![]() ![]() My car is a 2007 sports luxury with 156,200kms, I am the second owner (brought in 2015) and after talking with the original owner, he confirmed that he had not had the gearbox serviced/oil changed.Īfter reading a lot of different views about "sealed for life" etc, well personally I found that a complete crook of bull*BLEEP* myself and hard to believe, nothing is sealed for life and oil breaks down, its that bloody simple in my mind. I had booked my car in a week ago to have the automatic transmission serviced, this being a full flush and new filter kit installed. Well today I drove my IS250 to Dandenong to the premises of Kewish Automotive - Transmission Specialists. I dont want to change to supperpro or energy suspension bushing as I dont want more noise when grease dry. My one should got some noise when driving slow like 10-20K. Hi, where do you do the flush? I really wanna do that as Im running 170k now.īTW ilv1004s, could you order is250 RWD F sport front and rear sway bar bushing and buckets? 28.5/19 as I remember. I will report back with oil sample photos and some info when I get the fluid change completed in the next couple of weeks. $440.00 spent every few years is better than a forced purchase to upgrade my car because the gearbox *BLEEP* itself through lack of neglect on Lexus behalf. I will sleep happy now that I know this, nothing is sealed for life, that is just commercial bull*BLEEP* at its finest. ![]() cost is $440.00, they should also be serviced every 50,000kms. Yes they do the Lexus IS250 gearbox, they have the machinery to do it correctly and they do quite a few of the Lexus gearboxes, they need the car for 3/4 of the day and get 90% of the fluid out. So I ring a relative who has a reputable business in the upper end market of car conversions for many years, he gives me the name and number of a Melbourne business that just specialises in auto transmissions which he has used for many years himself. Here is a link to for the A960E Lexus Transmission I called Blackburn Lexus and was told that it is not needed, no one asks for it to be done, and again they would just do the litre at a time procedure, not a flush.ĬAN OR CAN'T THEY BE FLUSHED OUT THOROUGHLY? Can a independent transmission shop do it properly? He said that Blackburn Lexus in Melbourne have a transmission flushing machine, this he knew because he worked there for 10 years, so go and see them. I called into our local regional Toyota dealership the other morning and spoke with the service guy, I quizzed him about the fluid change and to my surprise they would not touch the gearbox because it states that it is sealed for life, it is not needed and what the manual says goes!!. So if Canada Lexus states in their service intervals that a fluid change in required every 90,000kms, does anyone know what the procedure would be? is this drop a litre and add a litre repeated a few time routine all that they do? OR CAN THESE TRANSMISSIONS ACTUALLY BE FLUSH. The same argument as you read on the internet where ever you look. He would not do it because all he would be doing is dropping 1 litre at a time, adding new fluid, running the car and dropping mixed fluid etc etc. So after reading heaps of internet articles about the fluid and the sealed gearbox etc, I asked my local mechanic before he serviced my car. I have 40 year old BMW motorcycles with 200,000kms on the clock, and my 1928 Chevrolet still runs like clock work after so with good maintenance things will last many years. ![]() I am looking for long term ownership of this Lexus to btw, so I am very curious about the transmission fluid changeover. I just had the 150,000km service done by my excellent local mechanic, everything change, inspected and ticked off and the car is running lovely. Ok, I need a once and for all explanation about the automatic transmission fluid change procedure on my IS250 2007.
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