TurboTodd

Hey guys.. I need something to show someone to prove a point.

Anyone have a diagram of the LS430 engine showing the location of the timing belt? Maybe a cut-away or something? Photos would work..

Thanks,
Todd

scottmcc

PM me with your email address and I will give you the PDF docs. They exceed the forums limit of 390K..

19psi

what, someone doesn't believe that there is a lot of time involved in doing a t belt?

scottmcc

timing belt JPG

TurboTodd

No, unfortunately worse.

Speaking with a service writer at the local dealership, face to face, the conversation went like this:

Me: "I've been researching the ticking noise you said is probably the timing belt. Apparently the injectors on the LS tick and are noticeable in a drivethrough, where I noticed it. I heard it from the backside of the engine."

Him: "Well, the timing belt is on the backside of the engine."

Me (puzzled look on my face): "The timing belt? It's on the frontside of the engine."

Him: "No it's not. It's on the back"

Me: "Between the engine and the transmission? Really?"

Him: "Yes, it's on the front."



Me: "Wow.. didn't know that."

If I had more patience, I would have grabbed an ear and drug him out to the service drive to show him the error in his ways.

Needless to say, my car is not going to be serviced at that dealer again.

SH212

timing belts suck!! i had to replace 1.. not something i wana do again

GRAND_LS 4

iTrader: (2)

Its kinda like this... when someone says they work for NASA, people will believe every scientific "fact" they blurt out, and since most dont know any better, they dont have a choice. This perceived feeling of having a monopoly over Lexus knowledge gives the employees at most dealerships the green light to make up stuff up.

You would be surprised what the dealer has tried to convince me in the past. Yet when they find out they are wrong, they fruther insist in fear of humiliation, since they should know better working a dealer.

Keep in mind, when you drive an LS430/460 they assume you can barely pick the right fuel grade, much less the location of a timing belt.

Thats why i have deep respect for those who know their stuff, who are also rarely found in these retail chains, including teh dealership.