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When water pump needs to be replaced and also accessories belt?

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Old 03-24-22, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by bladest
I bought gearbox filters kit, rear differencial fluid and gaskets, coolant genuine toyota pink, all of the filters for the car genuine lexus./toyota. So for big service all of the fluids including brakes will be changed and all of the filters.
In the future i will probably
change water pump and other things....
These things has never been changed and oil was well i will try 0w 40 oil if its eating it like with 0w 20 i will switch to 5w 30.
Good luck with it. I must say, I pity the poor fellow you find to do the work for you...
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Why do you pity them it will be either dealership or other service and i will pay to them premium
i hope to receive good quality work.
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Originally Posted by bladest
Why do you pity them it will be either dealership or other service and i will pay to them premium
i hope to receive good quality work.
The reason I pity them is best left unsaid...
Old 03-24-22, 09:56 AM
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My current plan is to search for some not very busy shop in far away town.... in order to do the service...
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Originally Posted by bladest
My current plan is to search for some not very busy shop in far away town.... in order to do the service...
What is your purpose of doing that?
Old 03-24-22, 01:43 PM
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I am looking for high end quality and good work instead of cheap labour
someone who can take care of the car .
Old 03-24-22, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by bladest
I dont plan to sale my CAR. In Bg no one will buy it no market for such cars only 2-3 cars are for sale in my country and all of them are the base model and none of them have night vision package or driver monitoring system...

My latest LEXUS GS450H
have almost everything i need it have even night vision package and i am VERY HAPPY from it
LED headlights , adaptive cruise driver monitoring system, the only feature i miss is the auto high beams... and some other things....
Today i bought some parts for my car from Europe and i guess in the next 2-3 weeks i will receive them and after that i will start to search for service repair/ place again, my car passed all of the recalls.
i already spoke with dealer before few moments.
So nothing else to be made on it at least not free.
Any pictures of your car to share?
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i will provide Pictures soon, as soon as car is serviced and cleaned , i will do cleaning after servicing
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Do they have Toyota cars in Bulgaria? The Lexus is mostly Toyota parts. A good Toyota mechanic should be able to maintain it for you.

I would do the 150,000 mile service in the Warranty and Services Guide.

https://drivers.lexus.com/lexusdrive...ance-schedules
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We have toyota in some cities, but they are on the black list of services due to their " good work" and you need to wait as well few months to receive a service
also recently one of the dealership licenses was revoked...
due to their great work...
what does 150.000 mile service includes can you tell me ? i dont see anything over the link.
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Originally Posted by NickDangr
Do they have Toyota cars in Bulgaria? The Lexus is mostly Toyota parts. A good Toyota mechanic should be able to maintain it for you.
I thought there were no Lexus dealers in Bulgaria.

What's this?

Lexus София
Sofia, Bulgaria · +359 800 15 111


WEBSITE

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Bulgaria has numerous Toyota dealerships and service centers. Here's a short list of Toyota dealerships:


TM Auto (East)
Sofia, Bulgaria · +359 2 960 4100


Toyota Tixim Ltd.

Plovdiv, Bulgaria · +359 32 900 500


Karkom Toyota Varna

Varna, Bulgaria · +359 52 575 700


TM Auto West

Sofia, Bulgaria · +359 2 960 4100


Toyota Tixim Ltd. Pazardjik Branch
Pazardzhik, Bulgaria · +359 34 403 320



Тойота Хасково / Toyota Haskovo Полихронов Мотърс / Polihronov Motors
Haskovo, Bulgaria · +359 89 913 4612


Спекта Ауто Toyota Бургас
Burgas, Bulgaria · +359 700 70 066


Nikom - Ruse
Ruse, Bulgaria · +359 82 818 111



VIA Interkar Toyota Pleven
Pleven, Bulgaria · +359 64 870 880


TOYOTA - Кале Ауто
Sliven, Bulgaria · +359 44 666 665


Mototom
Dobrich, Bulgaria · +359 58 600 777


Toyota Auto Center Sliven

Sliven, Bulgaria · +359 88 667 7499


Troya Auto
Sofia, Bulgaria · +359 88 504 4245


Montsa
Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria · +359 73 885 700


Ratola
Shumen, Bulgaria · +359 54 874 340


ЕС ЕФ ЕЙ ОКАЗИОН
Sofia, Bulgaria · +359 2 892 1280


Toyota Balkans EOOD
Sofia, Bulgaria · +359 2 489 7100


Old 03-24-22, 04:53 PM
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There are no LEXUS dealership, all of these are Toyota they dont have people who have been in training for lexuses
they can fix your toyotas only, and if you read bg forums , most people are not happy from these places.


If you dont believe me you can use google translate https://www.lexus.bg here is bg site do you see anywhere into the site which shows lexus service or something there is nothing like that.
If you compare these toyota dealers to uk official lexus dealerships showroos repair services and everything its night and day.

None of the dealership where i have been ever saw gs 4th generation and specially full package with all of the options since these cars was never sold here in Bg.
They can sale you 2 brand new sedans with order for half a year or more imported, like ES and Ls and thats it .
Last time i have been with toyota sofia dealership they doesnt have transpit plate even to test toyota cars.

I can call that fake dealership.



Also if you type in google best friend for most people LEXUS CENTER UK you will see a lot of lexus dealership or services
if you type in google LEXUS Center bulgaria you will see 0000
This is what i mean no existing dealership network and centers and repair centers...
Only some toyota people all of these dealers in toyota they are not whole they are private franchaises , so i can create tomorrow company my own and i can ask to be toyota dealer , but i can have 000 qualified personal and i can sale 000 cars...
this doesnt make me lexus dealership or lexus service center i hope you get the idea.

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Originally Posted by bladest
since these cars was never sold here in Bg.
Yeah, OK, we believe you.
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Old 03-24-22, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Lwerewolf
Yeah, OK, we believe you.
Since you always know everything Lwerewolf, how many cars in Bulgaria do you have the night vision package and all of the options for the model? How many gs450h 4th generation was sold in Bulgaria can you give us some stats with these packages and level of equipment and think the number will be 0.
Even if you count every single gs450h icluding base model i dont think there will be big number.Most cars if not all are imported from Abroad, due to non existing lexus dealership, in Bg cars which are sold are Renault,Dacia,Skoda,audi ,bmw,mercedess, ford and others but lets say some of the most popular brands.


Thanks a lot of the maintenance log Nickdangr things inside will be used to check my car in a few weeks or less..

So for now i will skip water pump ,and pulley , thermostat, and only coolant will be replaced due to the cost ,
i found out that genuine pulley is in pair with the tensioners and that way its very costly.... item... to replace also the genuine water pump is costly...
i think its made by Aisin , so i will get aftermarket aisin when time arrives but about pulley not sure if after market ones are good choise.

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