# Can I move 2023 Lexus RX350h without starting thengine? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126 "2024-01-05T23:21:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/21 "2024-01-10T07:17:32Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > That would requireffort. I’m not _that_ OCD. > > _Clearly the evidence suggests otherwise…see below…_ > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > A _proper_ **OCD** oil change is to let it drip out overnight Jacking it up would requireffort. Letting it drain overnight is easy. Wasuch a pain getting under it and removing the panel that I shall never do that again. Will wait until home after a trip andrive it up on the ramps, hot. Displeased thathe horizontal screw-on filter cannot be filled with oil as I do with vertically-attached oil filters. Shall fill thext filter with oil [so.me](http://so.me) oil will diffuse through the filter mediand cannot pour out. (Did I just discover how to create color?) ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 7:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/22 "2024-01-10T07:42:18Z")
> [@cigroller](#): > > _For reasoned mentioned, don’t change the oil with the engine cold. My personal thing is to start it, pull it up on ramps, get it to about 1/2-way to full temp, shut it down and then pull the drain plug. I want contaminates in suspension and good flow, but not burning hot oil._ > > _If you MUST change it 100% cold after an overnight-or-longer drip (which I don’t think any actual mechanic would advise), then plan ahead and put it on the ramps on it’s last drive before the oil change. Then let it sit 30 hours. And then do your thing,_ Like the 30 hours! When she was driving, I was away on long distance deliveries. When I was home she had no calls. Glad I changed it when I did. Thextrip was emergent 196 miles into the mountains. After that stress, the oil stillooks good. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/23 "2024-01-10T13:28:44Z")
Frequent oil changes help ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/d/bdf3d92ea0e92514ef5928dabfc62437c41f43f2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Jerome-Silverman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@Jerome-Silverman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jerome-Silverman)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/24 "2024-01-11T19:22:48Z")
Seems rather pointless! There are probably some oil puddles in the valve gallery and the oil pump. Also the sump may not drain fully unless it is in a fully horizontal position. Best is to drain oil when still hot before any suspended particles have a chance to settle out. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/25 "2024-01-11T21:57:09Z")
> [@Jerome-Silverman](#): > > Seems rather pointless! As pretty much all of his posts. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/26 "2024-01-11T22:35:05Z")
> [@Jerome-Silverman](#): > > _Seems rather pointless! There are probably some oil puddles in the valve gallery and the oil pump. Also the sump may not drain fully unless it is in a fully horizontal position. Best is to drain oil when still hot before any suspended particles have a chance to settle out._ Yes. Dripping out over night merely gets more dirty oil out and is easy. When the front wheels are on the ramp, the RX350 oil plug opening is lowest athe back of the sump. My complaint is that **No** ne athe dealership knows if the RX350h can be moved withouthengine starting. I always try to emptyvhehot, but returned home thext day. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/27 "2024-01-11T22:54:40Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > My complaint is that \*\*No one at the dealership knows if the RX350h can be moved without the engine starting. Nobody wants to discuss it. You have driven the vehicle before, don’t you know if the vehicle can be driven in your driveway in EV mode? ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/28 "2024-01-12T03:01:04Z")
> [@Nevada\_545](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > My complaint is that No one at the dealership knows if the RX350h can be moved without the engine starting. > > _Nobody wants to discuss it. You have driven the vehicle before, don’t you know if the vehicle can be driven in your driveway in EV mode?_ Canever tell when thengine will start or not. Backing down the short slopedriveway, little load, thengine started. Other times, with as little throttle as possible moving the SUV from the street up the driveway into the garage, only thelectric motor operated. Withengine cold 24 hours I did not wanthe pooled oil in the sump to be pumped up into thengine. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/29 "2024-01-12T03:05:51Z")
Did you push the EV mode button? Your method probably results in more oil and more contaminants left in the engine than if you had run it for 5 minutes, put it up the ramps, and let it drain for 30 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/30 "2024-01-12T03:22:18Z")
