Someone has taken very poor care of this baby, truly sad to see something like this and sorry you’re going through this. Just crossed 120k in mine and I’m on its ass quite a bit and zero problems.
I have had my RCF CF/TVD for nearly 8 years. Zero problems. Seen several track days. Never any issues. No limp mode, no complaining even in track sessions. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully, this issue can be resolved. Must have been how the previous owner took care of it.
@@Project40Cars I have never really driven an LSD RCF, but the TVD works like magic on RCF. Makes it feel much smaller and a lot more nimbler with the nose being hyper responsive with small steering inputs. Love it on the race track.
Valley plate is still an issue on these engines. I just hit 100k miles and it now needs to be fixed. Same with valve cover gaskets. Another known issue is the dipstick leaking when its equipped with long tube headers.
@Project40Cars well let me know what they find. CareCareNut channel on UA-cam was mentioning something about the aluminum blocks on these engines using a steel head cover gasket. The issue being the different materials and how they react to heat. The end result is the head covers need to be resealed though part of it is due to lack of coolant interval replacement. The acids in the coolant eat away at the head cover gaskets. I pray that's not what you're dealing with since it's a pretty big job. If I ever have that issue, I'm rebuilding the engine. I enjoy the car that much. It's a ripper.
I have a GS460 in the UK same transmission. I did a gearbox oil change in 2020. Come this year i had the same issue as you. Found out the bolts on the sump pan weren't tightened to spec so were loose. The coolant could be your water pump edit just seen it might be your HG. I'm guessing it is the valley plate. It does happen with all cars with the 2UR
@Project40Cars I don't know mate. I hope it's the bolts. One of the reasons the valley plate leak happens is with "Pink" Toyota coolant is turns acidic because Toyota say to change at 100k. Most owners now change like the "red" Toyota coolant which is 5 years. Your brakes squeaking could be you're missing anti squeak brake shims. If your pads are new they were probably thrown away
Came here to also mention the valley plate leak which usually becomes a noticeable coolant leak by 10 years/100k miles. Typically the only actual problem with the 2UR. If the dealer has a couple brain cells to rub together, they would know or see it, but you'd be surprised how dealers are. PLEASE consider keeping the car - got a IS500 myself with the same engine. The sound is just too good. The problem with issues like this is when you get 3-4 issues all at once, it can seem insurmountable and impossible to fix. But, by just isolating each problem separately you can break it down into fixable steps.
They’re starting the strip down tomorrow so hopefully it will be the valley gasket. I do like the car (for the little time I was able to drive it) so hopefully it all works out.
Very interesting ! I can't believe this has had hg failure!! Genuinely shocking. Looks an amazing car (like a grown up MkV Supra!) but I would be tempted to seek a refund if the car let me down that badly straight after buying :( Keep us updated!
Seemingly it’s the only RCF in the uk that’s had the issue. The car is still not fixed, was supposed to be sorted this week. Communications from them have been really poor. I’m pushing for a refund but the dealer is refusing. Having another chat with them on Monday.
@@Project40Cars sounds like a nightmare, I am guessing it was not cheap either (probably north of £25k!?). What did you think of the LC 500 you mentioned? Any vids of it?
@@Project40Cars I suspect the car might have been driven abusively. Over rev or hard acceleration on cold engine. Or driven hard during break in period. I would get rid of the car and find another one. Was there anything that felt wrong when you test drove the car?
My IS Fsport got tossed a few months ago due to wiring and throttle body issues at 65K, the Front diff blew up too. So much for Lexus reliability 🤷♂. Was never done that dirty with a German car.
It's a 2015 so parts are probably worn out and probably not well taken care of. I would get an IS500 or get another RCF with a refund first. A newer RCF.
Get rid. Its a dog. Considering this engine, what other marks it's in, doesn't suffer from HG issues. Maybe the valley plate is leaking, which is known. However it strikes me as an abused car. Driven hard cold or just unlucky.
Personally I’d have them fix it, then drive it for the rest of the warranty period and then reevaluate. Be a shame to walk away from it because it come be 💯 after these jobs have been done 😁
@Project40Cars yeah the first year of production of a car usually tends to have to common problems something to consider usually later years tend to be better as problems have been fixed on the assembly line as they are aware if issues
The 2015 is a fine model year. I have a 2015 and have tracked it quite a few times. Replace the gaskets/seals and you'll be fine. It's a failed gasket, not a failed design or build.
