mitchel

I am about to do my timing on my is200 1g-fe.. the problem is I can't see the painted mark on the CRANKSHAFT TIMING GEAR. I am hoping to see a picture of this gear to see how much teeth the painted mark is from the key groove. Is there a DIY on timing for the is200?

Today i had a talk with a mechanic about changing my valve guide seals. and he said he can do it with out taking off the head and my down time will only be 12 hours..

The thing is this only started happening after i had the car service and here is not cool at all. i am in south america.

I change the pcv valve.. but that did not fix my problem.. and i can smell the oil smoke... i notice it happen at night too, if the car is park over 4 or more hours. Now i am start to thinking about valve guide seals.. can i use anything to add to my oil to stop it from smoking... i am using 10w 30 oil.. Thanks

Ok..i have Change all 6 plugs with ones of the recommended type. sk20r11 and my car still smoke in the morning at first startup but now it feel better when i drive it.. i will try changing the PCV valve next..

thanks guys.. tomorrow will be picking up 6 new plugs 4 it. i will keep up dated

It diffidently smoke.. it only start doing this after i dad the plugs re-gap. The smoke last 2 to 3 sec and engine run a bit rough at the same time.. thank 4 ur reply..

This is my first is200 i get it now for 3 week with 50,000km..My Question is.. can by re-gapping the spark plug on my is200 2003y running 1G-FE engine make it smokes only in the morning at start up? It looks like oil smoke (white smoke.)???? How can i go about fixing this?