"Lurfys Maw" <invalid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:12:14 -0500, "Ray O"
> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>
>>Was the oil on the side of the car and not underneath?
>
> What the tow truck driver showed me was on the side of the car on the
> narrow strip of body sheet metal underneath the door just behind the
> right front wheel. There were 6-8 "streaks" similar in shape to the
> streamlets of water on a wind****eld when the is moving.
>
>>Oil leaking from a
>>powertrain component is more likely to be on the undercarriage than on
the
>>side of the car, so I would imagine that oil on the side came from an
>>external source. What kind of oil did you see? Was it automatic
>>transmission fluid?
>
> I didn't touch them myself. He wiped a finger across them and to show
> me that they were wet. If I recall correctly, then were angled up and
> back at about a 30-40 degree angle (from 4 o'clock to 10 o'clock).
>
That sounds more like something kicked up from the front tires than from
the
transmission.
>>The transmission is located under the hood to the left (from the
>>prospective
>>of the passenger compartment ) of the engine.
>
> That would make it difficult to leak on the right (opposite) side, no?
That would make it very difficult to leak on the opposite side.
>
>>Transmissions are pretty complicated, and dealers have gone to complete
>>replacement rather than try to repair it with unacceptable results.
>
> I wasn't trying to get them to repair vs replace it. I just wanted to
> know what broke.
>
> Can this type of failure be caused by incorrect maintenance, like not
> tightening an oil plug after changing the oil?
If you are talking about the engine oil plug, the answer is no. If the
engine lost all of its oil, the engine would probably seize, but the
transmission would not be affected.
If you had a transmission service and you are talking about the
transmission
fluid, the answer is possibly, but you would see fresh red automatic
transmission fluid (ATF) under the front of the vehicle and the
transmission
fluid level would be low or empty. You said that the dealer****p said that
the fluid level was full.
There are a couple of other possibilities if you had a relatively recent
transmission service. If you had the transmission flushed for the first
time at over 60,000 miles, it is possible that the flush dislodged sludge
that clogged one of the valves. Another possibility is that the wrong ATF
was used.
>>There
>>are some basic tests like pressure tests and solenoid checks that they
>>should do before replacing the transmission. If the transmission is not
>>producing the correct pressure, then it probably needs replacement.
>
> I assume they did or will do whatever tests they need to. We also have
> a '99 LS 400, also CPO. Both have had all service at this dealer****p.
> The service is not cheap, but we have had no provlems.
>
>>What is
>>the condition of the automatic transmission fluid (ATF)?
>
> I don't know. It had an A-level service in February.
I'm not sure what you mean by "A-level" service, but if that is an oil
change and tire rotation, then the likelihood that the service caused the
transmission failure is very very slim. I have heard of quick oil change
places draining the transmission fluid by mistake, but the car won't even
make it out of the service bay if that were th4e case.\
>
>>If a ****ft
>>solenoid is not engaging, a solenoid replacement is relatively simple
and
>>inexpensive compared to a transmission replacement.
>>
>>You can try contacting Lexus customer relations and plead your case
there
>>to
>>see if they can offer any out-of-warranty assistance.
>
> The tech was going to talk to Lexus about covering this under
> warranty. If that doesn't work, I'll appeal to the dealer****p itself,
> since I have bought 2 cars from them. If that fails, I'll call Lexus.
>
> Thanks
You're welcome, good luck!
--
Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)
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