One of my dads friends who I havent seen in some time stops by the house. He ownes a cylinder head machine shop.We get to rappin' about my CL-S about this and that when he tells me that they've(the machine shop)has been doing ALOT of cylinder head work for the local Lexus dealership, and that he knows atleast one other shop that also deals alot with another dealership. I forgot to ask him what was happening to the cylinder heads but I thought that I'd share this with you all!

 

Never heard of any cylinder head problems. What is a lot? 2, 3, 4? Probably some idiots who never changed the damn oil.

 

Yeah...I dont know exactly but from what he says they've been busy doing heads from the dealer. Dont you think thats strange though? I mean these cars are still kinda new and still under warranty and the motors are already being torn open.....damn

 

Which car and what years?

 

you know honestly I didnt even get into details but now I'm gonna have to ask him. I think he mentioned something about the RX300 but I will definitly follow up and keep you posted.

 

wonder if it's the sludge problem with the toyota/lexus v6 in the rx and es.

 

Good to see atleast im not the only one. Why what have you heard? My dad's buddy makes it seem like its an often and recurring problem!

 

It's probably the sludge problem... Toyota at first denied a problem even existed. Here's an older AutoNews piece on it -

http://www.autonews.com/article.cms?articleId=38921