F2D

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Hey guys i just bought my IS300 last week and just needs some help so let me know whats your thoughts? my questions are what maintenance do i need to do at this point because the previous owner did not do anything to it after it hit 100k. I also want to know what kind of OIL should i put in to it? thanks for you help guys!

specs: 2002 Lexus IS300
miles: 112,000

slmmdis300

i would personally check the timing belt. i just bought one myself and i am going to change the timing belt. not sure if it was done, but doing it anyway to be on the safe side. it would not hurt to check all the fluids aswell as tires and brakes.

Justin727

Use a synthetic 5W20

F2D

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Thanks bro that's what I was wondering. I definitly will do that soon and do the water pump too. Yeah it does need new rotors and breaks.

F2D

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Thanks bro that's what I was assuming but wanted to make sure.

Justin727

5W30!!! MY BAD just been working on fords a lot!

Cartune

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oil change. check the other fluids. check suspension arms, brakes. if you're doing timing belt, do water pump too, i would do spark plug as well.

02IS-GTE

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belts, water pump, tension pulley, idler pulley, change all fluids, check all bushings in suspension arms, plugs and wires, fuel filter, all light bulbs, air filter, new rotors and pads, check the brake lines, if its manual, see how the clutch feels......

UNOHOO

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i personally use a K&N hp-1002 oil filter and pennzoil ultra 5w-30 but....to each their own

nonetheless if you wanna do plugs, i have heard bad stories behind the bosch plugs, i run NGK iridium IX, or you can go with something else but make sure it is iridium tipped

here is a link to the DIY i wrote on how to do your plus, let me know if you have any questions about it.

http://www.isfanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8002

BernieIS

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In what ever brand oil you buy make sure it is a highmilage oil. Also if it is synthetic you are gonna wanna make sure you continue using it from then on (not necessary but is recommended)

UNOHOO

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very true, i have read that you dont want to switch oil around all the time but especially with dino/synth and that once you go synth dont go back, i dont remember the specifics but i remember it had to do with oil leakage around seals, good work on bringing this up Bernie

F2D

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Thanks bro! Im going to start buying all the parts for it!
Wow i never thought it was this much pain to change spark plugs! I came from having a civic to the IS now so its looks a lot harder! Civics are just right in the front and take like 5 mins to do but thanks for the write up on it though. That will help me out a lot.

Yeah i was planning on going with Mobile one 5w30 fully syn but the only bad thing is the previous owner never used syn before so is it bad?

UNOHOO

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no you should be fine, just pick something and stick with it, thats the key, also, word of advice, the oil filter is a PIA to get to and take out/put back in, the K&N has a nut on the top of the filter, makes it a lot easier to do, a lot of people go from the bottom to get to the filter, with the nut being on top there, i go from the top everytime and can do my oil in 10 min now....first time i did it though took me two hours lol

F2D

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Ok thanks bro sounds good! How many quarts does it take btw? oh thanks for the advice!

UNOHOO

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6, the best way ive found to go about doing it (pennzoil Ultra 5w-30) is to go to wal-mart and pick up a 5 quart for 27 bucks and then go to advance autoparts or autozone and get one quart plus the filter, doing it that way i only spend roughly 45 bucks and produce a little less waste, hooray for trying to conserve natural resources!!