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1 minute ago, bobmc said:

that's very bad luck, I hope you manage to get sorted without too much drama and expense

 

 

I hope so too , I would hate to lose this car 

2 minutes ago, The-Acre said:

Ok, that sounds fair enough.  If you look up a guy called Paul Frost he may well be able to help you.  He trades on eBay as lexussparesdirect. If I can find his number I'll let you know, unless someone else here has it.  If anyone can help he can as he breaks Lexus cars and may be able to suggest a way forward.

Thank you - very much appreciated 

2 minutes ago, The-Acre said:

I'm not suggesting anything here but I would want to see the old belt.

I have the old belt and the bearing as well, they sent it to me via my mechanic the day it happened.  

4 minutes ago, The-Acre said:

Is this a garage/mechanic that you know and trust?

My usual mechainc took it there for me, he knows him well, I have not met him 

 Two weeks ago  I had sent my IS 200 se Auto  in to have the cam belt replaced and it snapped  as they reversed  it onto the ramp.   The mechanic rang me today and he doesnt think its worth fixing,  it passed its MOT  with flying colours  beg of August.  I love the car and so I am asking for help in finding a reconditoned engine,  can anyone recommend anywhere to look? 

On 8/21/2018 at 4:45 PM, scudney said:

Good thinking better to be safe than sorry 😊 

I sent my IS 200 to have the cam belt changed on Monday morning, ironically I replied to this topic in the afternoon, little did I know what disastrous news I was in for. As they were reversing the car onto the ramp it cut out ...yes the cam belt had broken - due to a seized bearing. It transpired that the belt had been changed before but some cheap skate idiot obviously only changed the belt  and nothing else. Moral of the story even if the cam belt has been changed and the history is present you don't know if a thorough job was done.  

Having had a cam belt go on my previous car which destroyed the engine and had to scrap it, I  have decided to have it done on my present IS 200 even though I was told when I bought it  that it was due next year.  

I found it from google