Your highest video views was on a Maserati, I say get a new car (more channel content) and go for a Maserati Ghibli 3.0 v6 or a Granturismo 4.7 v8. You don't see much content on either of those, beautiful cars and I'm sure they'll explode one or twice to ensure an interesting video
It would probably be more reliable than the Lexus 😂 I think it would have to be either the Quattroporte, the 4200 or the Grand Tourismo. All are good options.
Get rid of it. You'll always have doubt about the car. You are buying an approved used car, but it's nearly a decade old. Did they even check if the radar cruise worked before selling you the car? What else didn't get checked? You don't know how much gearbox fluid has been lost whilst the car was being driven. Changing the seal and topping the fluid up doesn't inform you about any potential damage which may have occurred. You think you might have the only example in the uk which has blown a head gasket, that probably tells you something about how the car has been treated in the last 9 years. My personal experience I'd never be as relaxed as you are about giving them endless time to have your car. The longer this goes on, the harder it will be to get your money back from them. Don't let them upsell you out of their problem.
Someone has taken very poor care of this baby, truly sad to see something like this and sorry you’re going through this. Just crossed 120k in mine and I’m on its ass quite a bit and zero problems.
Thanks it’s appreciated 🙏
I have had my RCF CF/TVD for nearly 8 years. Zero problems. Seen several track days. Never any issues. No limp mode, no complaining even in track sessions. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully, this issue can be resolved. Must have been how the previous owner took care of it.
I’m looking forward to getting it on track, how do you find the TVD vs the stock LSD?
@@Project40Cars I have never really driven an LSD RCF, but the TVD works like magic on RCF. Makes it feel much smaller and a lot more nimbler with the nose being hyper responsive with small steering inputs. Love it on the race track.
@ awesome, hopefully I’ll get to try one in the future.
That’s good to hear! Lc owner here- the 10 year warranty is great too
@@toms_garage former LC owner here, great car that I look forward to owning again some day.
Valley plate is still an issue on these engines. I just hit 100k miles and it now needs to be fixed. Same with valve cover gaskets.
Another known issue is the dipstick leaking when its equipped with long tube headers.
I initially suspected/hoped the valley plate gasket but sadly that wasn’t the case.
@Project40Cars well let me know what they find. CareCareNut channel on UA-cam was mentioning something about the aluminum blocks on these engines using a steel head cover gasket. The issue being the different materials and how they react to heat. The end result is the head covers need to be resealed though part of it is due to lack of coolant interval replacement. The acids in the coolant eat away at the head cover gaskets.
I pray that's not what you're dealing with since it's a pretty big job. If I ever have that issue, I'm rebuilding the engine. I enjoy the car that much. It's a ripper.
I have a GS460 in the UK same transmission. I did a gearbox oil change in 2020. Come this year i had the same issue as you. Found out the bolts on the sump pan weren't tightened to spec so were loose.
The coolant could be your water pump edit just seen it might be your HG. I'm guessing it is the valley plate. It does happen with all cars with the 2UR
Oh that’s interesting, maybe There’s a wider issue on the sump pan bolts? Hopefully it is the valley gasket but the dealer didn’t seem to think so
@Project40Cars I don't know mate. I hope it's the bolts.
One of the reasons the valley plate leak happens is with "Pink" Toyota coolant is turns acidic because Toyota say to change at 100k. Most owners now change like the "red" Toyota coolant which is 5 years.
Your brakes squeaking could be you're missing anti squeak brake shims. If your pads are new they were probably thrown away
Came here to also mention the valley plate leak which usually becomes a noticeable coolant leak by 10 years/100k miles. Typically the only actual problem with the 2UR. If the dealer has a couple brain cells to rub together, they would know or see it, but you'd be surprised how dealers are.
PLEASE consider keeping the car - got a IS500 myself with the same engine. The sound is just too good. The problem with issues like this is when you get 3-4 issues all at once, it can seem insurmountable and impossible to fix. But, by just isolating each problem separately you can break it down into fixable steps.
They’re starting the strip down tomorrow so hopefully it will be the valley gasket. I do like the car (for the little time I was able to drive it) so hopefully it all works out.
@@Project40Cars Ask them to do a boroscope check
Cool channel! Subscribed!
Thanks! Liking your 928, always been a dream car for me 😁
@@Project40Carssame. I totally love it even though it is bankrupting me! Haha!
@JAYREAD pushing through financial pain with automotive passion 😅
@@Project40Cars Hell yeah! Haha!
Head gasket? Did they remove the intake manifold to make that the valley plate is not leaking?
Yup apparently the valley plate was fine. Very odd.
