RX300 Air Con light flashing - a bit

[PCM]

I noticed on my display that the AC option was flashing on and off today.

I pressed it once (OFF), pressed it again (ON) and it stayed on.

Will need to keep an eye on it...

( I should check the small green window too. )

 

[m4rkw]

Small green window? What's that?

[Herbie]

4 hours ago, m4rkw said:

Small green window? What's that?

I would imagine it's the aircon sight glass, although I've never seen a green one.

 

[PCM]

Yes, that's it - the sight glass in the engine bay at the front ...

[steve2006]

4 minutes ago, PCM said:

Yes, that's it - the sight glass in the engine bay at the front ...

There should also be a stored fault code to help you locate the problem if you have a reader.

[PCM]

12 minutes ago, steve2006 said:

There should also be a stored fault code to help you locate the problem if you have a reader.

Thank you. I don't, but i WILL keep it in mind.

 

[PCM]

On 8/15/2020 at 9:08 AM, PCM said:

I noticed on my display that the AC option was flashing on and off today.

I pressed it once (OFF), pressed it again (ON) and it stayed on.

Will need to keep an eye on it...

( I should check the small green window too. )

 

Update: Sort of...

No stored codes and no AC option flashing on the screen for the last month.  Odd. Not sure what's changed. Hey ho.

[The-Acre]

2 hours ago, PCM said:

Update: Sort of...

No stored codes and no AC option flashing on the screen for the last month.  Odd. Not sure what's changed. Hey ho.

Easily explained, you clearly drove through an area being monitored by aliens and it caused a blip.  I know it's true because it happened years ago on an episode of Dallas! 👽

[royoftherovers]

What a memory Phil, are you Lesley Welsh.... the Memory Man reincarnated?

[The-Acre]

1 hour ago, royoftherovers said:

What a memory Phil, are you Lesley Welsh.... the Memory Man reincarnated?

No, it's just hard to forget something that was so pathetic, so bad it stayed in my memory along with tank tops and mullets!

[PCM]

Another update: drove through (safely) big flood this morning.

Air Con light flashed.

I think it might be water on the belt.

Tried it again a bit later - air con off then on, and all fine.

 

[Spacewagon52]

Please remember guys - Lexus cars do have faults but they often repair themselves! This is NOT fantasy or myth! I have experienced this on more than THREE occasions! Others on this website can also testify to this phenomena! 

There is a little anti-gremlin, secreted away in every Lexus car during manufacture. It can't repair everything, due to its small size, but it is particularly good at repairing electrical faults.

Sadly if you have a recurring electrical fault, that you can not resolve without resorting to a garage,then I am afraid your anti-gremlin has escaped or run away because you have been speaking to your car aggressively. Calm nice words sooth the anti-gremlin. Colin Barber, on here may be able to add more information concerning this special addition to Lexus cars.

I am sure there are many examples peeps on here can testify to!

[royoftherovers]

25 minutes ago, Spacewagon52 said:

Please remember guys - Lexus cars do have faults but they often repair themselves! This is NOT fantasy or myth! I have experienced this on more than THREE occasions! Others on this website can also testify to this phenomena! 

There is a little anti-gremlin, secreted away in every Lexus car during manufacture. It can't repair everything, due to its small size, but it is particularly good at repairing electrical faults.

Sadly if you have a recurring electrical fault, that you can not resolve without resorting to a garage,then I am afraid your anti-gremlin has escaped or run away because you have been speaking to your car aggressively. Calm nice words sooth the anti-gremlin. Colin Barber, on here may be able to add more information concerning this special addition to Lexus cars.

I am sure there are many examples peeps on here can testify to!

Can you google me with the details of your whine merchant, old pal ?

[m4rkw]

On 10/25/2020 at 10:51 AM, PCM said:

Another update: drove through (safely) big flood this morning.

It's generally advised not to do this, but I'm curious to know what you did to do it safely?

[m4rkw]

On 10/25/2020 at 1:38 PM, Spacewagon52 said:

I am sure there are many examples peeps on here can testify to!

Many Lexus electronic units are powered by smoke. If the smoke escapes they will stop working.

[Spacewagon52]

1 minute ago, m4rkw said:

Many Lexus electronic units are powered by smoke. If the smoke escapes they will stop working.

And lubricated with snake oil!

