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Rory, Have a look on the knowledgebase. Its under there how to do an ECU reset. This is the content:- IS200: Resetting engine ECU Author: Colin Barber It is recommended that the engine ECU is reset after any engine performance modifications have been made to the vehicle, including using a higher octane fuel, to accelerate the learning of any new parameters. Resetting the ECU will also clear any stored error codes, however if you have a fault with your vehicle it is advisable that these codes are retrieved rather than wiped as they may help in diagnosing the problem. Make sure the ignition is turned off Remove the engine bay fuse box cover Remove the 20Amp/25Amp EFI fuse Remove the 15Amp ETCS fuse Wait 30 seconds Re-insert the two fuses Install the fuse box cover It is also possible to reset the engine ECU by removing the battery. Please note that this method will also reset any memory settings such as radio presets, trip mileage, clock etc.

Yeh. The standard factory fitted one. I don't want to go through the painstaking lengths of changing it, mainly cos I like the front CD changer so I was wondering whether anyone knows of a way to optimise the output. I don't know if anyone else has noticed but if the volume is down low, the sound quality is dire, but if you whack it right up and turn your eardrums into earskins then the sound quality is sweeeeeet. You can actually hear some bass if you whack the volume up! Personally, I would rather live to a ripe old age without the need for an ear trumpet, so I was looking for some advice from the wise members of the LOC.

Does anyone know any way of boosting the amp, or tweaking it to get optimum output???

Thanks for the help lads. I've finally got my membership- officially. Yay!!

Hey peeps. Wanna get a feel for how long it took you to get your membership online. I've got my pack in the post but still can't login to the "gold members" area. My signature is also noticably lacking a little "Gold" emblem. My main concern is that I can't access the facilities within my control panel area that I could as a gold member-which I am. Does it normally take this long to process or am I missing something? :shutit:

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Normally the brake pads..

I'm hearing you on that Vyker! Hot diggity dawg! It is true that the fuel consumption- from 14mpg to 23mpg- 9 mpg. Over a 50% increase, which is great. However, I have had to take certain steps to reach this point, namely- purchase and install K&N air filter purchase and pay for installation of Denso IK20's over-inflate the tyres to 40 psi reset the ECU twice purchase top whack, uber-expensive Vpower from Shell. I have one thing left to try, which Tony B. thinks will solve the problem- namely: get a full geo done on the wheels. If that doesn't do the trick and the Lex continues its vampiric behaviour, then I am reluctantly going to sell up and move on, before it loses too much of its value.

You ever noticed how the fuel needle slowly decreases during the top half, but then suddenly starts rapidly decreasing during the bottom half during fuel consumption?!! I was thinking, hurrah I've got 200 miles out of half a tank so I'm on track for 400 miles to a full tank- WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!! The needle is now down to just above the last "quarter" (cos it aint a quarter marker) and it is nowhere near the 300 mile mark! 400 miles out of the full tank- as likely as spotting a porky pilot.. quelle bummmer!!

Recently did an ECU reset, then journeyed up to Bradford and around Mancunia- got 23.3 mpg. For the journey home, filled the tank full again, from the warning light, reset the trip-o-meter and also added some Redex fuel cleaner. So far, I've achieved 211 miles in just over half a tank, which is a bit of a miracle. I hope it continues like that! Also, gonna book in with Tony B. from WIM to get a full geo done, cos the car was jumping around the place when travelling at speed on the motorway. I'll keep ya posted, as my experiences might well serve someone else with similar problems.

Is the [problem resolved? If so, what was it?

Are they easy to view on bright, shiny days, or does the glare from the sun (for instance, coming in from the drivers side window) interfere with your ability to view the display?

The service history is very good. All done by reputable Lexus garage in Twickenham, up until I bought the car. All completed as required at all the major milestones, and every 10,000 miles. I can't see that this is the cause, but then I really don't know what could be.

That's an honest answer, which I appreciate. I was up your neck of the woods only yesterday. I drove up on the Tues on a full tank (from fuel light on), and took the car to Bradford, and back. Drove it dry, til the light came on again and managed to get 23mpg, so it seems to be improving...but I hear ya 6OLDE, it is proving to be an expensive hobby! What is the mpg on your Audi?

