1992 Lexus ES 300 Repair Question
Asked on May 8, 2011
Lefters and camshaft
I have a 1992 Lexus ES300 3.0L MFI DOHC 6cyl i had the heads redone but didnt replace the cams or the lifters. i put new oil pump and water pump head gaskets and all new seails and timing bult and sincers. new plugs and wires. so the things i need to know is why there is a taping coming from the top of the motor? it taped befor to but i was told it was the oil pump that was going out. so can you tell me what is the cheapiest way to go to fix this thing lol! i have spent 1200 on this motor and am about to put a fire under it lol!
Answer
Replied on May 8, 2011
Replace the cam and valve lifters and make sure its set/adjusted properly as per repair manual-recheck oil pressure
Replied on May 10, 2011
wow so do you know of a place to buy the cams for this car or there isnt some kid of lefter kit to fix it there wonting 200 per cam and theres 4 cams in all plus 13.99 per liter and theres 4 per sinder. so thats 4 x 6 wow lot of money! but i got to say thank you so much for helping me in this pain im going thou lol