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  1. Texas
    1 litre of oil consumption allowable every 1,000 Km ( 600 Miles!) before the engine is out of Manufacture Specification's…..but in UK car will prob fail HC test at MOT time long before this!!!! But engine (car) will function quite satisfactory for a good while longer without doubt. Source of info ( after being challenged on a different forum all my posts will contain official source of facts🙄)
  2. Texas
    “A minute to pop them out” 😳 Yes when you can actually See them that is🙄
  3. Texas
    Apparently there are multiple ways of configuring the ignition firing order on a V8 and each has a slightly different sound characteristic! I’m not sure but I bet Lexus don’t use the same order as Chevy for instance. standing by to be advised……..👍
  4. Texas
    As I have said before ‘humans love coincidence’ You may very well have Two separate problems and this may fog your fault finding logic as people perceive there only to be One thing wrong that needs fixing when presented with multiple symptoms.
  5. Texas
    It all adds up…… P0420 & P0430,EML, lambda issue and exhaust leak. see post no 8 here
  6. Texas
    My sons 335 BMW has a charging system that requires the actual size, Ah and CCA to be input into car via OBD software as the system is so precise that it increases the amount of charge as the battery ages and if not coded then a New battery when fitted will be over-charged and not last very long.
  7. Texas
    So if an external source is increasing the charge of the battery ( the CTek ) directly onto the terminals, then the cars monitoring system is ‘just’ going to see a better battery and as this external source of charge never actually went through the cars charging/monitoring system then what are the possible implications? ( apart from a better state of charge)
  8. Texas
    So Mr Trendizzle, Question for you, In your profile it states that your IS250 is a 2007, and as such, according to on-line E10 comparability checking is should Not use E10, Is this correct and are you actually using E10 in your Car regularly?
  9. Texas
    The 6 year/60,000 mile point I think is to ensure emissions are kept to a minimum, the plugs themselves are usually fine for 100,000 ( in a properly functioning engine that is…ie no excess oil ingress into combustion chambers)
  10. Texas
    The cars ‘battery monitoring system’ ( if fitted ) would only be in operation when ignition is On/engine running ie alternator is actually outputting. So if a CTek is fitted and car is Off then no monitoring is happening.
  11. Texas
    ‘What he said’ 👍 prob not gonna change mine (unless reason to) until 100,000 miles as they were done at the 6 year from new point ( 22,000 miles then) and car is on 48,000 miles now 9 years later, the Time interval for plug change is a weird one if you ask me! If they ain’t being used then they ain’t gonna wear out! standing by for fallout on that last statement 🤔
  12. Texas
    Sun (Moon) Roof Re-Learn procedure.
  13. Texas
    Manual states 6 years or 60,000 miles ( which ever comes first!) ECP….what at £26 each! ( that’s With the Mickey Mouse Discount code!) Lexus Parts Direct…£84 Delivered.
  14. Texas
    Gold star to you for getting it sorted… Even this workshop god struggled with this car and us mortals would have no chance fault finding when given parts like this!!!
  15. Texas
    Link to Ad is no longer available but easy items to identify a SE-L are, rear electric Sun shade ( not even fitted to IS-F interior panel trim is wood veneer ( real Wood!) and…..
  16. Texas
    I just done a search “VLand Headlights” and this comes back…..
  17. Texas
    You are right, the more reliable the item the more difficult it may be to get fixed when it goes wrong! My previous heating boiler was a Valiant and worked faultlessly for over 20 years, when it started to play up it was a nightmare to get fixed as 3 plumbers I called could not pinpoint the fault ( I did not want to throw parts at it and said if part they recommended to fit Never fixed it then I would not pay for part, they said that the boiler was so reliable and there was not much ‘history’ of faults so it was difficult to be definite!
  18. Texas
    Check out this vid
  19. Texas
    You do know you can set the LED alert level on the speedo & Rev counter to whatever to want?
  20. Texas
    Not so sure about the mountain journeys, I’d like to think it was nice clean air up around there. I suspect the previous owners habitat and the fact that Full Lexus Service History does not imply a perfect car…..we all know they do not grease brake caliper slide pins as preventive maintenance so deffo not gonna check in that quite inaccessible place that all that crap accumulated in! I think a combination of the blocked radiator and altitude ended in the overheating situation and prob at lower altitudes the car would have not overheated!
  21. Texas
    Gotta say it was Not me or my car but wanted to get it out there to possibly help others.
  22. Texas
    I Think you might have problems come MOT time when headlights are checked! ( if you have to get MOT that is!) Either way after market LED bulbs ( Lamps actually…..”Bulbs Grow & Lamps Glow” an old Electrician told my, more than once, when I was an apprentice sparks) do not normally give out a beam pattern that is workable with the lens and diffusers that are in the car as OEM and have been designed for halogen lamps. Newer cars that have LED headlights are designed for them. I would therefore not want to be driving in front of you at night for very long!
  23. Texas
    I came across this and the ( no cost ) fix could save a lot of time and parts being thrown on car!👍
  24. Texas
    Vehicle mechanical speedometers usually over read actual speed by about 10%, this is normal as manufactures have to ensure that after 10+ year and 100,000 miles it should never Under Read actual speed, as the parts ( as they are mechanical) wear over time the manufacture would be in a world of s**T if Speedo was to under read.
  25. Texas
    👍so car is starting/running with all original parts….very strange🙄
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