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[Gord]

They are afraid of lexus or what? New specialist :) actually refused to check the pre-cats, because they also said that pre-cat parts should be heared in the main cat section when he hit it, and again, there was no sound! And if i want to check the main cat, they have to cut it and look through it. Do they really have to cut it? I am almost giving up, it seems that people don't need money anymore that i "want" to spend. It is good that garages live ritch these days!?

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no they dont have to cut anything :D just take trhe exhaust off to see, if any of the cats are gone then the bits will fall out when they take the exhaust off, :D and when the exhaust is off, they can check the pre-cats to just need a light to look :D

[apsaauga]

Thanks, i thought so. Will be looking for other garage, again:)

[AdamT]

Any news on this one?

I'm having the same problem since having my car back from when that b**ch crashed into me.

Body shop and lexus were shocked at the lack of power!

My mate's 1.6 saxo is leaving me behind at the moment!!

They think it's the cat, they're inspecting it on tuesday.

Are there any performace enhancing cats on the market?

Dave ?? Also, how much is a cat from lexus compaired to an after market?

[apsaauga]

Today at 12 o'clock i am checking my pre-cats and the main cat, hope it is the problem.

AdamT Lexus cat is really too expensive, aftermarked costs 2 or 3 times cheaper in my country, but i think if it is pre-cat damaged i will cut them out, it will increase power a bit, but if it is the main cat fault-have to buy one

[AdamT]

I'm hoping to blagg this on the insurance if it is!

[Monster-Mat]

Today at 12 o'clock i am checking my pre-cats and the main cat, hope it is the problem.

AdamT Lexus cat is really too expensive, aftermarked costs 2 or 3 times cheaper in my country, but i think if it is pre-cat damaged i will cut them out, it will increase power a bit, but if it is the main cat fault-have to buy one

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Prolex UK does a replacement Main cat section, which i belive incorporates a High Flow cat

[AdamT]

Spotted that on the website.

With any luck I'll be able to buy a Prolex back box and cat for the same price as a lexus one

[apsaauga]

today was a bad day, first of all they checked the sparks, and what do you think...2 of them were loose, they just took them out without any key! Clenaed them, put them back, trashed a bit. It was better, but not as it should be. Then, acceleration pedal didn't react when i pushed it, came on the Engine light. Deagnostics showed error, but acceleration was back again. Nothing found except error. Besides pre-cats were in good condition! I think i am selling my beloved lexus! I am tired to look for faults and spending money nowhere...

[AdamT]

Thats not good news!!

What are Lexus' comments on the situation?

[apsaauga]

Guess what comments, "everything is fine now", come back when it fails. But i think i have good news about mine acceleration. As i mentioned, something there was something wrong with acceleration wire and the mechanism that controls it. So my freelance mechanic put a lot of WD-40 on that mechanism, moved it a lot, and even the pedal feels smooth, not talking about ride. It seems that acceleration wire sliped and thats why there was loose of power and twitching! It looks good now, but who knows...

Cheers

[Anees]

Mate! What did you do in a past life to deserve all this trouble!! :(

[PhoneDrome]

Oh! Loose spark plugs :D I know this very well.

Have a look what happend a year ago. The last was loose an couldn't deliver the heat to the cylinderhead fast enough:

But I didn't notice any lack of power. Eating spark plugs :D

My car had 50000miles done. So i think it would be a good advise to have the spark plugs checked from 35000 miles on. Who knows

[apsaauga]

Anees, i don't remember :) but it looks that a deserved that..

Phonedrome, i was so happy that loose sparks didn't blow their system out! that would be a major problem and very expensive one! My car drives smoother now. Interesting, what next?:)