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On 12/1/2022 at 9:52 AM, zoricib said:

Thanks for the heads-up. Will make sure to ask how much they can take out & replace. They all mentioned replacing filters and the gasket so thought it would take all the oil out. 

I thought the flush meant they add detergents/chemicals for a deep clean.

I flushed my 250 vith 250000km on the meter, the Lexus mecanic chief told me to skip the detergent in the Flushing to avoid debris to kome loose and get stuck in the solenoids, i foloved is guidanse and is wery pleased vith the result.

On 8/18/2022 at 5:22 PM, eleveneleven said:

My thoughts exactly, but he said it's costing him too much in petrol now for the short trips he's doing, he's looking at a hybrid of some sort. 

Part of me is temped to sell mine and buy his. I'd be getting a newer car with a better trim (mines an SE) albeit 30k more miles but could be worth it...

You can bay a lot of petrol fore the mony you have to pay exsta for a newer car and when the Lexus is ready for the junkyard you get a lower price on a newer car vith no trade in. Thats vhy i drive old cars.

2 hours ago, McShmoopy said:

I picked up the multi use one from Halfords for £12 but I was planning to bulk order some from Mannol via eBay as it works out incredibly cheap, however as I was heading to Italy I needed some for a test run. Idea is for every litre of fuel you put in add 1ml of the additive 

I try this on my car.

On 4/1/2022 at 8:05 AM, Mr Vlad said:

I think the 2009 year models have the latest version. Go into the menu and within you'll find the version you have. The very latest is 2009-2011. Quite a bit on here so browse and you'll find posts about satnav versions. 

I have 2017 DVD.

A new Lexus have a variomatic gearbox , my 250 Is 2006 have a real automatic gearbox.

On 6/10/2022 at 5:29 PM, J Henderson said:

I noticed it.

Car felt significantly worse to me running on E10, so switched back to using E5. Then, after a number of tankfuls, decided to give E10 another shot to see if it really was as bad as I remembered....Yes, yes it was so that was the last time I bought E10.

As long as E5 remains available (and my fear is that it won't be around much longer), I'll continue to pay the small premium for it, despite my car being approved to use E10.

I use 98 octane.

5 hours ago, steve2006 said:

You just can’t beat a nice set of Chinese Mitchelun low grip any direction 225/45/17 96Y ..................for drifting 😀

Make a 250 slide like a 350.😃

6 hours ago, Linas.P said:

Yes... Tyres are literally the only thing that hold you on the road and you have some most horrible tyres on sale. I mean yes they are "legal" but that is about it. And I am not brand snob, not saying you must get Michelin, but just "safe" tyres which any mid-range brand for £8 extra per tyre could do. It really horrifies me how many people in UK just fit cheapest tyres there is and call it a day, when the tyre is the most important safety feature on the car. As well if money is really an issue (which I find hard to believe taking overall cost of motoring), then little research goes long way - you can get Gislaved, Uniroyal (owned by Michelin) or you can get Fulda, Sava, Debica (owned by Goodyear)... which are "non-branded" but made to same high standards and are safe tyres. Certainly better than some chinese crap which is made without any standards and where patter is designed to look nice over being functional (I am not joking). By the way - there is nothing wrong with Chinese manufacturing, many big brands make tyres there and they are fine, problem is with Chinese design and safety standards... there is much more to making the tyre then just making nice looking mould and casting rubber in it... and this investment into research and development just isn't there in China. They pretty much buy premium tyre copy the outline of it, but construction and material scienience is simply not there. 

What I find strangest is that mid-range or even premium tyres don't even cost that much more. Say if Sailun is £56, then some mid-range brands like Avon are £65 and Premium tyres maybe £80 (talking about standard 225/45/17). Putting things in perspective that is the difference of £100 for set of tyres, which will last for 30k miles... and that is about as much as it costs to fill single tank of fuel for a week or two. Not to mention it is false economy, because premium tyre will last whole 30k miles providing predictable grip all along if properly inflated and cared for, whereas chinesium ones may only last 15k and be extremely unpredictable and dangerous even when part worn after 8k. In short over period of time "budget" tyres works out more expensive than premium tyres just because of how they wear. 

Other big issue with comparing premium and budget tyres is that most of them are compared when brand new, and they may look "just" 30% worse in wet stopping distance... I mean that just is a difference of say 8 metres, when you thing about stopping here 2 metres away from the back of that truck, or there 6 metres under that truck... I would not call that difference "just". But it gets worse - nobody compares worn tyres and chinesium tyres becomes very unpredictable when just part worn.

This is not tyre thread so I stop here, but as I said I am just surprised people who seems to care about cars often pay no attention to tyres... which is baffling. 

I did’nt know that this tyres are very cheap and bad, idid’nt  buy  them myself, included when i bought the car, i will remember your advice when i have to replace them, in Norway the top speed limit is 110 km and normal road 80 km so i dont think i am in great danger out there, beside i am a cruiser not a speeder.

10 hours ago, Mr Vlad said:

There's only one true way to fi down out if a tyre is any good.  Buy it and get it fitted to your car. Drive your car as you normally would. Then after a thousand or so miles make a decision if the tyre (pair of tyres it should be) is any good or not.

