Gramera flash

Mine has original system, 2008 and 28k.

Strange request 

I am interested in this topic, can anyone say how easy/difficult this is to do? 

Is it as simple as plug and play?

23 hours ago, Linas.P said:

I am doing flush on mine every other time (I change oil twice and flush once every 12k), but mine is 180k soon.

The difference is noticeable, after flush I can do even 7,8,9k miles without sticking lifters or rattling cam gears, oil looks much cleaner for much longer as well. So my changes are more like - flush + oil for 7-8k miles, then oil only for another 4-5k miles, repeat.

I can see the merits of this if your vehicle has done 180k, but as I’m only at 27k I don’t see any advantage, apparently Honda advices against the practice of engine flushing 

9 hours ago, is200 Newbie said:

A couple of months ago I bought a 2006 IS250 after mine was written off.

The "new" one had done 25k miles - its now on 27k ish. So I have been through the usual's and all is well. I have changed oil and filters since I bought it (have not flushed the engine like I usually do but will start to do that at the next oil change). Belts, rubbers, bodywork are all good. I will carry on with the servicing of it every 6 months (oil change etc) ... as its such a low mileage for the year (12 years old) is there anything else I should be looking at or taking it easy with.

Brake fluid and a partial coolant change will be next just for peace of mind its been changed...

Hi Newbie, my car is very similar,  ie 2008 with 27k, I am interested in your comment about flushing the engine at oil change and was wondering what opinions were on this subject, is there any evidence that this is actually any benefit?

I was wondering if other members use this all the time, I have been using this quite a bit lately and I find the car much more responsive, I have noticed though that you lose a bit of the cars smoothness during gear changes.

On 12/04/2018 at 3:43 PM, Linas.P said:

I think heated seats were standard on all mk2 IS'es except SR, ventilated seats were options on Sport, SE and not available on F-Sport, IS-F and Advance. Only standard on SE-L, but most SE-i and SE with leather have it.

My 2008 SR has heated seats.

17 hours ago, Rebecca said:

The rears are the biggest problem and they really do need cleaning and regreasing every 6 months or they will seize up.

The fronts are a different design and not as prone to seizing as the rears. These can be serviced every 12 months.

Apparently it's an easy job for you guys but I get my Toyota dealership to service mine at every 6 month service. Even your local independent service centre will do all 4 for as little as £40.

It's very important to keep on top of this as new calipers can be quite expensive as I discovered on a previous Lexus.

New caliper is £175

23 hours ago, steve2006 said:

From past experience I have stopped using the usual choices of either molysuphide? or copper grease on my slider pins, I now used RRG (Red Rubber Grease) which is quite thick and only needs a thin smear but up to now 100% effective in preventing seized slider pins.

Be careful, I use Castrol RRG and mine still seized after a little more than 12 months

27 minutes ago, Texas said:

If yours 'started' to sieze up after a little over 12 months then I guess you are looking at an absolute maximum of 12 month interval in the future, but if it has been exposed to all the salt/grit that has been spread on the roads lately then this might have 'accelerated' the problem.

Last week I had to get all four tyres removed and have 4 new valves fitted as the dust caps ( the previous owner had actually paid and fitted metal ones) had siezed solid onto the valve stems. They had a hex type shape and even a 10mm socket and 'mole' grips on the rubber valve stem could not remove them. I reckon that the combination of aluminium caps onto a steel valve stem had caused some sort of galvanic reaction and this along with all the salt on the roads meant they were almost 'welded' on, that's what it felt like. So £40 later got some simple black plastic dust caps and can check pressures no problem.

paul m.

Texas, one had actually seized, technician said rear calipers are more likely to seize, so will be doing every 6 months from now on.

I was wondering how often other members did this job, the reason I ask is my car was in for some work a Lexus and as part of their service they always do a quick check around the car, they flagged up that one of the rear calipers had seized, I usually do this job once a year but had overlooked it by a couple of months, just managed to free it though, so will be doing it more frequently from now on.

12 minutes ago, Linas.P said:

Tanya is in business, but supplier I previously used seems to be out of business - they were called "battery point" or something.

So £86.76 delivered is a good price then

1 hour ago, Linas.P said:

Yes, it is similar - previously it was ~£84 and I paid £71.98 including everything , so ~ £12 less. Sadly it seems that supplier no longer in business... maybe because they were selling too cheap 

Sorry, didn’t realise they had gone out of business 

The website says 

Battery £78.78 inc VAT

Delivery £7.98 inc VAT 

That is a total of £86.76 all inc

if these figures are correct, and these are the figures from their up to date website this is probably the best current deal on the Bosch in my opinion, unless that is, someone can come up with a better price.

7 minutes ago, Linas.P said:

They add £12 delivery charge on top, which makes it "not so good" of the deal. Even though they have price match guarantee they won't match the price if you find the battery cheaper elsewhere, because they deem anyone selling batteries cheaper then them to be "irresponsible and unreliable" . 

Strange, their website quotes £7.98 delivery.

There you go, about the best deal I could find for the Bosch

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/bosch/s4026

My 2008 IS has the original Battery and still performs perfectly well.

46 minutes ago, johnatg said:

The service schedule says after 10 years and then every 5 years.

Thanks

Could someone tell me about coolant replacement time, is it 10 years, or 100,000 miles, or which ever occurs first.

thanks

On 18/10/2017 at 10:46 PM, Texas said:

Anyone had their recall done at Lexus Bristol Yet? And if so what are your thoughts as mine is yet to be done and not yet booked it in anywhere and don't expect a call from any Lexus dealer to get in touch as I have only owned the car since Aug this year!

paul m.

Mine is going in on Monday 

🤦🏻‍♂️

https://goo.gl/8MzaXu

just saw this pop up on my Facebook page, any opinions on this? Has anyone actually got one?

I seem to remember reading somewhere that the patent on the is250 exhaust runs out in 2017, anyone else heard this?

On 08/08/2017 at 10:30 PM, Rebecca said:

I remember calling lexus bristol last year who assured me the passenger airbag issue will taking place early April this year. I called again in April and was told the work would commence mid June. Called again June and was told they expect the parts late July. 

We are now well into august and still no word. I've just about given up hope now 😔

I also use Lexus Bristol and was told in April that they would contact me when parts became available, still waiting.

I had to buy a 2nd key about two years ago, £280 for the key and £50 to program,