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Sludge Claims

JohnLX300 on Sep 21, 2009

Sep 22, 2009 01:05 PM
by code58

6

1,422

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

300, a2003, belt, consuming oil, gelling, lexus, long, losing, new engine, oil, rx, rx300, sludge, smoking, timing

RX300 with new engine still using oil

gholsontx on Aug 26, 2009

Aug 30, 2009 10:53 PM
by trips1

8

2,324

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

350, bad, bottom, engine, filter, flush, lexus, meaning, oil, pan, pictures, rx, sc430, sludge, toyota

Obvious oil sludge issue, claim denied

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frankjames on Jul 30, 2009

Aug 30, 2009 09:15 AM
by frankjames

37

14,505

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

300, build, car, castrol, claim, dyno, engine, fix, gelling, lexus, oil, prevent, slude, sludge, synthetic

Will frequent oil changes prevent sludge/gelling?

jcjr on Aug 3, 2009

Aug 5, 2009 01:37 AM
by code58

10

7,882

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

air, cadillac, canister, filter, fuel, gs300, hoses, httppicture, intake, lexus, manifold, pictures, rx300, sludge, system, tank, vapor, vent

Honey like fluid in the intake

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Pescao on Jul 20, 2009

Jul 23, 2009 06:18 AM
by Lexmex

23

2,369

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

boat, carb, cleaner, engine, es, es300, intake, lexus, rx300, rx8, safe, seafoam, seafom, sludge, stroke

Easy on seafoam

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buci on Jun 14, 2009

Jul 18, 2009 07:14 PM
by LexusGSXR

17

18,389

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

Pics of my ES...right before disaster struck

tomstep2 on Jun 30, 2009

Jul 15, 2009 06:01 PM
by Trexus

14

1,444

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

1mz, build, cap, carbon, check, engine, fix, flush, gs300, lexus, lx470, oil, qt, recall, sludge

Sludge Question

ALarsh on May 12, 2009

May 16, 2009 05:44 PM
by mmatheny

13

2,325

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

Sludge normal?

Neucorp on Apr 27, 2009

Apr 28, 2009 08:22 PM
by Jewcano

4

635

SC - 1st Gen (1992-2000)

2003, 300, block, blowing, car, engine, enginelexus, es, es300, lexus, rebuild, rebuilt, replace, short, sludge, smoke

Lexus rebuilt engine

mmatheny on Apr 6, 2009

Apr 7, 2009 07:21 AM
by llcoolpass

11

1,677

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

0w30, 1mz, 1mzfe, 2003, 30, 5w, analysis, castrol, conventiional, es330, good, is300, ls430, oil, sludge, toyota

best oil for 2003 1mz-fe?

03 ES on Mar 18, 2009

Mar 29, 2009 12:32 PM
by kingofire

3

10,993

Maintenance

2001, 2008, engine, is250, lexus, light, low, oil, pressure, problems, pump, rx300, sign, sludge

The Ole Oil Pressure Problem

CubFan22 on Mar 21, 2009

Mar 25, 2009 05:25 PM
by tomstep2

5

4,636

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

1999, 300, check, clublexus, cylinder, determine, dreaded, engine, front, head, lexus, oil, problem, rx, sludge

How can I determine if my RX has the dreaded oil sludge problem?

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sarah on Feb 28, 2009

Mar 5, 2009 12:28 PM
by Rx300Mat

33

17,423

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

auto, bg44k, carry, change, chevron, compared, lexus, oil, recommendations, rx, rx300, sludge, sludge oil, techron, zone

Need Recommendation Regarding Oil Change

RX300Taz on Feb 20, 2009

Mar 5, 2009 12:17 PM
by RX300Taz

13

1,516

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

1999, 300, belt, es300, fix, lexus, ocv, p1346, p1349, p1351, rx, rx300, sensor, sludge, system, timing, vvt

Need advice...

