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Alexis1jz

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    Alex
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    Toyota Soarer
  • Year of Lexus
    1992
  • UK/Ireland Location
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  1. Cool, think I'll just wait for sleepies just to be safe, and remember to keep my key away from all garage fluids ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜€. Thanks for the write up, very useful indeed!!!
  2. @Jayw13702 Hi Jay, are you waiting for the car to go to sleep before doing this filter cleaning? Or just unlocking car, opening boot and going at it?? Just want to be sure before I do the same as this is my first hybrid car. Also seeing as IS300H is smart key I take it to leave the key well out of range of the car!!?
  3. I have found my local Toyota & Lexus dealer to be very accommodating with parts for my Soarer, prices aren't bad either. Always worth a call to the dealers sometimes.
  4. Hi folks, long time since I've been on!!! Work and life in general keeping me on my toes. Nothing has happened with the Soarer of late, other than gathering of parts. Will have an update soon enough. I go rid of the Mazda CX-5 daily and replaced it with a Lexus IS300h non report model. Very impressed, love it. Just wish it was slightly more powerful and slightly better built inside. With not being able to leave anything alone, there's a few parts goodies on the way just to make her pop a little. ๐Ÿ˜‰
  5. Great thread, keep the great updates coming ๐Ÿ‘
  6. New but used staggered 17โ€ BBS split rims acquired for the ole girl๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰
  7. @PCM: Not too often you see a silver Soarer, very tasty in silver. Some bulb replacement and out with the alternator which got a new rectifier. All healthy again. Old fuel pump looks pretty rough!! New AEM in and working a treat.
  8. So for now, seeing as I got fook all done today aside from lifting valve covers I shall play โ€œThread Catchupโ€ and get up some more pics from the last 4 weeks! Hopefully tomorrow I shall get to rotate the engine and check clearances etc. For now though PICS!!!
  9. The above pics are when I first saw it. Below pics is more of it as time goes on, To say the car was filthy is an understatement, and it still is. But all in good time ๐Ÿ˜‰
  10. Hi Texas, Yes a very good chance belt has jumped, will take cam covers off today and see whatโ€™s happening under the cams. There is a HKS t/belt and Toyota tensioners on route, might even just pull the engine altogether and start the quest for power straight away. I know if I just get it up and running normally Iโ€™ll enjoy driving it too much and never do the engine build. So maybe best to just start now. End goal is 800hp!
  11. Hi Rich, thank you for the heads up, I'm afraid I don't do Twitter or Facebook but herself does so I shall go and have a looksie :). UPDATE: So after 11 years of not running, I got her going a couple of days ago. I fitted new fuel pump and a new rectifier was fitted to the alternator. First turn of the key and up she went. Idled away in the drive for nearly 2 hours without issue. Turned her off and then back on and "NON START". Bypassed the fuel pump control module and up she fired again. Turned her off and called it a night. Ordered a new fuel pump control module the following Monday. Wednesday evening decide to run it again with heating on to help get rid of the damp smell etc. Went to turn her over and all I got was an asthmatic wheeze, "bugger, starter motor has jacked it in" I thought!. Then realized the engine was turning over so the starter could not be the cause. Decided to have a looksie today and do a compression test.... Cyl1 = 0psi Cyl2 = 35psi Cyl3 = 0psi Cyl4 = 0psi Cyl5 = 60psi Cyl6 = 0psi Checked timing and all markings lined up when rotated first time by hand, rotated again and looks like its 5 degrees out. Shall be lifting rocker covers tomorrow to check clearances and valve operation and then go from there. Would be an absolute tragedy if I had top pull the motor and build a beast :D :D :D
  12. Thank you Rich, I shall indeed keep it updated. Hopefully by the weekend I shall get some pictures up of her. She's met green with light grey cloth interior, over all the interior is in great condition, it's just very mouldy!!! The new FPC module won't be in until 4 of March so I am told . So that will leave me with lots and lots of time to get her all cleaned up inside and out, run some BG EPR engine flush through it and do an oil change and a coolant flush again. Once those jobs are done then It shall be time to address the brakes and do a brake fluid change, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on.....
  13. Another thumbs up for Rain-X, works a treat and reduces wiper wear dramatically as you do not need to use them half as much when Rain-X is applied.
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