ZeekGS300

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I took my gs400 to the local firestone shop and one of the techs told me it's my oil pan seal and they got to put some sealer on the oil pan because who ever replaced the oil before didn't do a good job and bow they told me it's gonna cost about $300 just to fix it? Does anybody know where I can get it fixed pretty cheap somewhere around northern Cali?

ZeekGS300

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•now sorry it I posted it from my iPhone

Debonair

So you need the oil pan gasket replaced, is that correct?

Richielex

Dude thay are full of it. Has nothing to do witht the performance. Unless it leaks, forget that place.

ZeekGS300

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Yeah I guess it requires alot of work to fix that. It does leak and lt leaks more when I drive on the freeway

BrentGS

It could be leaking from a million places but most techs will tell you it's the oil pan.

D-Boi

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mine is leaking oil i think from the valve cover, is the gasket hard to replace on these things i have the gs3 by the way

TonyHC

Make sure that shop diagnosed the leak properly. It could be your OIL PRESSURE sending switch that is leaking. The part itself is under 20 bucks at your local AutoParts store. Its located right by the oil filter on the 1UZ-FE.

Good luck! !

toy4life86

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the oil pan because who ever replaced the oil before didn't do a good job

That cant be true the only thing the last mecanic could have done is strip the bolt or the threads and that would leak from the drain bolt

truviet408

i suggest you get another check from another mechanic. i have a shop up in nor cal and with the 2nd Gen GS, the oil pan gasket are easy to do but sometimes it can't be from the oil pan gasket. the techs from firestone clearly did not diagnose the car properly. they cannot just put some sealer on the oil pan. they have to replace the entire gasket and give you another oil change. also, the oil pan gasket should not be at that price.

marus

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bring it to a lexus dealership.....often they provide free diagnosis......but i heard auto-rx works real well on lexus gs to revive the sealers........ search the forums about auto-rx..... there are a couple of threads talking about it..... i called auto-rx before and i was about to order me some for my gs3 but instead i sold it and bought a gs4

sakataj

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never heard of one single lexus dealership offering free diagnosis, i think they charge like 65 bucks to look over a vehicle

FrankT

Take pics of your motor and we can tell you where the oil is coming from.

The oil pans leaking are not as common as the valve cover gaskets leaking.
How many miles on the motor.

marus

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wow ....down here in ga ..... they gave my lexus a free diagnostic but it may because i get tons almost everything done through them

shvc1991

Check this one out....

When my father had an LS460... They diagnosed his brake problem and replaced his entire brake assembly... for free.