M.Yasir

I also replaced the bulbs but unfortunately the error message is still there; probably the wattage problem..... Well coming to the blue color capacitor? might be the capacity.. the tv guy soldered a low capacity one?

Hello everyone Another great bummer to me day before yesterday morning, i left my home went to the petrol pump and as soon as i left the station i noticed some smoke coming out from the front grille but that was for only 5 secs and disappeared, i thought it was nothing so i went on ... as soon as i noticed the temperature needle it starting to jump i stopped the car to the roadside immediately popped up the bonnet and looked... there was no spill but only water being evaporated from the radiator... at that time i let it cool down and poured whatever water i had in my car and drove it to the petrol station slowly by the time i reached to the petrol station the temp needle was on the red spot... anyway i stopped at the station bought some engine coolant and poured it in along with some more water... i started the car and it appeared fine at that time... i kept it idling for lets say 5 mins and then a passerby told me hey you got a massive leak in your radiator.. i came out of the car and saw ... wow engine coolant was spill every where coming out like crazy... it was leaking from the water tank see below image... it was leaking from that plastic strip (on which the yellow sticker is there, this image i clicked was later on ) Now what to do? i came out of the petrol station and thought that i should probably go to a repair shop before it gets too late ... i went to the repair shop, this guy told me you have to wait i will check and then i will inform you, i told him that i have to go to my office also and i dont have any other car with me right now, he told me that i cannot help because i need to check and other crap.. i got frustrate thinking in mind that this guy did not even looked inside the bonnet only talking, anyway i came out of the garage I went to one of the spare parts shop and purchased 2 gallons of engine coolant since i decided to go on a expedition trip which was 20 Kms away (~13 miles), not to mentioning that the temperature outside was 45 deg C I reached there somehow managing and stopping in between pouring in more coolant.. there was a time when the temp needle was at the top and literally fell down due to so much heat in the engine, i know it was not good but i had no other option i searched there for a mechanic and found one who repairs the radiator and will do it within 2 to 3 hours... This guy was a shade tree, umm not exactly a shade tree but with similar conditions.. The above huge pile of radiators gave me a good punch of confidence ...... yes you are right these radiators are for the trucks This guy was repairing this mercedes truck when i reached Now coming to my lexus... the mechanic guided me and i parked there Dismantled the radiator Opening the water tank The whole strip got cracked The below was the best part to unclog the radiator grills...... this guy is using the engine dip stick.. what an idea! Original water tank vs the counter fake, yeah its a local After this, fixing this tank onto the grill is a bit difficult process, you have to remove a rubber gasket , clean the rubber gasket, clean the metal frame, apply the adhesive on the grill ... place the rubber gasket and then again one layer of the adhesive and then clamp the teeths of the grill. Fixing the teeths to this water tank is a lengthy process, usage of hammer pliers and what not once that is done, then it will be the time for pressure testing/ hydro testing and this will be done in a pure shade tree style see below, this swimming pool is just home made, the mechanic is applying the air pressure from the air gun There it goes underwater Good job guys no leak! All fixed and done, total time it took about 3 hours and i am back on my wheels and to the power of V8, i just really wonder that these guys who dont have good shops, fancy graphics can be your life saver especially when you dont have any other car to drive nor the time.. even though the place is not clean, regardless he did a good job and uptill now it working fine with no leaks at all, i even tried at pushing the gas all in revving upto 7k ... no leak its tight... these guys deserve much more Overall a good experience and hey i forgot to mention that i even poured some egg white just to try my luck that it will hold the leak but i was unlucky since the whole water tank was ripped

Is it with full options Moe?

Poor us :(

Hahah... Its always a debate that the steering is on the wrong side, if i am not wrong countries ruled by the British empire are right hand drive vehicles (the traffic moves from the left side) Regardless of the steering wheel your car is in a mint condition... cheers, by the way the palmrest at the back passenger seat is totally different than mine?mine is plain on the top and there is a tray which comes out for the cup holders... also the wood finish material is either missing near the door locks or is not there at all in the UK version

That's a nice one, what about the interiors?

It is indeed a nasty job, almost whole of your engine is ripped apart...