**EV button**? I ain’t seeno stinkin’ EV button. Thank you. Wilhave to find the owner’s manual. Was expecting to drive the SUV somewhere and then put up on ramps, hot. But it never happened. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/31 "2024-01-12T11:10:12Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > My complaint is that **No** ne athe dealership knows if the RX350h can be moved withouthengine starting ![IMG_1202](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/c/dc2e6f657dd5827f941e5bb3b698bfdf49d2fc10.jpeg) Who did you talk to the receptionist? Any one in the shop could have told you how. > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Wilhave to find the owner’s manual. Which is what you should have done in the first place. What do you mean find? You don’t have one? > **[My Lexus | Resources](https://www.lexus.com/My-Lexus/resources#manuals_and_guides_promo)** > > There's no better time to get to know your Lexus. Explore videos, manuals, warranties, guides, vehicle specifications, FAQs and software updates here. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/32 "2024-01-12T16:05:17Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Did you push the EV mode button? Apparently not. If he puts his hybrid into EV mode, it can be driven–at low speed, and for a short distance–without the gas engine starting. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/33 "2024-01-14T13:41:31Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > > [@texases](#): > > > > _Did you push the EV mode button?_ > > _Apparently not._ > _If he puts his hybrid into EV mode, it can be driven–at low speed, and for a short distance–without the gas engine starting._ Lexusays there is no way to preven **the** ngine from starting. I tried gently moving the RX350h up the slight slope into the garage on motor-power only and thengine started. For yesterday’s **Oh-dark-thirty** emergency transport, -11º F. , I wanted the very cold engine to _immediately start_. The vehicle backed out and traveled a quarter block on motor. Anyone know if there is a way to install an engine block heater in the RX350h? Perhaps I should gethelectric skillet out and start using it again. -10º F now. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/34 "2024-01-14T14:13:30Z")
Heated garage. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/35 "2024-01-14T14:15:37Z")
That is very surprising… if it is true. When my NX 450h+ was at the dealership for its 10k service, my loaner car was an NX 350-H hybrid. Because that “regular” hybrid was _somewhat_ different from my plug-in hybrid, I experimented a bit with it. By placing it in EV mode, I found that I was able to drive–on battery–until I reached ~20 mph, at which time the gas engine engaged automatically. I find it hard to believe that the function of Lexus’ RX hybrid is that different from that of their NX hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/36 "2024-01-14T14:21:05Z")
> [@Cavell](#): > > _Heated garage._ Too expensive to heathe garage. Buthelectric skillet seto 350F on the floor worked well! Placed a bed sheet over the hoodrapedown over the fronto keep heat in. Buthe RX350 now has a cover benea **the** ngine. A panel must be removed to access the oil plug and screw-on filter. ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/37 "2024-01-14T14:22:51Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > _That is very surprising… if it is true._ > _When my NX 450h+ was at the dealership for its 10k service, my loaner car was an NX 350-H hybrid._ > > _Because that “regular” hybrid was somewhat different from my plug-in hybrid, I experimented a bit with it. By placing it in EV mode, I found that I was able to drive–on battery–until I reached ~20 mph, at which time the gas engine engaged automatically._ > > _I find it hard to believe that the function of Lexus’ RX hybrid is that different from that of their NX hybrid._ Thank you. Shall try that. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/38 "2024-01-14T14:28:22Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Shall try that. So… please allow me to understand your “reasoning”… Even though your vehicle has an EV mode, you choose to NOT engage it, and then you were surprised that the gas engine started? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/39 "2024-01-14T17:19:09Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > > > Shall try that. > > _So… please allow me to understand your “reasoning”…_ > _Even though your vehicle has an EV mode, you choose to NOT engage it, and then you were surprised that the gas engine started?_ > _Really?_ What “reasoning”? Used. Have not seen the owner’s manual. Not aware of an EV mode. Three Lexæ dealersay it is not controllable. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126/40 "2024-01-14T18:13:25Z")
It was -11f outside. What was temp of garage? You did change oil in garage? [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/can-i-move-2023-lexus-rx350h-without-starting-thengine/194126.md?page=3)