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Thank you for sharing ;)

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The Lexus owners book say: 20w-50 15w-40 10w-30 5w-30 API SJ, SL. I'm using 5w-30 fully synt.

July 2001 onwards (date of manufacture)

Try with this symptoms table http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_di_0025.pdf This the index http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...ents/index.html Hope this helps.

I read your message again, perhaps I have not explained well, not's the pump seal It's the bypass water pump pipe seals, the pipe from thermostat to the block.

its the water pump pipe seal so?! Can I change em myself? That was in my case only the pipe seal and the pump was fine (I think there are two seals), your seems the same thing. I did not myself because the car was under warranty but I think the difficulty (for me) on a scale of 1 to 10 would be 7, although it also depends on one's own abilities Also you can check the pump: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0006.pdf Here you have the bolts torque: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0007.pdf Here you have the index: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...ents/index.html Good luck!

Mine water pump pipe seal was changed under warranty around 50.000 miles and was solved, now had 62.000 miles and still not leaking from the camshaft cover at the moment

What is your mileage?

Here look better http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn0uSCmrNc8&...feature=related More info about LSD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_slip_differential Geared Torque-Sensitive Differential Geared, torque-sensitive mechanical limited slip differentials utilize worm gears to "sense" torque on one shaft. The most famous versions are: Torsen differential invented by Vernon Gleasman in 1958, then sold to Gleason Corporation, who started marketing it in 1982; Quaife differential, sold under the name Automatic Torque Biasing Differential (ATB), covered by European Patent No. 130806A2. Eaton Corporation differential, sold under the name Eaton Detroit Truetrac. Geared LSDs are less prone to wear than the clutch type, but both output shafts have to be loaded to keep the proper torque distribution characteristics. Once an output shaft becomes free (e.g., one driven wheel lifts off the ground; or a summer tire comes over ice while another is on dry tarmac when the car goes uphill), no torque is transmitted to the second shaft and the torque-sensitive differential behaves like an open differential. Geared LSDs are dependent on the torque and not on the speed difference between the output shafts. Such differentials may not be adequate on extremely slippery surfaces such as ice (or thin air, when a drive wheel loses ground contact altogether) [3]. Geared LSDs may be used: to reduce torque steer in front-wheel drive vehicles; as a center differential in four-wheel drive (e.g., on the Audi Quattro); in rear-wheel drive vehicles, to maximize traction and make oversteer easier to manage (as in drifting). Although, for extreme drifting, a geared LSD is less effective compared to a clutch type LSD.

You're wrong, that is true in conventional LSD but not in the torsen. This is my new torsen differential: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=CmNdY-9yYZ8 Atleast in Spain it's the first IS200 auto with lsd

Check with another LOC member will also have A03* code (if auto A01A), A01* and A02* used in Altezza. Anyway congratulations for your LSD.

From 2004 onwards but not exactly equal looks like the navi http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=50794

Where are the pics of the meet

Yes it is, in this link look better http://my.is/forums/f53/install-jdm-dash-tray-106662/ , prolex (mine come from he) and other vendors have it available on ebay.

All people are in the WIM meeting and the forum are stopped so I take this opportunity to show some pics of my car 6 months ago after detailed by a professional guy: http://www.forodetalles.com/foro/escaparat...exus-200-a.html And the latest bobs that I purchased Yes, I'm boring

I have this pic from my car LB20 it's the trim level (leather black?), red mark it's the axle (diff type and ratio, in this case open and 4,100:1) and yellow mark it's the transmision type (auto) This week I will change my open diff by a torsen and I will upload some pics when finished, you can see the progress in my not very popular or visited IS200 spanish forum http://is200foro.forogeneral.es/foro/viewtopic.php?t=5

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...c=51106&hl= See the vin plate, where say "trim/axle" appear 4 digits, A02A or A02B, "A" it's open and "B" it's LSD. Good luck!

Unfortunately in Spain this car is not well known or appreciated, there are some very interesting prices http://www.coches.net/coches-de-ocasion.aspx?link=703

Maybe to keep it dry Congratulations and good job.

Did you have a look here matey? CLICK ME! To be precise is from August 2002 (production date) :P

COMPONENTS: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0014.pdf REMOVAL: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0016.pdf DISASSEMBLY: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0017.pdf REASSEMBLY: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0018.pdf INSTALLATION: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0021.pdf REPLACEMENT COOLANT: http://www.bahamutcars.com/workshop/IS_98-...e/m_co_0002.pdf Radiators types: Hope this helps.

Thanks for your opinion, it's true I had not considered the anti roll bar but the sportivo remains more much money than koni+ARB BTW I bought one item in your ebay store and left a message about other

I don't wanna buy a coilovers (expensive, not legal in Spain and too radical for me) and I thought fit Eibach-Bilstein or TRD sportivo but I've seen this option and seems good quality/price (£428.19 including VAT), what do you think? http://www.koni.com/53+M5d64198da77.html http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/koni/suspension.html