Q: Water pump leaking and no pressure in the engine head

asked by on May 25, 2016

Yesterday, the engine and VHC lights came on. Later, while driving to the dealership, the lights went off, but then back on. The mechanic told me that the engine light is due to the water pump leaking. Later, he called and said that the engine wouldn't start and they wanted to keep it to check out more. Next, he called to say that there wasn't any pressure in the engine head. He called Lexus since this is so expensive, but they wouldn't help. During a previous maintenance I had an oil change, fluid levels checked, brakes were checked, etc. Any advice you can give me would be very appreciated.

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