I always measure by filling to the brim, resetting odometer and then running it dry- getting 21 mpg. I would love to know what those who are getting excellent mpg have done to their car- where serviced, wheels aligned, etc? ie. most notably, trevman and Ivanovoitch. Please take some time to take us through your cars basic history and any notable elements e.g. wheels aligned, parts changed.... etc.

That's mad!!!! Wanna swap cars- its a good runner, honest ;) How many miles on the clock for your Lex?

That's interesting....and scary cos I'm getting to the stage where I dream of big L badges swooping down and sucking the blood from my arms and legs!! Darned Lampires!! They're really after my wallet.

05 plate, 31k, serviced at all regular intervals and recently at 28k. Life? Not sure, but fairly certain that it has been used for a lot of business travel and a fair bit of motorway driving.

Much as I hate to put this, I really think you are better off getting shot of the car. I never used to believe in such things as a "cursed car" although it has been bandied around a bit. That was until I owned the Alfa I just got rid of. In 7 years of driving I have had 4 major crashes/accidents and all of them were in the Alfa, which I owned for 2.5 years. With the car I managed incredible feats of hitting everything- a petrol pump, a lampost, a 4x4, and shunted a car up the back. Magnetic bodywork?? I pondered. Not all of them were my fault, and some of them could be blamed on circumstances, but the fact remains that I had major problems with that car from the moment I bought it to the time I handed the keys over. It was EVERYONE else who was telling me to sell it cos its cursed and I just thought nah. I'm not naturally superstitious, but to be honest, looking back, it does seem that I had an extraordinary amount of problems with that car and was just throwing money at it all the time. Now I believe there may well be such a thing as a "cursed car".

im going to take a sub par educated guess here and say that fixing the geo will reduce your mpg. more of the tyre on the road means it has more grip, which i guess in turn means more effort to roll it. i think hot weather has something to do with economy... ive had mine for 4months now, and i was used to getting 400miles out of 60ltrs [light comes on for last 10ltrs], but the last 2 tank fulls, im getting only 320ish... ive lost nearly 20% in mpg. I'd say the geo would be the other way round - correct geo will have the wheels rolling straighter, which will mean much less friction than dragging them sideways. Geo isn't just camber... Warm air is less dense which means less fuel will be required to give the correct stoichiometric ratio, but as a result your engine will generate less power for a given throttle opening. Therefore you will need to use wider throttle openings to maintain the required acceleration. However - are you sure you're not just running the aircon more? Compressor pumps require a lot of effort to turn, sucking engine power away from driving the car and into cooling the interior. You can expect to use at least 10% more fuel with the aircon switched on in hot weather... Woah. Major science lesson here- most of which went straight over my head. One thing I do know is that the air con stays off for all but the most extreme conditions. My air con approach normally involves opening all the windows and the sunroof, and yes I do know this creates more drag (before anyone jumps in) :winky:

Indeed.... This is like the China syndrome.... I have turned off the CH+HW in the control panel. Thermostat is at 0 but the combi is still alight heating something up.... The rads feel cooler but i cannot turn off the combi? Sounds like the control panel is not communicating with the boiler at all! Has any of the wiring come lose behind the casing? Don't be afraid to open the front up but do be careful about where you poke and prod.

There may well be a system reset button. Send me the model and part no. and I'll see if I can look it up for ya.

I agree with Scorps01 that the thermostat is shot. If the thermo is set to 0 on the boiler itself (i.e. the main thermostat) and if the boiler is still heating water then the two definitely aint communicating. As for the upstairs being hot and the downstairs less so, I think this is a separate issue. Are the radiators downstairs much older than the ones upstairs do you know? If you have had to bleed the downstairs rads often it well may be indicative of faulty rads. After all, they do have a finite lifespan and they do deteriorate with age. However, having said all that I'm not a "certifiable" plumber, so glean what you can from this. Good luck. Hope everything gets sorted for ya soon.

Near Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock (J30/31 M25) Holy Macerone!! Thats a bit too far for me. To give you some idea- one of my best friends moved down there and I haven't seen her in about 4 yrs. I did the treck once. Never again! Soz.

Mai nons... this is the first thing I checked when i noticed I was getting 14mpg. Also, I'm not sure how this would be affected by using cheap unleaded as opposed to Vpower? Surely they would both leak the same? The point I was making is that with the latter I can travel a distance whereas with the former I might as well not bother starting the car, but I dont understand why the car is so picky.