KING

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Hi guys,
I am your neighbor from the LS430 forums
Looking forward to learning from you guys about tips, tricks and such maintenance procedures that should be done to the car.

I am picking up, hopefully, a second owner 2000 ES300, the COACH edition, which just has the different badges, leather and wood grain on the steering wheel. 254k miles on the clock. But car seems to be in very good shape. No previous accidents, except for a really minor one to the rear bumper.

Since my 430's build is going strong, I thought I needed a daily driver that can give the 430 a little break every now and then.

My dad owned a 2002 when I was younger. And mostly what I do remember about her is just being a bullet proof of a nice, quiet and reliable car.

Anyone chiming in, thanks for taking the time.

JetsonES

That's a nice looking vehicle. All I have advised new owners to do so far is in this linked thread, post 17 specifically unless you are interested in my previous blather about sway bars and wheel changes. Other good things to do that I may have forgotten to mention in that thread are yank the engine cover and check or replace your vacuum hoses and change your PCV valve and possibly hose as that is a major cause of sludging in these engines. Good luck with the car, it's a good daily drive.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es-...s-owner-2.html

KING

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Thanks Jetson! Appreciate it.

So it appeared to be a "Platinum edition" and not a Coach edition. Don't see a difference except for the badges.

KING

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Couple of minor things so far. Might need help with a little bit of direction from my ES folks.

1- The gear position indicator on the cluster is not working for "D" drive. Is it just a common issue where the bulb in the cluster is burnt?

2- if I push on the gas/accelerator really hard, the car seems like it's choking and won't go anywhere, but if I just pull my foot like one inch up the car pushes full throttle normally.
Is it an issue with the air filter maybe?

3- also got an engine/trac light on, haven't pulled the codes yet, we'll see what it has to surprise me.

Car drives and handles like a Lexus, just a champ of a car!

JetsonES

I would think the car spent most of its time in D so it isn't unreasonable to suspect it's just the bulb. Not too hard to fix, there is a demo on here somewhere. Your throttle problem sounds like it might be your cable but I am not sure, it wouldn't hurt to change the air filter anyway. Now get yourself an ELM327 or a techstream setup and pull those codes.

KING

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Yea, haha funny you say, 250k miles, the bulb just might burn :P

Pulled the codes and got the following:

P0330
P0171
P0325

It's saying bad knock sensor on bank 1.


JetsonES, are you saying the knock sensor's harness? Should I just replace the sensor and see what happens after that?

JetsonES

Ok, we just had a thread with the same type of issues. It's probably your fuel system clogging up given the combination of codes. The person ran a bottle of Lucas fuel injector cleaner through with a tank of premium gas. I let him know that costco has a six pack of injector cleaner for cheap and I would continue the protocol of injector cleaner with high octane fuel at least for a while(5 or 6 tanks). I would also change the fuel filter in your car, it's about 30 bucks and who knows the last time it was done.

satiger

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P0330 & P0325 are knock sensor related. I have same series car and had to replace knock sensor many years back. If you choose to go in that route, it might worth replacing valve gaskets and other stuff while at there. I went with OEM sensor and didn't want to take a chance.

In my case, when CEL showed up, I couldn't drive the car after about 20 miles. Luckily by then I was right at the dealership.

JetsonES

Replacing the sensor is a big job, the sensor itself is at least 100 dollars each (there are two) and requires the removal of the entire intake manifold, many hours of labor just to get to the darn thing.

Satiger is correct that you should replace all the gaskets if you go this route, it would stink to have everything back together only to encounter a problem from a leaky gasket or seal.

Here is a link to the thread where the owner had/is having similar issues::

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es-...0333-help.html

KING

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Satiger, Jetson,

Thank you guys for the information and tips. I'm waiting for the weekend so I can start tweaking the car.
She is driving perfectly right now, getting me from point A to B.

bert213

Nice buy....my 2000 es platinum has 194k on it...
2/3 of that was city miles....
Good luck with it...

KING

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Nice!
Yup they just keep going, they're born champs like that :P

The previous owner had a daily commute of 120 miles. So the car pretty much racked up on the highway.

funcrusher

Cool..i have a 2000 platinum in millenium silver but with black interior and 114k miles. Coach was only 2001 but im not sure the differences.

Check mine out

http://www.clublexus.com/forums/es-1...-pictures.html

speedkar9

Make sure the timing belt has been done, and change the transmission fluid on that U140 tranny.

Vinnnocc

sorry to be dumb but how do you know if you have a coach version?
i don't have thos badges.but mine looks the same on the inside