I like those brake caliper covers. What are they and where from or did you paint them and get some decals?

I got them painted by a professional car painter store and bought  decals on eBay.

the tires was on the car when i bought  the. car and i believe they are good enough for my driving skills, i admit that i could have bought new springs and shocks same as original but i can live with my choice,  the car is a kind of a hobby and only in use in the snow freetime of the year, have a yaris 1.8 for the all year use.  

What is wrong vith them, bad Brand?

18 hours ago, CiaranMcK said:

Nice idea!

 

where do you have it coming out?

Here.

Soldered one like this to the lighter wires.

Yes.

Di some upgrade last week.

55 minutes ago, Bugster_MR2 said:

Then I hereby conclude full flush or no change at all. Dropping as little as 1 to 1,5 liters is a waste of time IMHO.

Cal me, i maybe can put you in the right direction. 46660175

3 hours ago, Bugster_MR2 said:

Ok. So i spoke directly to BG Norway who which confirms that Alfalfa is right.

Adapter 126 is wrong. They say there is another adapter almost like 126 that can be used. They do not have it in stock.

They do have the three pipe kit Alfalfa shows in his picture, and they offer the workshop to borrow it free of charge.

I am also considering dropping the pan and replacing the filter and whatever oil I can get out (4 liters or so). But I do not like the idea of mixing old OE oil with new Total or Castrol. And I am not going to pay what my local OE vendor wants for the Toyota WS fluid. It is too expensive.

You dont take out 4 litre with the drop pan method, 1-1.5 is more like it.

18 minutes ago, Mr Vlad said:

That link Mark is pure comic. You haven't read this thread properly. There are far too many 'experts' in forums and they get their info from either google or other forums. To repeat myself. I've spoken with a good number of transmission specialists. They agree to change gearbox oil at specific times. Sometimes to use a flushing agent or just to replenish fully by pumping new oil in to get the old oil out. That geezer well I didn't bother reading it as the page was huge and too many cartoon characters. 

Read this thread properly. If you don't want to change all the oil out of your cars gearbox then don't but Do Not tell, warn  imply others not to. Those specialists I've spoken to do top end cars gearbox services and those gearboxes which cist more than four or five of ours cars total. I listen to them as they have the experience. 

Spot on.

35 minutes ago, m4rkw said:

Late to this thread but I would definitely not put anything in a transmission other than the manufacturer-recommended lubricant under any circumstances.

See here for wise old mechanic's thoughts on transmission flushes: https://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/29

Drop the pan, change the filter assembly and replace the fluid - that's a proper service. Flushing may do more harm than good and even if the garage has some kind of warranty on the flushing process, if the unit fails 3k miles later there's no way you'll be able to prove the cause.

Do you mean replace 1/4 off the fluid? Or flush out the rest.

6 hours ago, Bugster_MR2 said:

According to BG in Norway, this adapter (nr 126) is what they need. But I am not so sure after reading Alfalfas posts. 😛

Which shop did you use, Alfalfa?

The 126 is wrong,  100%.

12 minutes ago, m4rkw said:

Late to this thread but I would definitely not put anything in a transmission other than the manufacturer-recommended lubricant under any circumstances.

See here for wise old mechanic's thoughts on transmission flushes: https://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/29

Drop the pan, change the filter assembly and replace the fluid - that's a proper service. Flushing may do more harm than good and even if the garage has some kind of warranty on the flushing process, if the unit fails 3k miles later there's no way you'll be able to prove the cause.

If the gearbox manufacturer tel you 50000km and Lexus tel you, for life. Who do you believe in, i believe in  the Gearbox manufacturer, i flushed at 250000km. And i changed the filter.

4 minutes ago, Alfalfa said:

First BG sent something similar to the 3 pictures in the bottom, but i helped to get the corect that is like the 3 in the top, so if they have not sent it back to the BG faktory they still have it.

If you are Norwegian call me on 46660175. Better to explain in Norwegian.

Just now, Alfalfa said:

The adapters was borrowed from the BG importer , i flushed my car at A N Funnemark  in Notodden, now bilia Notodden.

First BG sent something similar to the 3 pictures in the bottom, but i helped to get the corect that is like the 3 in the top, so if they have not sent it back to the BG faktory they still have it.

5 hours ago, Bugster_MR2 said:

According to BG in Norway, this adapter (nr 126) is what they need. But I am not so sure after reading Alfalfas posts. 😛

Which shop did you use, Alfalfa?

The adapters was borrowed from the BG importer , i flushed my car at A N Funnemark  in Notodden, now bilia Notodden.

11 hours ago, Bugster_MR2 said:

OK, so my first visit to the workshop did not go as planned. It turned out they did not have the necessary adapter for the BG Machine. They will order the adapter from BG, and set up a new appointment. 

Not so strange when the gearbox is sealed for life, nobody need an adapter.😂

i had to be Sherlock Holmes to get the corect adapter in Norway, the flush unit importer sent wrong adapter and after that i found the corect fore them on the net, i guess i am the first in Norway that hawe flushed an Is250.