Thank you sir, for the last 20+ years as a hobby I work o n a little bit of everything from Diesels all the way to turbo gas motors. I do my own welding/ Fabricating ETC for the turbo and supercharged vehicles I Do MODS on. I do most of my work in the Mustang Scene.

By the time I tapped the coolant fitting back in it was already secure, I just used the Epoxy to make sure it bonded and had no chance of leaking. at 3500PSI I think I'm safe Lol

I am going to figure out a way to hook up a oil pressure gauge and get busy making my catch can tonight Ill post some pictures later of what I weld up and what I can come up with in the garage.

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SSGPATE: Great thread! Thanks for sharing.

Quick question for you about accessing the timing cover.

Apparently my timing cover gasket is leaking....I say apparently BC I have not confirmed what the dealer told me after they granted me a one time free courtesy inspection. I kind of suspected a couple of things they found anyway and was trying to establish a relationship in case I needed dealer specific parts

The car (2008 IS250) is new to me and has 159,000 miles. It has always been serviced at the dealer by the previous owner who was a female. From what I have been able to put together, she was a sales person in the Phoenix area (a business card was in the spare tire area) and the name matched the service records the dealer had. I was able to get a copy of the records and the names matched..anyway she took really good care of the car...I am guessing all at the dealer.

My local Dealer quotes the book at 18 hours of labor (engine removal) to change this gasket!! I thanked them and decided to do a bit of research.

From your thread it seems to me that I should be able to access the timing cover by removing the front section of the car...and not actually remove the engine. I have recently gotten my hands dirty again after years of being away from wrenching. I am pretty confident I could do this...just want to do it the smart way...and removing the entire engine seems a bit excessive.

Thoughts?

 

No problem ill post some more PICS up later just been so tied up with work and these engine swaps in 4 days i put in 2 complete motors one in my turbo mustang and one in this Lexus..I dont see any reason that you cant do it with the motor in the car as long as you can access everything. as you can see from my picture you can access everything if you take out the radiator, front bumper and all that stuff to get in there. I even can take off the alternator and the AC compressor from this position and in all honestly it was less then an hour for me to get to that point. Are you certain the timing cover is leaking have you identified the exact spot its coming from yet?

 

Since this thread is up i thought id ask. If I have an IS250 and for whatever reason my motor needed to be replaced. Would the IS350 motor swap directly into the 250 without any modifications needed?

 

I have not confirmed the exact location of the current leak. A few weeks ago I removed the under cover/s and steam cleaned the bottom of the engine area. Then took the following pics.

 

I cant honestly tell from that picture where the leak is coming from.. I can tell you that I would look for the highest point you see the oil coming from and you should find the culprit.

So just a touch back on my engine install the car is still running great it actually runs better then it ever has which tells me the engine rebuild/ piston ring update was never done right to begin with from the dealer.

I have not got around to making a catch can but I will I'm a little occupied with my turbo mustang Build and got side tracked at the moment.

 

I put some new headlights in as well while I had everything apart.

 

In the first picture, the oil line fitting to the vvti can leak. It’s a copper gasket and easy to swap. I would start there. If it is in fact the front timing cover, it’s a larger job than you think and there is a reason they remove the motor. I’m not saying you can’t do it, but I would hesitate to do the job if you’ve never done the water pump.

 

I thought the same thing about the oil line fitting...banjo type...copper washer easy to change. Will oil leak from here when the engine is shut down and I am trying to change the washer?

The water pump has never been changed according to my records. I gotta find the leak first so I will start there. Just can't blindly believe the Techs at the Dealer.

Thanks for the input

 

Im back at it again

I ordered all 4 02 sensors to replace my old ones with. I was so focused on getting the engine knocked out it never crossed my mind to replace them until last week. These sensors are pretty expensive all of them was about 370$ to my door from Rock auto for the more high quality sensors...I also bought a really nice Sand blaster setup from texas blaster to walnut shell blast my valves out once a year or every other year to keep the car in like new shape. I supplied a link. I will most likely do a video or tuitorial on walnut blasting the valves and the proper procedures to get it done without making a mess or getting walnut shells in the combustion chamber.

https://www.texasblaster.com/index.p...&product_id=24

Looks the the drivers side 02 is going to be a ***** to get to or i may have to pull the intake to get to it.... If i have to pull the intake might as well go ahead and try out my walnut blaster.

 

how do you unplug the fuse box on the drivers side so I can take out the engine

 

I labelled everything, took pictures and just released each plug. Mine had two dummy plugs in there as well. I also put painters tape over the connections to keep foreign material out.

 

i understand this. But what I am trying to ask is i cant get the wires unhooked from the fuse box is there a nut i need to take off to get inside the fuse box

 

the wires oon the right side in a clear plastic bag( the one on top of the engine not the ones in the head light ) how did you unplug those ive never done this before

 

Hello sir can you please explain how to dismantle the drivers side fuse box so the wires can be freed