I have gotten this far thanks to the collective mind of these forums but now I am stuck with a situation that is boggling me.
After changing my bypass hose and putting everything back together, I started my 2000 RX 2000 (86,000 miles) and it was idling very rough.
I checked the codes and it was multiple misfires and cylinders 2, 4 & 6 were showing misfires (Codes P0300, P0302, P0304, P0306) so since it was mentioned that the left OCV (the one nearest the radiator) could be the culprit causing all three of these having issues at the same time; I changed both OCVs and cleaned the f
