I was going to buy one of the Ebay timing belt kits for my Lexus ES. After reading about this disaster I bought all same parts from Toyota/Lexus dealer for 142.00 more.Worth it for peace of mind to me.
I think Milestar ia Chinese made tire.Mastercraft is made by Cooper,in the USA. Go with the Mastercrafts.80 extra bucks but worth it. Some of these Chinese tires I would not put on my vehicles.
Much better cabin filter than the purolater I replaced. Walmart has this filter for $18.96 for my Buick Rendezvous.Oriellys price is 32.99.Big savings at Wallys.Fram has $3.00 mail in rebate til 9/31/10.
I just watched a TV news segment about saving gas. A parts store manager said to replace the air filter every second oil change or 6000 miles.I think this guy just wants to move some inventory....
This engine needs close attention to oci.3000mi. oci with at least a group 3 syn. starting with the first oil change.I did this with my 1MZ engine.It was inspected for sludge at 100K and found very clean .12K on dino is alot for this engine.This is one engine 3K OCI with syn is not overkill.
Changed syn oil every 3000 mi. and traded the car at 80000?I think the next owner benefited more than you did. A good dino at 5000 mi. oci would get you to 80000 mi.