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`great thanks steve2006, the stat bit i understand ,im a sparky lol.will let you both know how it goes will probably be weekend now cos i am working down the west end and getting backto corby tooo late cheers simon

thanks for the answer, next idiotic question is where is the stat situated , theres a hell of a ;lot of engine crammed under that bonnet lol most of it not that accessable(bikes are so much easier lol ) Simon

hello all, I have just read through this as i have just had the same thing happen to my 2000 IS 200 It started yesterday morning i had only driven about a mile and a half (if that) and temp gauge was off the clock , stopped to get papers etc from shop and when i got back in to the car and pulled away temp was reading fine . So this morning i topped radiator up , and took it for a run and was fine, till this evening drove 4 miles and temp off the scale, engine warning light came on and TRC light on dash flashing at me . I stopped and opened bonnet .... steam pooring out of left hand side of engine, neither fan had kicked in , cos of the time and lack of light i could not pin point exactly where the steam was coming from . I am just a electrician and know not as much as i should do about cars(motorbikes i can do cars not so lol). So can anybody give me some advice on what the next step i should be taking is please , cheers Simon

hello all, I have just read through this as i have just had the same thing happen to my 2000 IS 200 It started yesterday morning i had only driven about a mile and a half (if that) and temp gauge was off the clock , stopped to get papers etc from shop and when i got back in to the car and pulled away temp was reading fine . So this morning i topped radiator up , and took it for a run and was fine, till this evening drove 4 miles and temp off the scale, engine warning light came on and TRC light on dash flashing at me . I stopped and opened bonnet .... steam pooring out of left hand side of engine, neither fan had kicked in , cos of the time and lack of light i could not pin point exactly where the steam was coming from . I am just a electrician and know not as much as i should do about cars(motorbikes i can do cars not so lol). So can anybody give me some advice on what the next step i should be taking is please , cheers Simon