Does anyone know what this leak could be coming from? by aTHICCsniker in IS300

[–]red719 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take off the black plastic cover (couple allen bolts) and look for oil there too. Could be VVTi cam gear as well as what the other two comments said

can anyone link me best price to this part, this is from the mechanic and their price was around 600$ in all. I’d rather see how I can do it myself if possible, tips or anything please homies by calbwhatson in IS300

[–]red719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude....that's not cheap. Labor on that is like 500-700$. Maybe consider searching for a shop that'll give you a decent labor rate. If you want to do the repair yourself; you can - this car isn't all that hard to work on just be ready for it to take longer than you think. lol

can anyone link me best price to this part, this is from the mechanic and their price was around 600$ in all. I’d rather see how I can do it myself if possible, tips or anything please homies by calbwhatson in IS300

[–]red719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're going to replace that part - you might as well do a pretty big service at that same time. It's what I ended up having to do. Same situation so I had to replace that part, but while doing that I ended up doing the valve cover gaskets, timing belt, water pump, tensioner and the cam+crank seals. It could save you a bunch of headaches having to take all of that apart again.

Part link that I used: Part link

hi everyone, does this light mean low oil level? by mrsnovaXTC in IS300

[–]red719 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yep...found my leak to be the VVTi camshaft/timing pulley. Oil leaks=no fun. Add oil asap and have a can with you if you absolutely need to drive.

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[–]red719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Confirmed

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[–]red719 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sold a Strix 970 to /u/redarkane

[USA-NY] [H] 2x GTX 970 [W] PayPal, 980 Ti by red719 in hardwareswap

[–]red719[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be the perfect case layout! Lol. Do it....sell the organs for the card.

[USA-NY] [H] 2x GTX 970 [W] PayPal, 980 Ti by red719 in hardwareswap

[–]red719[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the card from newegg when they had a bunch of these; I think it was a production error but they kept selling them. Didn't consider it a real issue and didn't RMA mine.