2000 LEXUS RX300 Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

ENGINE HAS A JELL LIKE BUILDUP AND VALVES KNOCK. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK

CAR'S ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER WHEN THE CAR WAS IN A GARAGE AFTER 5 DAYS OF NO USE. *AK

I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR A NORMAL SERVICE, AND WAS IMFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT I HAD A SLUDGE BUILDUP. THEY TRIED TO BLAME ME FOR IT BY SAYING THAT IT WAS DUE TO POOR MAINTENANCE ON THE CAR. I DISPUTED THIS SINCE I HAD RECEIPTS TO SHOW I HAD THE CAR SERVICED WITHIN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME REQUIRED BY LEXUS. (HOWEVER NOT SERVICED AT THE DEALER) THEY TOLD ME THIS PROBLEM/REPAIR WOULD COST ME $6000. TO $12000 TO CLEAN OR REPLACE THE ENGINE. I FELT THIS WAS A DUE TO A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE SINCE FOUND NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, OR KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. 6 MOS LATER I SPOKE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND HIS VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER AT NO COST. THE DEALER...

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR A ROUTINE CHECK ,AND AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS CONSUMER NOTICE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING DIFFERENTLY. TOOK BACK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND, THEY STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

EVEN THOUGH THE OIL ON MY RX 300 WAS CHANGED 2,700 MILES AGO, THE ENGINE DEVELOPED ENGINE SLUDGE IN THE 3.0, 6 CYLINDER. LEXUS IS TRYING TO BLAME IT ON ME FOR NOT CHANGING THE OIL AT THEIR DEALERS. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $500.00 JUST TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT THE INTERNAL DAMAGE IS AND THEN ANYWHERE FROM A RE BUILD OF THE ENGINE FOR $6000 TO $8000 OR AN ENTIRE NEW ENGINE FOR $13,000.00 PLUS LABOR. I HAVE SINCE FOUND NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ALL CITING THE SAME ENGINE, SYMPTOMS ETC. ON TOP OF THIS, I WITNESSED THE LEXUS SERVICE MANAGER "RUSHING" TO TAKE DIGITAL PHOTOS OF THE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE AND THEY QUICKLY DOCUMENTED AN "OWNER NEGLECT" FILE IN THEIR MASTER LEXUS RECORDS. AFTER TALKING WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE AND MECHANICS, WE NOW BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A COVER UP ON THE PART OF LEXUS...

INSPITE OF CHANGING THE OIL WITHIN WARRANTY GUIDELINES, MY RX 300 DEVELOPED ENGINE SLUDGE IN THE 3.0 6 CYLINDER ENGINE. A SEARCH OF THE INTERNET DISCLOSED THAT NUMEROUS OWNERS OF THE RX 300 AND OTHER TOYOTO CARS, LIKE THE SIENNA, HAVE DEVELOPED ENGINE SLUDGE EVEN WITH TIMELY OIL CHANGES..THROUGH THE INTERNET I HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT " THE 3.0 LITER V-6 ENGINE FOUND IN THE LEXUS RX 300 WAS REDESIGNED IN 1999. IT WAS MODIFIED TO IMPROVE FUEL EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE POLLUTANT EMISSIONS. THIS MODIFICATION INCLUDED REDUCTION IN THE SIZE OF THE COOLSNT PASSAGE ON THE HEAD GASKET SO THAT CYLINER HEADS RUN AT EXCESSIVELY HOT TEMPERATURES. THE OIL IS LITERALLY FRYING, RESULTING IN SLUDGE." HTTP: PHILIP.GREENSPUN.COM/MATERIALISM/CARS/SIENNA.HTML. ALSO, FROM WWW.CARREVIEW.COM/REVIEWS/VANS_MINIVANS/PRODUCT_225.SHTML "...THE COOLANT SYSTEM MAY NOT BE OPERATING CORRECTLY OR THOROUGHLY ENOUGH TO KEEP THE OIL FROM FRYING AND SLUDGING UP ULTIMATELY CLOGGING THE PORTS AND BURNING UP THE MOTORS. SOME...