With all the photos and the hard work it is a good job done, you should soon open your own garage and start fixing lexus have a look at RPM's level when cruising around at 60MPH 70MPH 80MPH Hope it will help you in some way (mine is '98)

As far as i can remember, when i was traveling to Fujairah, the cruise was able to control the speed, i was not using accelerator there, but yes you are right it does not applies brake just like Audi's Hill Assist function.... maybe i got carried away by seeing my current mileage which was 99.9 all the time so i did not notice... You can browse through my thread At random i went to this garage (to be honest my car broke down near to this guy so had no choice, Launch Auto garage, Al Quoz Industrial, Dubai), mechanics here are not bad, the garage manager tried to loot me by replacing the starter motor with a new one (1350 dhs) and also a new battery.. but i went to sharjah and bought a used one for 200 dhs and of course with so much help from this forum and the experts here, i got lucky.. labor charge is also minimal, i paid 500 dhs for the whole job I heard Rose garage in Mussaffah is good but they are too slow.. and labor charges are expensive.. By the way how many miles you have on your car?

Moe did you happen to find a good repair garage for lexus here?

Moe did you happen to find a good repair garage for lexus here?

Welcome to the forum Moe, and enjoy your lexus As far as i can report on this, my 1998 Lexus does maintain the same speed when going down hill but not 100% accurate, it may slip but not that much, showing 99.9 MPG UAE? we are in the same place then... were you trying your cruise when coming down from Jabal Hafeet?(It is a mountain top)

Welcome Ashton, and good job that you bought a lexus among other options which you might have, its a great car every car has its own problem so do not get frustrated if you are Now coming to your problem, as other experts here told you go step by step, the 1st step being plug a OBD code reader into your diagnostic port and then check,

Amazing....

ummm.... yeah most probably i will buy from internet... but unfortunately here in UAE there is no amazon.. so lets what i can find on some domestic websites here.. any suggestions for good OBD readers for lexus? Bludriver ScanTool 426101 BAFX 34T5 ScanTool 425801 OBDLink SX USB

I see, you have 5 of these and that all in showroom condition..... thousand pounds of respect... I have scratches everywhere billy on my green lexus, in sunlight it looks *BLEEP*... if i will go to showroom for painting works it will blow my pocket.. i was thinking to find the exact paint code and then buy the paint and go to a paint shop.. anyway this is just a plan, i have to save some money and do some major overhauling in engine before i enter into cosmetics department

Billy you changed the rims on your white lexus? I also experience the same problems of the tach and speedo both not working sometimes, but i take it easy and let go .... after some bumps on the road it comes back to life..

you made me laugh billy To be honest it is frustrating why because sometime the check engine comes on, sometimes it goes off..... anyway let me first buy a good OBD reader before assuming something

Hi With the recent change of my starter motor (Starter motor changing) I have been experiencing poor economy runs, earlier i used to get easily 350 miles (without hitting the reserve light) in a tank full but now i am getting 280 or max 300 when the reserve light hits on... and yes the check engine light is on Car is fine while starting, fires right up idle at normal speed 800-900 RPM in Neutral gear and 600 RPM in Drive gear, I remember when i first took the car in the auto garage and when one of the gents pulled up the codes it was showing air to fuel ratio code... the OBD reader he was using was a tablet and a mounting device which plugs in the car maybe it was a Bluetooth reader So if air to fuel ratio is the problem, from where i should start? before going to any garage... what i am looking here? is there a possibility that my air filter is gone bad, i am confident that my air filter is at least a millennium years old! One more thing, while in the process of changing the starter motor, I was not able to arrange the manifold packing, so the mechanic used the old packing and applied adhesive, is there a possibility that it is causing the issue? What else i am missing here? on some forums i read that by changing the oxygen sensors it improves? or is it my tires gone bad... i know it is about only 50 miles more of economy but you know that your car is not running up like it used to before, it feels like she is eating up fuel, please help

My advice would be to go around junk yards, at least you will save in the headlamp case since there is no color matching problem, you can also get fender easily

It is hard to believe that this kind of technology was on a car that is more than (minimum)15 years old

Thanks Billy for the info, it really helps, but i just wonder how much would the dealer would charge me for flashing the key....