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I don’t know if they are any good but tools are available on eBay just search “Toyota Air Suspension line remover tool”

Who remembers looking at those pictures in Haynes manuals showing the various states of the spark plugs and comparing those from your own engine which at 40,000 miles was burning a quart of oil per 1000? 😀

Hi Jeff and welcome to the LOC. You mention a remap and intake manifold done ( could you elaborate on the latter as to what was actually done?) Has the EGR valve ever been checked/cleaned/replaced?

Plus the Government now receive 20% IPT on the cost ( VAT by any other name) which was gradually increased to this amount over the years!

Still no response from the OP, perhaps fixed now then?

I’ve looked on the Toyota parts database and can only see one type of numberplate mounting bracket with no specific one for Italy. If you could provide more information regarding the Italian version I will try to find it for you. 52114BBRACKET, FRONT BUMPER EXTENSION MOUNTING52114-48460152114-48510"F-SPORT"*(F)1

You can adjust the height sensors to drop it to a certain extent.

Hi Alan and welcome to the LOC. Are you planning on running this on the OEM system or changing everything to aftermarket? Reason I ask is that the newest UCF11 is now 30 years old and if the struts are original you’re very lucky but I wouldn’t push that luck any further given that they are around £1K each even if still available. Adjustable coil overs are probably a better option both for cost and reliability.

Anything except Paella again, it’s the Spanish equivalent of a bag of chips, every mouthful tastes the same, you always get to much and you end up leaving some

All you need to do now is have the rear door windows tinted and hang an Eau de Cannabis air freshener from the interior mirror, just like mine😀

Funny story here…some friends of ours have a villa in Spain and they take their UK registered car on the ferry and then drive down. At the Spanish border they were pulled in for an inspection and the custom official was delighted to find a 40” LCD TV in the boot knowing that taxes would have to be paid on it. Apparently his face dropped like a stone when a Spanish purchase receipt was waved in his face. 😀

Wow that’s a great project result, just need a heat seeking automatic scatter gun mounted on the boot lid in case the barstools return again! Given the amount of grief they have caused you I would consider that “reasonable force”

Given the low mileage I would be more concerned with the hybrid battery condition. If it has a FLSH and has a current Hybrid Battery Health check from Lexus I would feel more assured.

Hi Craig and welcome to the LOC. The fuel pump should be fed with a constant 12 Volts supply when running under load. I would check the B+ incoming supply to the fuel pump relay and then check the output voltage to the pump both of which should be at full battery voltage. I would suspect either a faulty relay or a bad connection to it, the pins are known for corrosion issues. The basic diagram below shows the power routing to the pump. I’m not sure if there is another relay the same in the fusebox which you could try swopping over to see if it cures the fault or you could strap the B+ connection to the FP connection in the diagnostic socket to TEMPORARILY bypass the relay. If you need further help please ask

Firstly what was the current draw shown on the clamp meter? With that amount of current and reversed polarity we are looking at open circuits rather then short circuits, the ECU may have protection but this is generally just a series diode which would have been easily overcome by the current. When you say “no other fuses I can see are blown” there are 4 fuse boxes in this car all of which need checking with a multimeter. You will also need a power distribution diagram showing what goes to which fuse and where from there. The video below is just the beginning of the diagnosis I’m afraid and a factory Electrical workshop manual another on the list.