What did you do to your Lexus today?

I bought the filter and gasket for $7.11 and the 6 quarts of Mobil one 0w-20 for $37. So $55 for labor isn’t too bad.

But my labor rate for this job is a bit better.

I found this oil change to be a bit interesting when compare to a Prius change. In the filter box, they include a plastic drain spigot, which I guess you can drain the oil from as the instructions on the filter box said to do.

But I did this and still had oil in the filter housing.

This is problematic as the filter housing is vertical and the drip point not well defined unlike the horizontal mounted Prius filter. So I got a little oil on the garage floor.

Now I need to fork over $15 to Toyota techinfo to see where the fill plug is on the front transaxle as I fear it is behind the drivers front wheel requiring removal.

But the rear transaxle will be a breeze at least .

 

Got the front transaxle and rear transaxle fluid drain and fill done today on the wife’s 2017 RX450h with 7k miles on it .

The front was a bit of a challenge to access the fill bolt as you have to go through the drivers side front wheel well to access

The drain bolt wasn’t hard to access and the RX has just enough clearance so no jacks or lift required

The fluid wasn’t red but a tint of purple . The repair manual says 5.1 quarts but got out a little over 4 quarts and that’s what went back in.

The rear transaxle is very similar to the Prius in regards to drain and fill bolt location. Fill bolt: and drain bolt:
Fluid also was a shade of purple and was close to the repair manual recommended 1.9 quarts.

Some particulate after each drain, so time well spent early on in the life of the RX .

 

Details are bit sparse for the RX as well.

Over at Club Lexus in the 4th Gen RX section there aren’t many helpful, mostly “have you gone to the dealer”.

So I spent $15 and downloaded the complete repair manual for the RX450h .

So I’ll be investigating once the boss allows.

 

I’ll take a gander this evening and snap some shots while I’m out cleaning the spare egr cooler .

I’ll update here.

 

Got an oil change at the 12 month mark today and met @Pedal Logic for breakfast .

9100 miles so close to 10 k.

Saw this while I was there:



Definitely different .

 

The pink RC was at the dealer.

But the Sunrise Cafe was where we ended up.

Always good to catch up with @Pedal Logic .

Strawberry bagel sandwich was tasty.

 

Concord .

I stay on my side of the bridge as much as possible .

It definitely stood out though.

Might be primed for the GLAD march on Sunday .

 

Got the front windows tinted with Huper Optik 50 this morning.

Before:


After:


Subtle but will do very well with heat rejection .

Now just wait 5 days for it to completely cure.

 

I have a guy that I work with that has 5% all around except 20% on the windshield .

At night he has to roll down his windows to see out of them.

He’s had to “untint” them 3 times but each time it is a fix it ticket.

But we have a relative if it ever got to that.

 

Just got our RX450h back after the wife hit this on the freeway:



It did this to the grill:



Then we got it back and the protective film was less than adequately reapplied to the new bumper:



The wife is happy to be back in her car though .

 

Checked the brake fluid today:



At 35 k miles, not too bad .

 

I've got 15 strips in the pack .

So I could wait that long.

Or I could use the strips every other year and still be good .

But I'll use the data to help make the swap the fluid decision .