[royoftherovers]

39 minutes ago, m4rkw said:

Many Lexus electronic units are powered by smoke. If the smoke escapes they will stop working.

I would like to read what our resident Electrician Herbie, has to say about this!

[Herbie]

14 minutes ago, royoftherovers said:

I would like to read what our resident Electrician Herbie, has to say about this!

When I was an apprentice electrician I was always told that every electrical item contained a quantity of magic smoke that could disappear with a bang and that it was always costly to replace the magic smoke in anything 

[Herbie]

Another interesting theory is that of the 'Dark Sucker'.

For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but recent information has proven otherwise. Electric bulbs don’t emit light; they suck dark. Thus, we call these bulbs Dark-Suckers.

The Dark-Sucker Theory and the existence of dark-suckers prove that dark has mass and is heavier than light.

First, the basis of the Dark-Sucker Theory is that electric bulbs suck dark. For example, take the Dark-Sucker in the room you are in. There is much less dark right next to it than there is elsewhere. The larger the Dark-Sucker, the greater its capacity to suck dark. Dark-Suckers in the parking lot have a much greater capacity to suck dark than the ones in this room.

As it is with all things, Dark-Suckers don’t last forever. Once they are full of dark, they can no longer suck. This is proven by the dark spot on a full Dark-Sucker.

A candle is a primitive Dark-Sucker. A new candle has a white wick. You can see that after the first use, the wick turns black, representing all the dark that has been sucked into it. If you put a pencil next to the wick of an operating candle, it will turn black. This is because it got in the way of the dark flowing into the candle. One of the disadvantages of these primitive Dark-Suckers is their limited range.

There are also portable Dark-Suckers. In these, the bulbs can’t handle all the dark by themselves and must be aided by a Dark Storage Unit. When the Dark Storage Unit is full, it must be either emptied or replaced before the portable Dark-Sucker can operate again.

Dark has mass. When dark goes into a Dark-Sucker, friction from the mass generates heat. Thus, it is not wise to touch an operating Dark-Sucker. Candles present a special problem as the mass must travel into a solid wick instead of through clear glass. This generates a great amount of heat and therefore it’s not wise to touch an operating candle-type Dark-Sucker.

Also, dark is heavier than light. If you were to swim just below the surface of the lake, you would see a lot of light. If you were to slowly swim deeper and deeper, you would notice it getting darker and darker. When you get really deep, you would be in total darkness. This is because the heavier dark sinks to the bottom of the lake and the lighter light floats at the top. This is why it is called light.

Finally, we must prove that dark is faster than light. If you were to stand in a lit room in front of a closed, dark closet, and slowly opened the closet door, you would see the light slowly enter the closet. But since dark is so fast, you would not be able to see the dark leave the closet.

Next time you see what is called an electric bulb, remember that it is really a Dark-Sucker.

[royoftherovers]

I`m really sorry that I woke you up Herbie !

[PCM]

13 hours ago, m4rkw said:

It's generally advised not to do this, but I'm curious to know what you did to do it safely?

I assess it - does it look ok - slow right down to an almost halt - then speed up such that I drive through very slowly, down the middle, but never slowing down, just VERY slightly accelerating...

[m4rkw]

On 10/29/2020 at 7:58 AM, PCM said:

I assess it - does it look ok - slow right down to an almost halt - then speed up such that I drive through very slowly, down the middle, but never slowing down, just VERY slightly accelerating...

What does "look ok" mean? Everything I've read about this and been told by people smarter than I is if it's more than a few inches, don't do it, turn around. There are many reasons typically given, I'm guessing on our cars the vent tube for the transmission (if there even is one?) is fairly high so probably not a big risk. Wheel bearings could suffer ingress though and fail sometime later. Catalytic converters can fail if they're very hot and are suddenly cooled by driving through water. 

[PCM]

Look ok, as in depth.

I know the road well, so know when I can get  through and when I turn back...

( And I can use my air suspension to 'raise the car higher. )

[royoftherovers]

1 hour ago, PCM said:

Look ok, as in depth.

I know the road well, so know when I can get  through and when I turn back...

( And I can use my air suspension to 'raise the car higher. )

You are one of only a few Piers who knows their vehicle.

[PCM]

14 minutes ago, royoftherovers said:

You are one of only a few Piers who knows their vehicle.

Like a 3rd child. ( No favourites implied. )