Work on the 2002 Lexus RX300 went real quick. I had sprayed penetrant on the pcv valve threads last night. This morning it took some effort to break loose but once it did, it came right out. Installed new and reattached hose and spring clamp. The hood struts were easy peasy. Dropped one of the MAF attaching screws but I had extras in my bolt drawer. Removed air cleaner upper housing and snorkel at the throttle body and cleaned the throttle plate and bore. Reinstalled the removed components and the engine restarted no problem and road test was uneventful. The work I had done before for the CEL and 3 codes, post #72, was still good with no codes in current or history. The vehicle is done and will be picked up and paid for later today.
Related but unrelated. It kinda cracked me up when you said the road test was uneventful. That's what one would hope for, but at the same time, you could take it a different way.
In the early 90's I was managing tech at a computer store that had a pretty high volume (we built our own PC's back when that was the big thing) and the owners were a couple Vietnamese dudes that were bigtime car (and gun) nuts. So the local Lexus dealer knows he can try bringing cars over to bait them with.
Well, when the SC 400 came out, he made the mistake of swinging by one day. The owners - "Louis" and "Robert" told me to come along, and the three of us took turns giving this salesman a white knuckle ride in that V8 bad boy. That test drive was..
eventful.
For some reason neither of those dudes bought an SC 400. I kinda liked them, for an import, but would never buy one. Many years later my aunt bought a well-cared-for LS 400 and had nothing but expensive trouble out of it, which surprised me.
Richard
