LEXUS RX 300

At the greasy engine and a big consumption of oil check the following places for existence of leaks:

1. Open a cover of a maslozalivny mouth and check consolidation for existence of cracks or damages.
2. Laying of a cover of a head of cylinders.
3. Laying of a head of cylinders.
4. Laying of an oil filter: a filter prileganiye to a flange.
5. Drain stopper of motive oil: sealing ring.
6. Laying of the pallet of a case.
7. Epiploons of a bent shaft.

As in the presence of leak oil spreads on the big surface of the engine, at once it is complex to define its place. For detection of leaks act as follows:

1. Wash out the engine for what close the generator and the block of safety locks a plastic bag, spray the engine a usual cold cleaner and through short time wash out water.
2. Strew the interfaced surfaces and consolidations on the engine outside with lime or talc.
3. Check the level of motive oil and if necessary add oil.
4. With the purpose to warm oil make a trial trip on the car on distance about 30 km on the high-speed route. Viscosity of the warmed oil will go down, and it will quicker act in places of leaks.
5. In conclusion investigate the engine, lighting it with a lamp, localize places of leaks and eliminate them.

1. Take the probe from a guide and dry wipe its edge with pure rags or a paper towel. Enter the probe up to the end back and again take it. Height of the site of an edge moistened with oil will correspond to oil level in the engine. This level has to be between tags on the probe.

2. Rise in level of oil from the minimum tag on the probe to maximum requires about 1.5 l of oil. Do not allow falling of level below the minimum tag since oil starvation can lead to damage of the engine. On the other hand, overflow of the engine oil (the dolivaniye is higher than the maximum mark) can be the reason of oiling of spark plugs, leak of oil, failure of epiploons, and also damages of the catalytic converter.
3. To add oil, uncover a jellied mouth, located on a cover of a head of cylinders (see No. 6 on an illustration the Components of a motive compartment which are subject to regular service). After a dolivaniye of oil wait several minutes that the level of oil was stabilized, then pull out the probe and again check level. If it is required, add still oils. If on a cover pollution are found, wash out it gasoline. Close a cover of a mouth and turn it before click.
4. Check of level of oil is the important preventive procedure and has to be made as often as possible, and also it is obligatory before each long trip. Continuous excessive falling of level of oil indicates or existence of its leaks through the damaged epiploons or the weakened connections, or its burning out (internal leaks through worn-out piston rings or via the directing plugs of valves). Besides, it is necessary to pay attention and to a condition of the oil. If oil has dairy color or in its structure it is possible to notice water drops, it indicates possible violation of tightness of laying of a head of cylinders or existence of a crack in a head or the block of cylinders. In this case the engine should be repaired immediately. Run every time at measurement of level of oil before rubbing of an edge of the probe over it big and index hand fingers. If at the same time the particles of dirt or metal particles which stuck to the probe are found, oil should be replaced (see the Section Replacement of Motive Oil and Oil Filter).

1. If level is lower admissible, at first wipe top of the tank and a cover with pure rags to prevent hit of dirt in system after removal of a cover. Add liquid to the necessary level, but do not pour.
2. Until the tank is uncovered, check brake fluid and the tank for existence of pollution. If at it there are particles of a rust, dirt or a drop of water, liquid should be replaced.
3. After addition of the tank to the necessary level make sure that the cover is established exactly, in order to avoid leak of liquid and/or hit of dirt.
4. Liquid level in the main brake cylinder (MBC) will fall slightly as a result of wear of frictional overlays of brake shoes. There is no need to add it until level remains near a tag of "MIN"; it will rise after replacement of slips. Very low level can indicate wear of brake shoes. Check them for wear existence (see the Section the General checks of the brake system).
5. If the level of brake fluid constantly falls, immediately check all system for existence of leaks. As a rule, worn-out caps in wheel cylinders are the reason. Survey brake lines, hoses and nipple connections together with supports, wheel cylinders and GTTs (see Sections the General checks of the brake system and Check of a state and replacement of hoses of a motive compartment, localization of leaks).
6. If when checking level of liquid the tank is empty or almost empty, the brake system needs to be checked for existence of leaks and to pump over (see the Section Replacement of Brake Fluid, pumping of the brake system).

1. Be passed on the car with a speed of 80 km/h within 20 minutes that the engine and steering had normal operational temperature (near the 80th hail.).

3. Level of liquid can be checked also at its room temperature (10÷30 a hail.), if the engine did not work within not less than 5 hours. In this case it is necessary to use tags on a back scale (with a tag of "COLD") on a tank wall.
4. If necessary add the liquid conforming to requirements of Specifications of the Head Nastroyki and routine maintenance of the car.

5. After filling of system start the engine and several times turn a steering wheel from an emphasis against the stop that quitted air the system.

1. Park the car on the flat horizontal platform with a hard coating, cock the parking brake. If the engine cold, start it and warm up up to the normal working temperature on single turns. At the working engine squeeze out a pedal of a working brake and serially carry out the AT selector lever through all provisions, in conclusion, having returned it to situation "P".
2. Without suppressing the engine, take the measuring probe from the directing tube. Fingers remove traces of ATF from a probe edge and estimate its condition.
3. Carefully wipe an edge with pure rags and enter the probe back into the directing tube, having densely put a cover on a mouth.

5. Add ATF in the small portions in stages, every time checking level.
6. Along with level it is necessary to check as well a condition of ATF. If the liquid moistening the end of an edge of the probe has a dark red-brown shade, or smells of ashes, ATF should be replaced (a mestopolodzheniye of a drain stopper see in the Section Removal and installation of assembly of AT valves). In the absence of confidence in correctness of assessment of a condition of transmission liquid compare it on color and a smell to fresh ATF.