Yes sadly, as much as I loved it, it was giving me headaches to the tune of a few hundred quid every single month. Spent more time fixing it than driving it, would have another example (probably petrol) in a heartbeat. I remember you saying you had the CLK and F22 at the same time I think, what made you decide to get rid of CLK?
I would have kept the CLK as there were no issues, but the F22 wasn't selling. F22 was a cat s that I bought and repaired, but after some weeks of not selling I then put the clk on aswell , see what one went first !!
FYI, these direct injection, no port injection , Lexus IS250 vehicles have issues with severe carbon buildup on the exhaust valves.The Lexus IS350 would have been a better buy as they have both port injection and GDI, hence cleaner valves.
Yes I have heard this but thanks for letting me know 🙂 I agree IS350 would be better (and not slow like this) however, sadly, in the UK we didn't get any IS350's! Import ones float around but they're around 14k, so only a few grand off an ISF!
@@Enginesetc@Enginesetc Having an IS250 with 225,000kms, it actually isn't that bad so long as quality fuel and oil was used during its life. I cleaned the values, and while it wasn't the easiest thing (The values are in the middle of the engine) opposed to a I4 or I6, there wasn't anything alarming considering the kilometres.
@@georgekallely7103 I hope it was before me, it seems to have been taken care of and I'm servicing it soon with good quality parts as I always try to! Thanks for the info on your higher mileage example, this is on 120,000 miles so i'm hoping all is good. No symptoms of buildup yet so I will keep on top of it :)
Look forward to seeing what you have planned on this 👍
Thank you matey!
Will be scrapped in a couple of months
@@Th3Rabb1t like your UA-cam channel
@@Th3Rabb1t 🥱
So the CLK has gone ??
My CLK has also gone and replaced with a BMW F22.
Yes sadly, as much as I loved it, it was giving me headaches to the tune of a few hundred quid every single month. Spent more time fixing it than driving it, would have another example (probably petrol) in a heartbeat. I remember you saying you had the CLK and F22 at the same time I think, what made you decide to get rid of CLK?
I would have kept the CLK as there were no issues, but the F22 wasn't selling. F22 was a cat s that I bought and repaired, but after some weeks of not selling I then put the clk on aswell , see what one went first !!
@@arnietwo11 ah fair enough mate, one had to go and it was the CLK, sad but least you're hopefully enjoying the BMW??
FYI, these direct injection, no port injection , Lexus IS250 vehicles have issues with severe carbon buildup on the exhaust valves.The Lexus IS350 would have been a better buy as they have both port injection and GDI, hence cleaner valves.
Yes I have heard this but thanks for letting me know 🙂 I agree IS350 would be better (and not slow like this) however, sadly, in the UK we didn't get any IS350's! Import ones float around but they're around 14k, so only a few grand off an ISF!
I'm gonna watch out for symptoms of carbon buildup also
@@Enginesetc@Enginesetc Having an IS250 with 225,000kms, it actually isn't that bad so long as quality fuel and oil was used during its life. I cleaned the values, and while it wasn't the easiest thing (The values are in the middle of the engine) opposed to a I4 or I6, there wasn't anything alarming considering the kilometres.
@@georgekallely7103 I hope it was before me, it seems to have been taken care of and I'm servicing it soon with good quality parts as I always try to! Thanks for the info on your higher mileage example, this is on 120,000 miles so i'm hoping all is good. No symptoms of buildup yet so I will keep on top of it :)
@@Enginesetc picked my 2012 is350 f sport for £9k
Bros reg plate says PP
Main reason I bought the car 😎