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I forgot to mention the car. My daily drive is a Lexus IS250. It is odd as cold start this morning was pretty normal sitting around 1100 rpm and after warm up around 900. I will put some premium soon as I finish what I have in the tank. I will keep an eye in next few days and see how behaves. If issue probably I need to check air intake and maybe clean throttle body. No faults yet gives me 'carbon issue' vibes. I am coming back with updates as soon as I find out.

Hi guys. I am writing here as the local garage could help identify the problem I am facing so I would really appreciate some advices how to fix it. About the car, recently I have noticed car consumption really high as low as 20-21 mpg. So I decided it was the time to change spark plugs as car was feeling really lazy. After the spark plugs the mechanic confirmed it was pretty bad, really foggy. After few days of tests I could feel the difference in pull but consumption still high as 25mpg in normal driving conditions. Today I have decided to go to garage to investigate, maybe ECU can tell me what's happening. Diagnose came clean and mechanic decided to open oil cap and smell the cap and he said is really strong the smell of petrol and shouldn't be that and I do believe he is right. My process of thinking is high petrol consumption and strong smell of petrol inside the engine something is off. After all 'the magic' happens inside the cylinder. I went home and took the battery off for one hour and put the battery back. After 10 minutes I checked if ECU has reset. But I noticed now first cold start is idling around 600rpm and after warm up around 900. Because of low rpms car now vibrates. It is weird as I was driving even gearbox engaged , low as 800 rpm. I would really appreciate opinion can help finding the possible issue. Thank you

Got you on quote thing😅 sorry about that I was looking for some 19 inch wheels but I didn t find anything that would make me think "wow this would great on my car". It should be easy for me to decide what to buy since I am quite impulsive buyer. Do you have something on your list that would change my mind?

I was thinking for 19 inch wheels but I do think is gonna be too much pressure on arms and suspension so I m gonna stick to 18 inch I already have. Doesn't stop me to lower it a bit🤭. I know, is not gonna be comfy but I think I can take it considering usually I drive on motorways. Tyres I m running on Goodyear eagle sport which seems to do the job😃. Now I am thinking to make the car "more of me". I will look for the F sport air box because it s sounds quite interesting. My partner is gonna hate it but after all I am the driver. Hopefully I will find one 😀 I already bought wheel spacer 20mm and this weekend will arrive🤓. Is not massive but is gonna change the look a bit and I got a chrome delete kit coming in 2 weeks. Now from your experience do you think my 3is is gonna take GSF bushings. I found OEM bushings for 86 quid shipment from Japan and sounds quite a bargain to me. Also looking to change oil in differential as I am sure ex owner didn t do it. Car has 80k miles on odometer and I have a little angel saying "change the oil in differential". What are your thoughts on that? I am looking to change different things definitely on my car and I am glad I joined the "club" as people on this forum are really helpful. I am quite new but enthusiast about this lexus and I have to apologise if some questions are "newbie"😅

Thank you Linas for sharing your wisdom and experience and is really much appreciated. You just saved me couple of hundreds of pounds😅. I think is time to get over myself and maybe just take care of it and maintain it properly. I will do old tricks changing exhaust/ iridium sparkplugs and air filter (K&N most certainly). It is a bit shame because I really love the sound the engine makes and I thought maybe I can make it better. Definitely not investing a large sum of money and definitely doesn't worth the hassle with lights in dashboard 😁 After all it is a great daily driver and probably I need to understand the car.

I m just wondering if they fit 3is as I m thinking to upgrade😅

I do understand your point of view and I knew from the start is not shockingly fast but I am looking for just a bit more sharp. I am not racing the car and the definitely not looking for lots of gains of power. The thing that pisses me of is sluggish engine until 3500 rpm. Only thing I am afraid of is cowboys doing remap and last thing I want to mess up is ECU. I am hoping someone in UK already did this remap and is happy about with no issues whatsoever, that s all😅

Hi there. Recently (5 months) I bought an is250 2014 and I love the car and simple fact is naturally aspirated was one of the factors why I bought the car. Now is known the fact the car is not a fast runner and I m not bothered . Love the metallic sound of the engine but I am looking to improve a bit the dynamic so if anyone can recommend garages for a remap close to London or nearbys I would be grateful. I know is not getting big earnings when is about hp/torque but I definitely look to improve. Also if anyone did a gearbox remap I would like some feedback. If someone has some ideas about throttle body inlet mod I am up to try it. Thank you guys