@ Well that’s strange. I hope they find the problem and fix it. Good luck
@ thanks 🙏 hopefully I should have it back some point next week.
Very interesting ! I can't believe this has had hg failure!! Genuinely shocking. Looks an amazing car (like a grown up MkV Supra!) but I would be tempted to seek a refund if the car let me down that badly straight after buying :( Keep us updated!
Seemingly it’s the only RCF in the uk that’s had the issue. The car is still not fixed, was supposed to be sorted this week. Communications from them have been really poor.
I’m pushing for a refund but the dealer is refusing. Having another chat with them on Monday.
@@Project40Cars sounds like a nightmare, I am guessing it was not cheap either (probably north of £25k!?). What did you think of the LC 500 you mentioned? Any vids of it?
@Auto_Funk bang on the money. Sadly I had the LC before I started UA-cam. Awesome car though.
You bought a lemon sir. Sorry to tell you.
Looks like 😭
A huge part of a reliable car is the care of the owner.
I have an Audi and it’s the most reliable car I have owned. Zero problems 101K miles.
The service record/invoices checked out, condition looked decent for the age etc.
@@Project40Cars I suspect the car might have been driven abusively. Over rev or hard acceleration on cold engine. Or driven hard during break in period.
I would get rid of the car and find another one.
Was there anything that felt wrong when you test drove the car?
@ car felt fine during the test drive but it wasn’t a long one (maybe 20-30 mins?)
Sorry to see 😭
Thanks 🙏 hopefully I’ll see the car again.
@Project40Cars i really hope so. Subscribed to keep up 💪🏽💪🏽
My IS Fsport got tossed a few months ago due to wiring and throttle body issues at 65K, the Front diff blew up too. So much for Lexus reliability 🤷♂. Was never done that dirty with a German car.
That sounds sub optimal. What did you replace it with?
Don't forget to update the forum.
Will do!
It's a 2015 so parts are probably worn out and probably not well taken care of. I would get an IS500 or get another RCF with a refund first. A newer RCF.
That’s the odd thing, it came with full Lexus service history. I’m awaiting a callback from the dealer to see what options I have.
that car see the wrong side of a hedge? i bet it was in a frontal collision and the radar cc was never fixed properly.
Hope not, this was from a Lexus main dealer. From what I can see everything lines up right.
Keep the lexus
I’d like to as it’s a great car 🙏
Get rid. Its a dog. Considering this engine, what other marks it's in, doesn't suffer from HG issues. Maybe the valley plate is leaking, which is known. However it strikes me as an abused car. Driven hard cold or just unlucky.
Sorry to see, coming from a Lexus owner😢
Thanks 🙏 I’m still a big Lexus fan so hopefully things will get resolved.
Personally I’d have them fix it, then drive it for the rest of the warranty period and then reevaluate. Be a shame to walk away from it because it come be 💯 after these jobs have been done 😁
I think I’m leaning that way, it should be all fixed by this time next week apparently.
you got the 2015 first year its horrible
Is it that bad?
@ ya first year RCF lots of bugs
@ dang, that’s a shame 😭
@Project40Cars yeah the first year of production of a car usually tends to have to common problems something to consider usually later years tend to be better as problems have been fixed on the assembly line as they are aware if issues
The 2015 is a fine model year. I have a 2015 and have tracked it quite a few times. Replace the gaskets/seals and you'll be fine. It's a failed gasket, not a failed design or build.
Your highest video views was on a Maserati, I say get a new car (more channel content) and go for a Maserati Ghibli 3.0 v6 or a Granturismo 4.7 v8. You don't see much content on either of those, beautiful cars and I'm sure they'll explode one or twice to ensure an interesting video
It would probably be more reliable than the Lexus 😂
I think it would have to be either the Quattroporte, the 4200 or the Grand Tourismo.
All are good options.
lol, shieeet !!!
Get rid of it. You'll always have doubt about the car. You are buying an approved used car, but it's nearly a decade old. Did they even check if the radar cruise worked before selling you the car? What else didn't get checked? You don't know how much gearbox fluid has been lost whilst the car was being driven. Changing the seal and topping the fluid up doesn't inform you about any potential damage which may have occurred. You think you might have the only example in the uk which has blown a head gasket, that probably tells you something about how the car has been treated in the last 9 years. My personal experience I'd never be as relaxed as you are about giving them endless time to have your car. The longer this goes on, the harder it will be to get your money back from them. Don't let them upsell you out of their problem.
It supposedly went through a check list, but who knows really.