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c4yourself on Feb 2, 2009

Feb 11, 2009 07:50 AM
by lexus114

27

4,939

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

1mz, 1mzfe, 2nd, 4afe, fe, gen, hesitation, longevity, reliability, reliable, sludge, turbo, twin

New guy struck by the 1MZ-FE bomb

amoss on Jan 27, 2009

Jan 29, 2009 07:37 PM
by jcat_350

7

1,455

GS - 2nd Gen (1998-2005)

1mz, 1mzfe, change, covers, engine, fe, good, issues, motor, oil, picture, problem, sludge, valve, years

Sludge 2003 1mzfe engine

thomas1 on Dec 8, 2008

Dec 31, 2008 05:28 AM
by AlexusAnja

14

6,207

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

020w, 0w30, details, engine, flush, group, hybrid, hylander, lubro, miami, moly, motor, oil, sludge, synthetic, ticking, toyota

sludge! ticking time bomb?

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powerslide on Nov 22, 2008

Dec 8, 2008 10:48 AM
by lexus114

21

3,055

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

2007, 99, baked, gasket, gs300, is250, leak, lexus, pan, replacement, silver, sludge, tranny, trans, transmission

Transmission pan gasket

99jewel on Nov 2, 2008

Nov 4, 2008 07:49 AM
by Lexmex

7

2,949

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

2jzgte?

4onenight on Oct 25, 2008

Nov 2, 2008 11:21 PM
by MrExecutiv

14

1,085

Performance

430, castrol, clean, engine, es300, german, gs430, is250, issues, lexus, liqui, ls, lubro, moly, sludge

Does this look like sludge?

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BigBaller on Oct 22, 2008

Oct 31, 2008 05:43 PM
by sktn77a

20

7,622

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

1mzfe, engine, es300, gel, gold, lexus, like, motor, oil, pictures, rebuild, rx300, seafoam, sludge, success

Does this look like sludge?

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BigBaller on Oct 20, 2008

Oct 28, 2008 09:20 PM
by llcoolpass

28

6,325

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

bad, engine, flush, forum, good, gunk, is250, isf, lexus, liqui, lubro, moly, motor, product, rid, sludge

Engine flush? please advise?

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archangels on May 4, 2008

May 7, 2008 10:22 PM
by HarrierAWD

20

3,896

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

99, clublexus, consumption, current, drain, engine, gelled, ignition, lexus, motor, oil, rx, rx300, seafoam, sludge

99 RX300 Engine Sludge Questions

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99RX300'd on Apr 28, 2008

May 6, 2008 07:45 AM
by lexus114

35

7,275

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

2007, fuel, gas, is250, saving, sludge, tacoma, tips, toyota, yellow

Gas Saving Tips

Zinda on Mar 23, 2008

Mar 23, 2008 12:42 PM
by llamaboiz

14

1,068

IS - 2nd Gen (2006-2013)

Went to see a LS430. Interesting.

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tbilisi79 on Jan 21, 2008

Jan 23, 2008 12:33 PM
by junjdm

17

2,045

LS - 3rd Gen (2001-2006)

1mz, amsoil, analysis, build, castrol, date, expiration, fe, german, list, oil, rand, sludge, suquki, toyota, vitori

Changing over to Amsoil. A few important questions.

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Mike on Dec 15, 2007

Jan 12, 2008 05:25 PM
by salimshah

39

3,773

RX - 1st Gen (1999-2003)

antifreeze, brown, compatible, coolant, go5, hoat, is300, lexus, low, prestone, radiator, sc400, sllc, sludge, toyota, type

Coolant/Anti-Freeze type

GreyHound on Dec 4, 2007

Dec 9, 2007 06:22 PM
by GreyHound

7

17,673

Maintenance

1999, 9701, bad, changed, code, engine, es300, motor, mounts, oil, rid, signs, sludge, swap, symptoms, toast

1999 ES300 engine is toast

kms on Nov 6, 2007

Nov 15, 2007 07:27 PM
by kms

10

1,527

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)

1mz, avalon, engine, lexus, recall, sludge

1MZ Recall due to sludge?

eyezack87 on Sep 3, 2007

Sep 6, 2007 05:36 PM
by eyezack87

4

1,231

ES - 1st to 6th Gen (1990-2018)