wil03

Thanks for the great suggestions! I will follow your tips and just leave it alone for now. I'll try to tackle it as needed. thanks for all the help! :D

Yes, the 2 horns are broken off. :( I just found out the horn tips reside in the end of the tubes. I do not see any leakage at all. To tell you the truth, I think it had been broken off since 2 years ago when it was involved in an passenger front side-swipe accident... (got to get those drunk drivers off the road, could have killed my family! My Lexus protected everyone in the car without a scratch!) I checked the power steering fluid level, and it is still full. I do see some wet spot at the bottom half of the power steering fluid reservoir... but that appears to be the extent of the leakage. Other than that, the steering is working perfectly fine as far as I can tell, and the car engine doesn't die at full turns (is that the function of the air control valve? to prevent the car engine from dying at full turns?) Maybe I should just plug the 2 holes on the air control valve up with a screw or something to prevent future leaks? As for the 2 hoses, I figure I use the one horn that broke off within the tube, and connected the 2 tubes end- to-end to prevent vacuum leaks. :whistles: Is that a good idea? thanks so much for your help!!!

I have found that connector, and it appears that both of them are broken off... I suppose I'll need to hunt down the air control valve and have it replaced. Does that just control the idle speed during turning? I did a search for parts on various sites for "air control valve", but none came back as available part. I hope it won't be only be available as a whole unit. I suppose it will have to be a dealer parts dept item. Does anyone have the part number by any chance? thanks!

Thanks for the reply. I believe the original post on how to do this under 2 hours was from you. So it seems like it's the same deal for the 95.. Dallas is a tad bit far, but I may plan to head there in a few months. Are there any ill effects for waiting that long?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I NEED! Thank you so much!!!!

Thank you for rapid reply! I'll have to look and see if I can find where they're supposed to go. I'm suprised that I just found them dangling... thanks!!!

My car is running like it has an exhaust leak, and my mechanic told me that it is a cracked EGR tube. I have searched the forum, and found previous posts on how to get to the tube, which is behind the engine and above the transmission, and have it replaced in 2 hours. The parts itself is only $140 or so. Dealer says that it has to be done by removing the transmission, so the labor is over 10 hours. They deny the fact that it can be done any other way. So I brought the car to an independent repair shop that only works on Japanese cars, and they told me that it can't be done without removing the transmission as well, though they have not done this repair before. I printed out what I found, but unfortunately it is from a first generation model (my is a 1995). So my mechanic said that it doesn't apply. Can anyone confirm that they have done this on a second generation model-- 95,96,97? I imagine it would be similar. Are there anything else I should replace while I'm in there if I really have to get my transmission removed? I'm in the Houston area, and if you know of a shop that you recommend, please let me know! Any input is greatly appreciated!

Thanks for all your replies. I went over to the gallery and searched around for a picture that shows where it goes. The best picture I can find shows that both tubes go behind the power steering resevoir. I have included the picture that I found, and circled where I'm stuck on. Unfortunately, I can not find a "connector" for where it goes to around that area. Does anyone possibly have a picture of that or please remember to snap a shot of where it goes the next time you work on your car? thanks in adance!

I looked on the power steering pump, but don't see a connection. As for right now, it doesn't seem to make any difference... should I just plug both of them up? If anyone would be kind enough to take a picture of where they go, that would be so very helpful to me. thanks!!!!

I'm trying to figure out where the 2 of my vacuum tubes that are just hanging loose are supposed to go. One of the starts from just after the air flow meter, the other from the front of the intake pletium where the lexus emblem is on the engine. I'll try to upload photo of them, with screw driver pointing to the origin of the tubes. If someone can please either describe or have a picture of where these tubes go, that would really help me out. I searched around the engine bay for about 1/2 hour to no avail. thanks in advance!