Oh dear.....warning Lights Came On

[Monster-Mat]

Driving back from Hamburg yesterday with Hart'y.....at 30mph cos the tree huggers forgot to salt the autobahn

pulled of to have a break...when the "engine check "lightcame on and the "trac off" light started flashing,the rpm rose to 2500rpm and any attempts to alter the rpm with the accelerator pedal did nothing..as if it wasnt connected.

******............

so we pulled the ecu and trac fuses....and then replaced them a few moments later....

switch on the engine...still wierd,but the hanging rpm has gone.

pull of at the next services,pull the ecu fuses again..go for coffee....fag and Number 2,......so 30 mins later replace the fuses,car starts fine...no warning lights...woohoooo

HOWEVER.....

this morning getting the car ready to take Hart'y to the airport and the engine lights come back on....and all attempts to reset are doing nothing....******

and everywhere is closed now.....could driving at 30 mph for 2 hours caused it???

i know we were driving in freezing rain....dodgy as poo

but what? how? when?.......and why?

******......******

car drives fine.........

could it just need the fault code memory clearing........

******electronics...

[JOHNNY-BOY]

Maybe just your car got a little confused, not used to going so slow for so long

[Risky3301]

Driving at 30 mph for 2 hours will have no effect on the workings of the car only your fuel economy,

Sounds like to me that a bit a moisture has got in somewhere and frozen,

The reason why everything was OK after you stop at services for 30 mins, 'Hot engine soak' could have dried out the area that was giving the problem, resume driving OK, after parking the car over night heat soak long gone, any moisture will freeze and possibly causeing the problem, I am assuming Over night temp well below freezeing.

Just a thought

[Matthew_McNally]

and everywhere is closed now.....could driving at 30 mph for 2 hours caused it???

OK - can't believe I am giving you advice on the IS200 - but here goes!

I can categorically state, without any fear of contradiction, that driving @ 30mph for 2 hours (or more) wil not cause any damage to your car.

This may be a novelty to you mate - but for some of us, this is nothing unusual (sometimes 30mph is fast).

if you need anymore help Mat - don't hesitate to ask

;)

[Monster-Mat]

..yeah....is strange,im confused,not like me to not know whats going on with an IS2......

Im afraid though this one has got me

[dark_is200]

its moody, the car and supercharger are unhappy about the 2JZ-GTE swap coming soon, its just jealous and trying to make your life hard for the next month

[Steve]

the tip is to put tin Foil over the grill.. like you see people on mark II escorts!

Keeps it all nice and snug!

[vince-com]

Mat, just a question, do you bring some liquids in the boot ?

Maybe some humidity in the boot near the electronic box…

Appears once to me on the IS200, with a (censored) opened bottle of clean glass liquid in the boot.

All the lights came on, hopefully letting the car opened in the box and using a hair dryer solved the problem.

[Chris.S]

The technicians at work have never come across this before

[lexussport]

Can you not get the error codes out of the ECU?, which may point you in the right direction.

Sound like you got damp in a connector somewhere, so the system was giving faulse messages?.

:duh:

Just my thoughts

[Monster-Mat]

its moody, the car and supercharger are unhappy about the 2JZ-GTE swap

Hmmmmmm,it seems so,Get the car out the garage..lights on still,drive to the house lights still on,drive to the petrol station,lights still on,filled the car with petrol,drove 3 km down the road on the way to the dealer,lights still on,.........."oh look" the lights gone off Turn around come back home

bloomin car......

well its booked in for its 20,000 mile service on monday,will get them to check the ecu memory

[Risky3301]

Sounds like the 'Vanilla Ice Cream' fault to me or it could be something is damp and causeing a 'short' and when it's dried out (short drive, warm engine) the fault disapears.

[Zee007]

YOU driving at 30mph clawley????

Or was that cause Harty was scared....

dunno what your problem is mate - better get over ere and get a new engine me thinks...

[Monster-Mat]

hmmmmmmm,had the ecu memory read this morning, the faults were..........

ECU Main (engine)

Trac/abs

Immobiliser

Aircon

so not to much to worry about, infact the only electrical thing not to show a error code was the folding mirrors.

anyway its all been reset now..........

[Claire G]

its moody, the car and supercharger are unhappy about the 2JZ-GTE swap coming soon, its just jealous and trying to make your life hard for the next month

PMT perhaps?! :P

[Monster-Mat]

PMT..............

PRE MOTOR TRANSPLANT.............. :D

[Monster-Mat]

FREAKIN CAR

FREAKIN LIGHTS ARE BACK ON..................

[Monster-Mat]

Toook the freakin car to the dealers again today.....cos the freakin lights are back on.........

apparently its the main cat thats failed........so ordering a new one,

me thinks Lambda sensor...........(on/off fault......hmmmm)

so anyway new cat is on order.leave dealer...lights still on......drive around for an hour or so, get within 100meters of the house........LIGHTS GO OUT

so,now i defo think its the sensor and not the freakin cat.....but will find out on bloomin tuesday.....again

another 80km drive

[andyhart21]

I think your current motor is definately a bit jealous of the the new one mate........

A perfect time to totally de-cat it maybe?

[Gamesound]

Cat thats failed?????? how many miles you done?..... its cerramic, those mothers dont fail.... maybe the sensor, but thats weird!