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i would think if the supplier of the battery are admitting that their listing is wrong you should have a claim there!

my local tyre fitter recommends putting someting heavy in the boot ( above each of the wheels) a small bag of compost or if you can sourse if 2 lumps of lead ( quite heavy takes up less room) the added weight will give some more traction having been stuck along a country road in the last storms i am def going to be trying this! blanket/ chocolate, thermos ( wellies and shovel in the boot too) drive safe everyone

hi managed some high rev trips and i think this allowed the DPF to complete its cycle ( a noted plume of white smoke seem to indicate completion) after that i took it on some longe hi rev runs along the motorway and so far seems to be working ( i did have to disconnect the battery for 30 mins to get the warning lights to reset I have traveled over 500 miles now ( thrips to Methil, Dumfries and Lothian) i did get some advice form Gary ath Logans Garage that most definetly helped ( check my other thread for details) thanks to every one who contributed

thanks fo all the help on this thread it appears i have now fixed the problem here is a recap I had the VSC issue and I think it was down to the EGR and DPF However following the above threas and a conversation with a very helpful chap from Logan’s garage (Edinburgh) I was able to rejuvenate my PDF (so far over 500 miles without any problems) I followed the very helpful video to remove and clean the ERG valve, and there was a lot of soot! I would definitely agree with the comments on here about cleaning this every 5k or 10k regardless of experiencing any performance issues (once you see the build up you will know why!) This on its own didn’t fix my problem however some more digging around the forum led me to contact Logan’s garage to see about removing the particulate filter (At this point I had resigned myself to the fact I would have to take it to the dealer, at a price of £86 juts to diagnose the issue, prob take about 2 mins plugging into the ECU!) Bearing in mind this is the dealer that does ALL my servicing, this simple task in my opinion should have been done free ! Unfortunately Gary from Logan’s told me the Lexus is the only one they can’t work with as they don’t have access to the Lexus software to reprogram the car NOT to look for the DPF However he did give me some advice: if you can get the car to a decent speed take it for a loooong drive on the motorway with high revs, the DPF needs to get up to around 700 degrees to burn off the soot Avoid short journeys again the car needs to complete a process and it never will with too many short journeys (again take it for a long run every now and again) avoid supermarket fuels ( although lexus recommends low sulphur fuel this needs to burn at much higher tempeture, the sulphur helps it burn at a higher temp) Run an additive (most recommend the BG244) to clean deposits and it helps the burn of the soot that clogs the DPF This certainly worked for me (I called and cancelled my appointment with the dealer) hopefully this will work for some others too none of this advice has ever been offered up by my Lexus dealer ( this is my second lexus) but i am sure it must be common knowledge to them!, i guess there is no profit in helping end users though! it would ppear they are no better than others in the motor trade and revel in making a profit at others missfortunes Gripe over!

My 220D is currently 117K with no major problems! (Touch wood) I had the VSC issue and I think it was down to the RGR and DPF However following some threads and a conversation with a very helpful chap from Logan’s garage (Edinburgh) I was able to rejuvenate my PDF (so far over 500 miles without any problems) I followed the very helpful video to remove and clean the ERG valve, and there was a lot of soot! I would definitely agree with the comments on here about cleaning this every 5k or 10k regardless of experiencing any performance issues (once you see the build up you will know why!) This on its own didn’t fix my problem however some more digging around the forum led me to contact Logan’s garage to see about removing the particulate filter (At this point I had resigned myself to the fact I would have to take it to the dealer, at a price of £86 juts to diagnose the issue, prob take about 2 mins plugging into the ECU!) Unfortunately Gary from Logan’s told me the Lexus is the only one they can’t work with as they don’t have access to the Lexus software to reprogram the car NOT to look for the DPF However he did give me some sound advice: if you can get the car to a decent speed take it for a loooong drive on the motorway with high revs, the DPF needs to get up to around 700 degrees to burn off the soot Avoid short journeys again the car needs to complete a process and it never will with too many short journeys (again take it for a long run every now and again) avoid supermarket fuels ( although lexus recommends low sulphur fuel this needs to burn at much higher tempeture, the sulphur helps it burn at a higher temp) Run an additive (most recommend the BG244) to clean deposits and it helps the burn of the soot that clogs the DPF This certainly worked for me (I called and cancelled my appointment with the dealer) And I hope it works for you too Cheers

managed to get it started with a jump start and eventually it fired up, took it for a nice long run and everything seemed to be fine but that dredded VSC light has now come back on and i am in limp mode again

thats the breakdown guy finished just needed some extra power and a eventually it started up after a while, took it for a run and every thing seemed to be working well , then bamm!! "VSC" light back on and dropped back down to limp mode , gutted thought i had it sorted :-( and i was so relieved to have got it stated plum forgot to ask him to plug into the ECU,

Thanks Carl, it is difficult to stop the carbon dropping down the hole when you try and remove the Valve( damm gravity lol) , but i agree that a vacum in the other hand at the same time to sook up as much as possible does seem to be common sense ( clearly i was missing that yesterday) this morning i took the whole thing apart (again) and tried my best to get the vacum cleaner hose as far in as i could, so hopefully it will have removed some of it just thawing out before trying to turn her over now ( i dont think i mentioned it is snowing!) if i can get her to turn over and keep her going im hoping it will clear its self with a long run. like i say it just trying to get her to that point before the battery dies, may have to call the AA for a jump (and perhaps get him to see if there are any error codes on the ECU) obviously getting the car toed to the lexus dealer is the last resort!! cheers

worth thinking about with history of the head on these cars i have had this one for 2 years with no problems , maybe im pushing my luck lol

i did try to catch as much as i could, but obviously some went inside, surly that has been going through the manifold! it all this time though! however at this point i will try anything and everything! cheers

hi Yes thanks for the suggestion though to be sure i have had everything back out rechecked and put back in again i wasnt doing anything else other than this work, but ive checked to make sure i hadnt dislodged anything the battery connections are tight, the car turns over just not firing ( the battery is only 6 months old and plenty of power) there was an earlier thread suggesting that the ignition needs to be left on for the immobiliser to re initilise!( they said 6 mins) sounds plausible althogh no one else who has done this EGR Clean ( and there apears to be many) have mentioned this! i also saw you advised someone back in april who was having the same issue, but his had an iffy battery and started the next day with an over night charge should i just keep turning her over till she eventialy fires? obviously concerned i cause some damage!!

Hi Stokie this sounds like my story and like yourself after watching the video on you tube i was confident i could do this! it was abosulutly cocked up, all cleaned up and re assembled without incident. however when i fired the car up it was very lumpy for about 15 seconds but then died on me now it turns over on the key "err button" but wont start i only disconnected 2 electrical connectors ( the one on the EGR valve and the one attacged to the battery cover) and of course i removed the battery to get access to the 2 bolts on the pipe did you have to do anything else on re assembly? im hoping its something obvious and just me being a **** lol

can anybody suggest what i have done wrong? I removed and cleand all the sooty/ carbon build up on my EGR i followed the instructions as they were posted ( video tutorial on you tube) removed the battery removed the flexible pipe removed theEGR housing ( was abso;utly caked with carbon) cleaned it all up checked the pitson was moving ok (split the electrcal EGR from the mechanical half to check) reassembled and refitted when i went to start the car it did fire, struggled for a few second then stalled, now the it wont crank just turns on the on button but will not fire! what have i done wrong, any assistance would be most welcome