I just bought an 01 LX so I thought I'd join and say
This is my first Toy/ Lexus but so far I love the thing. 170k miles and zero service records. The interior looks brand new basically and the AHC appears to function properly. I've got some concerns obviously about the timing belt being replaced. I don't know enough about these trucks to see much of an indicator, but I do notice the crank pulley and a few other pulleys have "wear" marks on the bolt heads. They look like they've been taken off before and I can't think of any other reason to remove the crank pulley. The brake fluid is almost clear so it has been changed recently but the kicker is the engine coolant is green.
From reading on here, green coolant is bad? I can understand mixing the red and green could be bad, but is strictly green coolant a problem? This also leads me to believe the timing belt has been changed, the mechanic put in green coolant when he got done.
My only problem is I have a squeal at start up. It squeals for the first 10 miles or so and then stops until I park it for a few hours. The belt looks new, so how do I test the pulleys? Is there a way to test them by popping the belt off and spinning them by hand?
A big shout out to the engineers: I own 6 vehicles and this is the only one that doesn't leak. yet.
This is my first Toy/ Lexus but so far I love the thing. 170k miles and zero service records. The interior looks brand new basically and the AHC appears to function properly. I've got some concerns obviously about the timing belt being replaced. I don't know enough about these trucks to see much of an indicator, but I do notice the crank pulley and a few other pulleys have "wear" marks on the bolt heads. They look like they've been taken off before and I can't think of any other reason to remove the crank pulley. The brake fluid is almost clear so it has been changed recently but the kicker is the engine coolant is green.
From reading on here, green coolant is bad? I can understand mixing the red and green could be bad, but is strictly green coolant a problem? This also leads me to believe the timing belt has been changed, the mechanic put in green coolant when he got done.
My only problem is I have a squeal at start up. It squeals for the first 10 miles or so and then stops until I park it for a few hours. The belt looks new, so how do I test the pulleys? Is there a way to test them by popping the belt off and spinning them by hand?
A big shout out to the engineers: I own 6 vehicles and this is the only one that doesn't leak. yet.