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Engine oil surprise

Old Sep 25, 2020 | 06:30 AM
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Just got a 2006 rx400h!
Got a car fax report on the vehicle before buying and the vehicle was religiously serviced at a lexus dealership and not 3rd party.
while I was looking at the car before buying 3rd party I noticed some small drips of engine oil coming from the plug. I decided to buy it anyway knowing something might be wrong. Rest of the car looked fine and drove well.

9/25/2020
I decided to change the oil which was recently changed by the previous owner at a lexus dealership. (Per carfax reports) . After removing the drain plug I instantly knew something was wrong. The bolt looked a hair too big. After test fitting a new bolt from autozone it wouldn't even screw in. The threads where stripped and the bolt felt loose inside the pan. I ended up taking the oil pan off which took about an hour. After removing the oil pan I saw these little metal clips in the pan. Not sure what they are but they look like they're used in construction. To anyone that has someone do their oil. I advise you to do it yourself. This is the crap you might have to deal with. And luckily the bolt was stripped or else I would have never taken the pan off. I ended up sanding and welding a temporary bolt in the pan so I can use it until the next oil change and replace the pan.

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Old engine oil bolt



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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 03:11 PM
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You found 2 brackets sitting in your oil pan? Doesnt make sense, those are huge!
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Old Sep 26, 2020 | 06:24 PM
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Kinda looks like some goofball tried to shove some kind of bolt thingy which those clips supposedly hold the bolt to the pan......That didn't work hence a oversize plug......Wow......Hopefully you pointed that out to the seller & got a better price, such as price of the pan & your time...
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