbox. Hey: Glad to hear that yours is getting a little better. Since the clutch dearing and cover were both replaced in september, I felt the pedal is lighter than it was before. very interesting to find that the noise is gone since, em, I can not recall when exactly, but I would say since the weather became colder. -
09 Reg Is220D, Spinning Noise From Clutch Or Transmissiion
Chuckie888 replied to latwow's topic in Engine & Transmission
Just had my car serviced, but in addition, had the transmission fluid changed to Amsoil/Honda MTF, which has made it a bit smoother. The mech also inspected the clutch squeak and said it was NOT the release bearing. The whole clutch unit was very dry and it was probably the pressure plate fingers themselves (new). He tried to lube the metal to metal contact points but cannot get to all of it or see if was the DMF or release bearing shaft which is the cause of my woes. Overall, it is now a little lighter and smoother but still has the "ker-chunk" when releasing the clutch every now and then. The rattle is now damped a little. -
Scrapping Noise When I Try To Change Gear? 220D.
Chuckie888 replied to wlaffey2005's topic in Engine & Transmission
Just had my car serviced, but in addition, had the transmission fluid changed to Amsoil/Honda MTF, which has made it a bit smoother. The mech also inspected the clutch squeak and said it was NOT the release bearing. The whole clutch unit was very dry and it was probably the pressure plate fingers themselves (new). He tried to lube the metal to metal contact points but cannot get to all of it or see if was the DMF or release bearing shaft which is the cause of my woes. Overall, it is now a little lighter and smoother but still has the "ker-chunk" when releasing the clutch every now and then. -
Scrapping Noise When I Try To Change Gear? 220D.
Chuckie888 replied to wlaffey2005's topic in Engine & Transmission
Shaft is integral with gearbox casing I'm afraid. TSK = Transmission Sleeve Kit. It is a stainless steel sleeve which fits over the shaft but means you'll need an oversized bearing to fit over it. I have not tried this as yet, but there is a TSB from Toyota which basically discards this theory saying that scoring on the shaft is NORMAL! They advise change of pivot support and clutch release(slave) cylinder. http://www.pdf-archive.com/2011/02/19/clutch-bearing-tsb/clutch-bearing-tsb.pdf -
Scrapping Noise When I Try To Change Gear? 220D.
Chuckie888 replied to wlaffey2005's topic in Engine & Transmission
The shaft is an integrated part of the gearbox unfortunately. Transmission Sleeve Kit. Is a stainless steel sleeve which fits over the shaft, but you will then need a an oversized release bearing. Toyota have a TSB out in the USA for cars with this gearbox(AISIN RA60 series) and problem. http://www.pdf-archive.com/2011/02/19/clutch-bearing-tsb/ Hi chuckie888: Thanks for your reply, and i am that sorry I missed the key word "shaft". Well could you be more specify in how to sovle the problem? shall I ask the Lexus dealer to replace the clutch bearing shaft? or what do you mean by a "TSK" Thank you Andy -
Scrapping Noise When I Try To Change Gear? 220D.
Chuckie888 replied to wlaffey2005's topic in Engine & Transmission
The Release Bearing SHAFT! IS uses the Aisin RA60 series transmission and is known for chattering problems amongst others. I'm tired of repeating myself so do your own research folks, you have the info necessary. A TSK may solve it, but the an oversized bearing is necessary. -
Scrapping Noise When I Try To Change Gear? 220D.
Chuckie888 replied to wlaffey2005's topic in Engine & Transmission
This is the DMF or a scored clutch release bearing shaft. Lexus dealers are morons - they are telling us all that this is normal like we are idiots. Puts me right off and leaves a nasty taste in my mouth. Don't know how they keep winning Customer Satisfaction Awards - must be a lot of gullible pensioners driving them, or the petrol autos must be awesome. -
Sounds like the clutch Release (Slave( cylinder, although Lexus will probably tell you that you are the first person to experience it and it's probably not covered by your warranty.
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Is it just the pedal or the clutch Release (Slave) cylinder which is attached to the gearbox?
