Do Not Sell My Personal Information Jump to content


BROUWERS

Members
  • Posts

    40
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Profile Information

  • First Name
    John
  • Lexus Model
    RX400h
  • Year of Lexus
    2006
  • UK/Ireland Location
    Other/NonUK

Recent Profile Visitors

The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.

BROUWERS's Achievements

Contributor

Contributor (5/14)

  • First Post
  • Collaborator
  • Conversation Starter
  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later

Recent Badges

28

Reputation

  1. If the module is showing different values, I suspect a wiring fault between it and the instrument binnacle lamps.
  2. From Wikipedia: "For the Lexus RX 450h, the compression ratio was 12.5:1. For the Lexus GS 450h, the compression ratio was 13.0:1." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_GR_engine#2GR-FXE
  3. I once downloaded these pictures from an old thread. Hope it helps.
  4. No special tools needed. I only had to buy a puller for the harmonic balancer which I didn't have before.
  5. I'm looking at replacement shocks as well, but after reading reviews for the KYB and Monroe ones, I'm leaning towards OEM. Price is not too bad: https://www.lexuspartsdirect.co.uk/parts/lexus-rx/lexus-rx-phase-ii-2004-2008/lexus-rx-2004-2008-steering-suspension/lexus-rx-phase-2-n-s-r-shock-absorber/ It seems all 2nd gen RXs share the same shock absorbers looking at the part numbers.
  6. I will see if I can provide some numbers testing my small solar panel over next weekend.
  7. The OBD port does have a live 12V pin when the key is not in the ignition, so I've been using a solar panel connected to the OBD in the past with good results. As standard, the cigarette lighter sockets are not live when the ignition is off, so dont try and connect a solar panel to one of those.
  8. Summer temperatures, no highway driving, max tire pressures, minimal luggage on board, no AC, minimal amount of cold starts, pulse and glide where possible, so basically no realistic conditions at all 🙂 Some fair hills on the way though. Calculated actual fuel economy was 51.74 UK mpg.
  9. I once did well over 100 miles with the fuel light on, but that was on an experimental hypermiling run where I averaged 53.5 mpg (685 miles on one tank). I then managed to get 59.65 litres in there before the pump clicked and turned off 1st time, so in theory I could have gone another 60 miles.
  10. Thanks for clearing this up guys. I guess only tech freaks like us want accurate information from our cars 🙂
  11. On my other car, a classic Citroën, I do see the needle pointing at a higher temperature before and while the fan is kicking in. Surely it starts operating only from a certain temperature, let's say 95 degrees. It then quickly lowers while the fan is doing its work. My point is, how will I ever know my engine is overheating when a temperature increase enough to let the fan run is not registered by the temp gauge. @Jaystar77@NemesisUK I let the engine run until the fan kicked in as part of the coolant refill/bleeding procedure after changing the timing belt and water pump. A/C was off.
  12. On the very few occasions my radiator fan came on, I noticed that my temp gauge in the gauge cluster was not showing any higher temperature than during normal driving conditions. For me, this is kind of scary. As we know, the RX400h does not have a warning light for low coolant levels. If the temp gauge doesn't show high coolant temps either, then it has very little use, other than showing when not to stress the engine, because it hasn't yet warmed up properly. Did anyone else notice this?
  13. Can't set a speed. I push the stalk into the SET direction, but it won't hold the speed. Happens maybe twice per month.
×
×
  • Create New...