Lexus RX450HL & RX400H - going full barge
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BrettMRC said:
Passed the MOT last week, although with an advisory for corrosion on the fuel pipes/filler - so will need to investigate whats shat there.
Can't complain really, it's 18 years old now!
I’ve just done my fuel filler as it was leaking. There is a plastic cover at the first bend that seems to collect all the water and rot the pipe.Can't complain really, it's 18 years old now!
A pipe from Lexus is about £460. It’s much cheaper from Amayama for the part but postage is £400.
In the end I bought a secondhand one for £35 that was rusty but cleaned up and I coated it in loads of stone chip and underbody wax.
It was about 2.5 hours at my mates garage to get fitted. It’s a bit of a pain but not too disastrous. I didn’t know before we started but the rear left anti roll bar bush is held in by the same bracket. Had I known I would have ordered a replacement bush while I was there.
SAS Tom said:
I’ve just done my fuel filler as it was leaking. There is a plastic cover at the first bend that seems to collect all the water and rot the pipe.
A pipe from Lexus is about £460. It’s much cheaper from Amayama for the part but postage is £400.
In the end I bought a secondhand one for £35 that was rusty but cleaned up and I coated it in loads of stone chip and underbody wax.
It was about 2.5 hours at my mates garage to get fitted. It’s a bit of a pain but not too disastrous. I didn’t know before we started but the rear left anti roll bar bush is held in by the same bracket. Had I known I would have ordered a replacement bush while I was there.
That's excellent info, thank you! A pipe from Lexus is about £460. It’s much cheaper from Amayama for the part but postage is £400.
In the end I bought a secondhand one for £35 that was rusty but cleaned up and I coated it in loads of stone chip and underbody wax.
It was about 2.5 hours at my mates garage to get fitted. It’s a bit of a pain but not too disastrous. I didn’t know before we started but the rear left anti roll bar bush is held in by the same bracket. Had I known I would have ordered a replacement bush while I was there.
130k on my 400H now. Advisory free MOT and just keeps doing what I want of it while returning 31.7 average mpg (mixed driving, lots of 2.5 mile cold journeys and motorway work). If it breaks I may just get another, but low mileage ones <100k are silly money.
Toyed with upgrading the ICE to a big Android screen for a few hundred pounds but haven't got around to it yet. Lots on AliExpress.
Toyed with upgrading the ICE to a big Android screen for a few hundred pounds but haven't got around to it yet. Lots on AliExpress.
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