RX 300 Engine help!
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RX 300 Engine help!
RX300 99 2WD running rough, took it to the local Toyota shop. While there, they had it running, am told it backfired and blew a hole out of the cat converter and shut down. Upon further exploration, the found sludge and recommended an engine change for, shall we say a lot of money.
Questions . . . . any suggestions for a non dealership in central North Carolina who may be interesed in doing an engine swap without needing one of my children for payment?!?!
Any idea what an engine swap would cost and a donor engine would cost?
Thanks
Questions . . . . any suggestions for a non dealership in central North Carolina who may be interesed in doing an engine swap without needing one of my children for payment?!?!
Any idea what an engine swap would cost and a donor engine would cost?
Thanks
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Thanks for your quick reply, unfortunately this is a vehicle I picked up used from a Lexus dealership about 6 months ago out of state. One owner, daughter turned 16 last month so it has been driven probably 3k miles since the purchase was made and none of the records were offered.
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the records are recorded electronically, you can go on the lexus site and access them or call the service dept at any dealer with your vin and get a print out.
Once you have that done check and see if everything was kept up at the dealer. If so then you have a pretty good case against Lexus and could get it done free or pretty cheap from them.
Once you have that done check and see if everything was kept up at the dealer. If so then you have a pretty good case against Lexus and could get it done free or pretty cheap from them.
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Well, if it's from a Lexus dealership, they should help you out and if they don't, call Lexus anyway. You pay a premium for buying from a delaership and you shouldn't be sold a Lemon.
You could try Phil's Toy Store in Cary, for a second opinion, but I'm not sure he's much cheaper than the dealer. I'd go after Lexus for this one.
You could try Phil's Toy Store in Cary, for a second opinion, but I'm not sure he's much cheaper than the dealer. I'd go after Lexus for this one.
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