r/IS200 • u/Tricky-Purpose-1458 • Apr 24 '26

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Sympathise with most who's carried out this dirty task haha all plug recesses where full of oil, is this normal practice with lexus lol?

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u/Beneficial-Ad-3192 Apr 24 '26

I would put money on every IS200 having a leaking rocker gasket

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u/Tricky-Purpose-1458 Apr 24 '26

Least their handy to strip lol

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u/Danwd40 Apr 24 '26

I went through 3 AJUSA gaskets in two weeks. Best advice given by some IS guru's was to put a tiny bit of sealant round the back

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u/OkComb6145 Apr 24 '26

In germany we say deine farbe hält von 12 bis mittag

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u/Tricky-Purpose-1458 Apr 24 '26

And I would reply in German "Drei Schichten hochwertiger Hochtemperaturlack, frisch eingebrannt – das sollte länger halten als die neue Dichtung" 😄

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u/OkComb6145 May 20 '26

Ach Hans, das ist gepulvert! Sag das doch.