rdlloyd Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Recently my check engine light-signal came on in the dash of my 96ES300..this is the 2nd time it has been on in 3 years...last time it was on, i took it in (my car was under warranty at the time) and LEXUS fixed it...but i think since my car is not under warranty anymore, this might be an expensive fix..does anyone have any advice on this? and it cant be the oil, my oil is very clean, and i recently even had it serviced... on another note this morning, as i cranked my car up...smoke came out heavily out the exhaust pipes in the rear..this problem only happened on the initial startup..does anyone know how to fix that problem? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkosasih Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Recently my check engine light-signal came on in the dash of my 96ES300..this is the 2nd time it has been on in 3 years...last time it was on, i took it in (my car was under warranty at the time) and LEXUS fixed it...but i think since my car is not under warranty anymore, this might be an expensive fix..does anyone have any advice on this? and it cant be the oil, my oil is very clean, and i recently even had it serviced...on another note this morning, as i cranked my car up...smoke came out heavily out the exhaust pipes in the rear..this problem only happened on the initial startup..does anyone know how to fix that problem? thanks You need to use an OBDII scanner in order to read what cause the check engine light on. It won't take more than 20 second to read it, if you don't have a scanner you need to borrow one or pay someone (small shop) just read it, then you go from there. If it is oxigen sensor there is 2 bank/sensor make sure which one, it could be also bad EGR valve and etz.......but still you need scanner to read the problems, don't guess it could cost you more money. It depend where you live Autozone has the OBDII scanner and they usually let you use it to see what is the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 location? add it to your profile it saves time guessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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