crow

Hi folks,

Has anyone experienced their starter motor not wanting to disengage when starting on cold mornings?

My S1 has had this a couple of mornings now, can solve it by key off and re-start but saturday it took the third crank before it disengaged.

Don't know if it's doing any harm but it sounds awfull when she does it.

Hi,

the starter for my GS430 2001 was starting to stick @ 112000 miles, it seemed easiest to buy a new one except the cost , so I had reconditioned by http://www.unit-exchange.co.uk/, cost £90, years guarantee, very good service,

Crow

Hi all

re the off side wing mirror cover for my lexus gs 430 2001

other than the paying £400 for the whole wing mirror from lexus , does anyone know where i can get just the cover, dont mind if its not OEM as long as its cheap

crow

hi all

sorted at last turned out to be a simple little issue after all tps sensor had bent pin in it and wasnt getting a reading which naturally was giving me no throttle response and starving my motor of fuel hence my miss sorted the sensor and now is running sweet as a nut cooling system bled out after a little more time and paitence had been applied been driving for a few days now and all seems good lots more power than before and starting hot or cold no problem

a happy ending yipee

thanks for your help anyone who replied especially ormi

ps i bought a full workshop manual off ebay for this motor covers everything i can send it on free to anyone who wants it proved usefull t me it cover gs 300 and 430 seems to be for mk2 model :winky: B)

Hi

I have a gs430, (2001, 110,000) on Friday the radiator blew a hole and think it was because the head gasket failed, ( garage thinks so ) could I take you up on the offer of the manual - happy to reimburse you - and if anyone has had similar experience with GS 430, please let me know

regards

I would be tempted to check the bonnet switch. Most false alarms that are not down to in car sensors i have found to be the bonnet (or switch) needing adjusting slightly. ( I might not be right but well worth a look )

thanks

something to do for the week end, as you said well worth a try !

Hi all

the alarm keeps going off, and Im not sure why - it's not because someone is tampering/trying to break in to the car ( Ill live miles from anywhere !)

and the Battery is fully charged,

is it easy to or how could i switch off the alarm permanently or the horn element of the alarm - so that the lights flash but the horn doesn't sound

regards

I have since bought an air mass sensor and 4 universal lmbdha sensors (denso's) from rockauto.com in the US. since fitting the air mass sensor the car is running perfectly. and I didn't need to change lmbdha sensors.

I now have 4 going spare

crow

Hi

Ive a lexus gs 430 x reg year 2000

100K miles and the lambdha sensors are going one by one, and Ive been told to change the air mass meter as well

is it ok to mix and match universal sensors with OE items and can someone tell me the OE part numbers for the sensors so that i can cross reference them for universal items.

regards

you can clean the MAF, check the knowledgebase for instructions.

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/knowledge...p;id=50&c=9

What error codes are being produced?

thanks for the advice, sorry i dont know the error codes, just that they relate to 2 pre cat and 2 post cat lambdha sensors being faulty

thanks for the tip re cleaning the MAF - will get garage to do it !

hi all

I have a GS430 x reg 2001, with 100K miles, the engine warning light came on and it indicated 1 pre cat oxygen sensor had gone, then the problem came back and now I am being told that I need 2 pre and 2 post cat sensors - a garage i use and trust have said that it may be the air mass meter -

is this a common problem / scenairio ?

any known remedies?

any thoughts ?

and where is best place to buy such parts

thanks in anticipation