IBeBofa

I have a beautiful 1998 black on black lex gs400 that has been so good to me and as much as I have dreamt to updating it with mods that I have seen from this community, I have kept it vanilla. With that said, never had any problems with it but mechanic says I need to fix a leak and would need to drop at least 3g on it and have to eventually update belts which would probably another 2g. I just cant put in the money. Obviously, understand I can try to sell or donate if necessary, but wanted to reach out to anyone in this community to see if there was another option that would benefit someone or gauge level interest in purchasing. I live in dc area so hit me up if you have any questions or interesting in purchasing. I will update with photos, but other than leak and minor cosmetics, car in great shape. No accidents or major issues to engine or body.

MedicalDoc

What type of leak? Are you referring to tb, serpentine,..? Any codes?

SaiyanGS3

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kevin3344

How many miles? I would find a reputable indy and do the work in stages. Start with the most important first which is probably the oil leak. $3k is way too high it needs to be more like $1k. Depending on the miles you can wait on the timing belt they can last a while in these cars.

lextout

IBeBofa

Sorry for the delay on responding, broken foot has slowed things down quite a bit. The car has 170K. This is what I got from my mechanic for repairs needed:

1) P/S pump, high pressure hose and suction hose is leaking alot
2) Both upper ball joints are bad
3) valve cover gasket is leaking alot
4) All fluids and filters are very dirty and no P/S fluid left in car
5) Needs alignment and two tires.

Thoughts on cost and if people think it is worth fixing in order to keep running and using?

kevin3344

I’m going to guess $1k for everything, but first find a reputable Indy that works on these cars. Start with the power steering pump first because the leak is right over the alternator and if you don’t address it you’ll have to replace that, too. Next up are the ball joints and lastly the valve cover gaskets. Yes, it will smoke but I drove mine like that for a while before I had mine done. You were right where I was several years ago and I thought about trading it then I thought what if I bite the bullet and keep her? I’m glad I did. After those things were fixed she’s been ultra reliable. Btw, I had to replace my p/s pump AND alternator which is why I mentioned it. Don’t let it go too long.

GS34B

Way too much $$ for either of those quoted repairs... Run away from that shop.