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All 3 parts were Toyota parts, but the pressure plate that was taken out has LUK F37 14 stamped on it. I think the clutch rattling maybe because of the bearing shaft being scored. Toyota Tacoma and FJ Cruisers with the RA60 gearbox suffer this too. There is a fix/TSB in the States. http://honda-tech.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=209172&d=1305381857
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I think that the clutch release bearing maybe different because when I had mine changed to try to cure the crunching gearchange and rattling release problems (which it didn't) the bearing was a Toyota part whereas the other two were LUK (OEM). This would make sense due to the different geardboxes (RWD/FWD). I'll post the part numbers when I'm next in my garage (away at the min)
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Egr Diy Cleaning
Chuckie888 replied to dgman's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
Indeed there seems to be 2 EGR valves. The first one is connected to an EGR Cooler and it is the second one which we all clean as it is easily accessible. I bet that EGR1 is clogged if EGR2 was! I haven't looked at the engine to see how this works, but they are presumably connected in series "through" the engine. -
Ah ha! I had a look at my lever the other day - there leather gaiter has been removed at some point and not put back on correctly as it now rests on the plastic which causes the rattle. Undo the stud and pull the gaiter down until you can re-fasten the stud so that it is resting on the foam surround. If you are feeling brave then take off the plastic covers and then undo the four bolts which hold the metal plate over the rubber gaiters (there are 2 of them, one on top of the other!). No clean the ball and socket and spray some silicon oil before re-greasing. This has made my gear lever much lighter and smoother. There is still too much lateral play in the lever but that is an under the car job deferred to another day! NOTE: The thick metal plate which is exposed after removing the rubber gaiters is the lever stop for selecting 1st and 2nd gear. You can adjust this too if you are brave! Smear some grease on it though!
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How do you get pure air from the turbo (which uses exhaust gasses to drive it)? If diverted to a separate intake, there will only be air when the EGR is open? But I guess there is potential for a vacuum problem on the intake. We need to know the definitive answer to DTC error codes being thrown if the EGR is port is blanked. I suppose the only way to find out definitively is to try it!
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I think the characteristics of the engine don't help - it behaves more like a petrol in that you have to have a decent amounts of revs for the car to move at a decent lick. Peak power seems to come in at > 3500rpm. Everyone who goes in it can't believe its got 175HP (+ chip) as it feels more sluggish than their Focus, Golf, Mondeo ..... People who buy diesels assume they can 'lug' it around at low revs, but the engine and tall ratios on the gearbox mean this is not effective. The gearbox is another story! :-(
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Is 220D Vsc Light
Chuckie888 replied to Enda's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
Switch the heater fan off and it will idle as normal, otherwise it tries to get the warm up the coolant enough to fulfil your heating request, e.g. 19C in the cabin when ambient air temp is 13C -
This what I do : TAKE OFF 1st - slip it from 1200-1300 rpm. Take it to 3000rpm or a little over because when you get it in 2nd, the revs will be just over 1500rpm so the turbo will be working. (big 1-2 gap) 2nd - change at 2500rpm to get revs at over 1500 rpm in 3rd. 3rd - change at 2200 rpm to get revs at over 1500 rpm in 4th. GENERAL DRIVING use 3rd for speeds 30mph-40mph (so around 1700-1800 rpm min) use 4th for speeds 40mph-50mph use 5th for 50mph or over use 6the @ 75mph or more. Basically keep it in the turbo range (generally 1500rpm or more). 1800 rpm is probably best. I get 42MPG on my 10 mile dual carriageway but stop-start (lots of traffic lights) journey to work. Because I also know the traffic light sequencing, I can use Intelligent engine stop-start technology (left index finger!). LOL
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Is 220D Vsc Light
Chuckie888 replied to Enda's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
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Is 220D Vsc Light
Chuckie888 replied to Enda's topic in Lexus IS 250 / Lexus IS 250C Club / Lexus IS 220D & IS 200D Club
My VSC and traction control lights came on intermittently a few times last month when going around corners, so I checked for a gummed up EGR but that was clean as I did a thorough job (unlike the lying M@nsfield Toyot@ dealer). Then one day I noticed that my NSR tyre was almost flat. DOH! Pumped it up and voilà, no lights till now.