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girthy

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  1. The lexus is all new to me, this car was a one owner elderly cpl, garage kept ,supper clean car It was gave to me free ,the owner told me the trany was shot but turnd out to be a coil and wires , This is a great car to cruis down the hwy, When i got the new cats,i had them give me true dule exhaust And got rid of the 4 mufflers, replaced with just 2. Now it looks classy but has a nice v8 sound
  2. Yes you did and i am very grateful, commonsense told me not to even Try somthing dumb like that but had to ask
  3. Yes you did and i am very grateful, commonsense told me not to even Try somthing dumb like that but had to ask
  4. Some one told me to put the car in neutral then put the gas to the floor then drop it in drive,i havent. Done this though
  5. So how and what is the extra power butn for?
  6. Well new wires and a coil and she is running in beast mode now! Just want to say thank you for the help every one! The only thing now is i am geting code 25 ....any suggestions?
  7. And the plug wire was smashed under the bolt that holds the cover plate in place
  8. I all so just found a pinched plug wire on the 2nd plug on the drivers side and a pinched coil wire on the drivers side at the coil.i am not shure if pinched means its bad or not but the coil wire is pretty floppy just below the rubber boot so I am wandering do I buy new wires first or the coil? there both same price but only have funds for one this week any sagestions?
  9. So i cleard the codes and started the car rev it up a few times for a few minutes until the check engine light come on againnow I am only getting code 52
  10. So i cleard the codes and started the car rev it up a few times for a few minutes until the check engine light come on againnow I am only getting code 52
  11. So i cleard the codes and started the car rev it up a few times for a few minutes until the check engine light come on againnow I am only getting code 52
  12. So i cleard the codes and started the car rev it up a few times for a few minutes until the check engine light come on againnow I am only getting code 52
  13. Do you have a link on how to check a coil? And how many coils are there?
  14. I took it to the dealer to be diagnosedI replace the battery just before taking it to them there for erasing all codes on the computer I would assume they had checked all that which they said they check the plugs and plug wiresbut their diagnosis was that I needed a throttle position sensor in a mass air flow sensorso I replace them myself with no change in the horsepower,i could smell gas and hear things moving around in my catalytic convertersso I took it upon myself to have a whole new exhaust system put in complete with true dual exhaust, the mechanic told me that my catalytic converters were completely toasted,so now i am wandering what toasted my cats The car has 153k miles on it one owner and was just givin to me by a elderly couple
  15. Not realy shure how to do that i herd somthing about a jumper wire on the plug but not much more then just that
  16. My ls400 has no power i took it to the dealer they said it was the throttle position sensor and the mass air flow sensor,it it idles great but when you give it gas it is so sluggish so I just put it in the shop and had an entire new exhaust put on from cats to mufflers ,whith no change in the power i am at a lose please help.like i said it idals fine but when you drive it takes for ever to get 50 mph.i can smell gas and sombody at a stop light told me they seen alot of sparks coming from my tail pipes
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