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xsohaib

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  1. Gentlemen, thanks everyone for the replies. The car finally started up. Today temperatures were around 31 degrees during the day, (it did not start at 23 degrees yesterday). Well yesterday, I put in a bottle of dri-gas and then ran to the gas station and got 5 gallons of gas in a container and poured it in the car, let it sit overnight, and today at night when the temps got to around 20 degrees (that is when my brother arrived) and I hooked up the jumper cable from his car to mine, the car cranked for a while first and then evntually started really rough initially but settled afterwards. At Initial cranking the engine was not turning over as slow as before but only slightly faster. Ambient temps right now are around 15 degrees and I have checked, the car starts up fine.Must be the moisture frozen in the fuel lines. Advice, keep your fuel tanks near full as much as possible! Thanks Sohaib
  2. Thanks, I think if I can find an allen wrench I would go that route, if not just tow it, I am begining to feel that a day or two in a heated garage should do it. I talked to the toyota people and they said it would be OK for me to leave the car with them. Well, lets see. Thanks Sohaib
  3. I found that in the silverstars the 9005 type bulbs have the highest lumens, so I bought the 9005 bulbs and modified the base so it would plug into the 9006 plug, the wattage was I think 65W, just 10W higher than the stock, so I figured the stock harness could handle it. To be honest with ya'll, I was still not too happy with the color of the Silverstars (too yellow-most be the projectors in the 92-96 ES's), so I bought some 7000K, got knows how many lumen bulbs off of ebay and bought a 9006 relay harness, and the output was very nice. Also consider some HIR (halogen infrared bulbs - http://www.prolightstar.com/lightbulbs/hir_9006.html), other bulbs to also consider are the hoens (http://www.hoen-usa.com/), or Naxos bulbs (try searching google for keywords "Naxos Xenon Blue" with quotes for real life pictures of installed bulbs), oh and I also heard/read somewhere that the eurodezign bulbs produce a very nice color as well, but a lot of people have criticized their longevity. Then there are the expensive bulbs such as PIAA 8000K, which I saw a picture of installed in a 4 runner, and they looked really good, but at that point you are spending about $90, in the same expensive price range are the Polarg (these are also HIR's I think and really good too), and Razo's which are also really good. If I am not mistaken HIR type bulbs are used for small planes as well. Anyways the halogen bulbs I would like to get my hands on (and which like many other things are not available to us in the US) are the Pegasus HIR kit (I wonder what the "kit" is, perhaps a relay harness http://www.autolamp-cn.com/ Hope this helps Sohaib
  4. I checked the oil and there is plenty of it in there. The coolant is also fine (although the windshield washer fluid is frozen solid irrelevant but interesting). Checked the battery cable and that is fine too. I poured some dri gas in the tank and now I am gonna put some more gas in there if THAT does not help then I shall just have it towed to dealership. My brother's car on the other hand started up finally.It is difficult to check the plugs since they are covered with a covering which is screwed in wth a hexagonal shaped screws. Thanks Sohaib
  5. well, guess what? The battery that was already in there was a 450CCA, and the new one I got from walmart had 600CCA. So I went and hooked up the new battery and tryied to start but the car still did not start. The engine turned over really slow though no matter how much I tried to start it. So I am gonna wait till tommorrow when the temp gets in +23 degrees. But I wonder if that is going to help. Any suggestions? Thanks Sohaib
  6. True about the rims, never thought about it now I am feeling better. Now, when I was starting the Lexus with the jumper cables hooked up, the accord was running at that time (I guess that was OK right?) its only when the lexus battery is not there that I should make sure that the accord is not running. Or did I mess something up earlier? Thanks Sohaib
  7. Excellent idea, I can try to jump start it now and see what happens, the wires are pretty thick gauge (I guess 15-17 mm) if not more. I shall try tommorrow to start it directly with a V6 Accord, I guess that should be enough juice! I am actually considering using a mercedes battery and relocating it to the trunk :D those suckers are huge, they are like truck batteries! I am actually more worried about the rims since they are not insured! The car on the other hand is fully insured! Thanks Sohaib
  8. Does anyone have experience with the HIR (halogen infra red) bulbs. I heard they are really good. Sohaib
  9. Well, I took out the battery shall instal the new one tommorrow, if that still does not help, I am just going to have it towed to the nearby toyota dealership and request them to let the car sit in their garage overnight. Hopefully that should solve the problem. Nearly got a frost bite right now trying to lock all the doors on the car, current temp. -11 degrees, (OUCH). And to add to the misery, there is this 93/94 Acura Legend coupe that keeps coming by the house and they stop by my car and shine their lights on it wait a couple minutes and leave. They may be after the IS300 rims that I have on there or may think that since the car is lowered and has 17" rims, I must have some audio equipment in the car as well. Brother tells me that the same car also made a round a couple of weeks ago. Wonder what they are up to, I may just be Paranoid, must be this cold. Oh well! Thanks Sohaib
  10. Thanks, I shall change the battery, I also called the Lexus dealership and they told me that the battery was the most likely culprit. Actually they asked me if I wanted to have it towed to them (over 15miles) so that they could change the battery<_< . The battery has a 2 year replacement on it so to walmart tonight. Thanks Sohaib
  11. I was told that the condensation in fuel lines actually freezes, but then again when I attempted to start the car several times, I could smell the fuel so ........... Thanks Sohaib
  12. Gas in the tank is less than half, As mentioned the battery was replaced in Aug 2003 The caps rotors, wires, plugs, belts, timing belt, cam seals, water pumps etc have already been changed at 105K miles When I attempted to start the car yesterday, with the booster cables attached, it would turn over really slowly and then would almost start (turn over normal) for about 0.5-1second and then back to slow turn over unitil the battery would give up. So then I would wait another five-ten minutes and then start again and the same thing. I hope this is making sense. Oh and the booster cables are brand new also. What do you guys think? Thanks Sohaib
  13. The battery was changed in august of 2003. Someone also suggested that the fuel lines may be frozen but after I tried starting it a few times I could smell the fuel! I think the battery is fairly new is it not? My brother had changed the battery in his hyundai in november and his car had been sitting longer than mine but when he started it yesterday it fired right up! On the other hand his peugeot which has not had its battery changed for a long time did not start yesterday with exact same symtoms as my lexus although it was driven regularly! I am personally leaning towards frozen fuel lines. Thanks Sohaib
  14. Left the car standing for about a month in Boston MA, during my visit to my parents in Alaska. I came back and the car does not start, I thought it may be a dead battery but I hooked up the booster cables for about an hour and tried to start from time to time but that did not help either. The car cranks and turns over but just does not start. It is a 92 ES300 with 124K miles and all servicinf up to date (Timing belt, cam seals, plugs etc, transmission service etc). Ambient temps here in Boston are around -6 degrees (Alaska was much warmer +10 degrees) Thanks Sohaib
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