Bluesman

Tyres are more expensive.

"been to the shop 20 times" One item at a time. Way to go. Enjoy.

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I have just had two cats taken out of mine your welcome to spray them whatever colour you want.

How sad, Same colour as mine. It looks as though that is quite deep. Hopefully you can sort it without too much expense. Mike.

I can't see the point in giving him free advertising on the Lexis Owners Club so have edited your post Adam. I think the whole membership knows about him by now. Sadly his punishment didn't stretch to stop him from trading but if it had he would have found away around it. Mike.

Here we go. One blocked and the other still useable but I decided to have it changed as well.

Hi Howard and welcome to the LOC, we are a friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer left over. I have moved the duplicated post. We recommend you spend a couple of mins looking over the rules of the LOC, we will be asking questions later. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Regards Mike

Hi Steve, I am going to photograph them tomorrow morning. One is blocked solid and you cant see anything through. I am not sure of the other one but it was my choice to replace both of them, just made sense in my head. I post the pics tomorrow. Mike.

Hi Alan and welcome to the LOC, we are a friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer left over. I cant help with your present queries but I'm sure someone will be along ASAP. We recommend you spend a couple of mins looking over the rules of the LOC, we will be asking questions later http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Regards Mike.

Hi Gordon and welcome to the LOC, we are a friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer left over. We do like to see pictures of your car. We recommend you spend a couple of mins looking over the rules of the LOC, we will be asking questions later. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Regards Mike

Looking like Tuesday as we need the Screw Doctor for the manifold end of the cat has a broken stud in it. I realise the old cats still have a value but we are going to split that between me and the garage. So roll on Tuesday, I can wait. Mike.

The coils have all been checked and are OK. See above for how the cats were tested. I called it misfire because to me that's what it sounded and felt like but its more rough running caused by the naff Oxygen Sensor. "Has he told you that he actually removed the Cats to get the Car to run properly?" Yes. If he told me the engine needed replacing I would believe him, the garage it is with now has serviced the families cars for the last 30 years and in all that time he has never ever been wrong and I have never ever had to take his work back because the work hadn't been done properly. The cats are on order and as soon as he has time to fit them we will see if he is correct. Mike.

I traveled from Hampshire to have mine sorted after two other cowboy outfits failed miserably and fleeced me out of my money just for their ignorance. If I lived in Scotland I would come down to Wheels In Motion.

Hi Katrina and welcome to the LOC, we are a friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer left over. I cant help with your present queries but I'm sure someone will be along ASAP. We recommend you spend a couple of mins looking over the rules of the LOC, we will be asking questions later http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Regards Mike.

Sorry to hear that. You might be surprised what your guy can do who is doing the bumpers. I know it going to cost you money. I hope he can manage to sort it for you. Mike.

I have had her for 7 years now and this is the first time she has let me down. Had the RAC taken me to a garage who could have dealt with problem in a professional manner all I would have had to pay for was one Oxygen Sensor and it would have been back on the road in a couple of hours. So as far as the car is concerned that is all she has cost me in time and money. Rubbish professionals have cost me the rest of the time and money. I should have looked for those horses better than I did, I can only assume they had them hidden in a building somewhere. Hopefully I will get her back at the weekend or just after.

My understanding is that the cat ran so hot 400 degrees that it simply melted the inner core. But cats can fail for all sorts of reasons especially if your local exhaust center gives it an almighty wallop with a lump hammer and the insides just collapse. As for my own saga I am hoping the ending is in sight. Mike.

News from the battle front. Have just had my garage ring me to say that the right hand side cat is blocked (checked by putting a pressure sensor on the exhaust) I think that's what he said, I have decided to have both cats replaced at a cost of £400 for the pair. He said that the miss fire has gone completely so fingers crossed the problem has been solved. Will post a further bulletin when the job has been completed. Mike.

Hi and welcome to the LOC, we are a friendly bunch and some of us even know how to pull them to bits and put them back together again, with of course the one bolt and washer left over. We recommend you spend a couple of mins looking over the rules of the LOC, we will be asking questions later. http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/terms-conditions/ Regards Mike

Great looking car, love the colour. Enjoy.

Good on you Brian. Takes a big man to apologise.

I have no idea that's what the RAC man wrote down.

Right boys and girls. This is getting out of hand. We tell all new comers we are a friendly forum so lets keep it that way. If you cannot keep it friendly and polite then please don't post. Mike.

The thing is we are on our 3rd opinion and at some stage you have got to trust what is being told you. It doesn't help to have already been told various things by two other so called professional Lexus Technicians and them leaving the car on double yellow lines without doing anything to the car for over 3 weeks. What I am being told now makes sense they are people I know I just wasn't aware that the Auto Electrician who has the car now had the ability to read the computers which the others said they could but couldn't. He works next door to the local garage that has serviced our family cars for nearly 30 years and I trust what he tells me. Anyway which ever way it goes I will let you know. Mike.