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From underneath the car, on a lift preferably, but good enough stands should do....but you are lying down and cannot generate the force needed to crack some bolts.... on that subject, when i had my gaskets around there changed, the bloke had to heat up the bolts and they had a nightmare getting them out....i left them to it after becoming uneasy at the site of a flame gun under my car A 99 model should be a bit better but will have similar issues with old rusted bolts Thanks Manc If you dont mind my asking, what gaskets did you have changed and what was the approximate cost?

Thanks for that I may try to have a go at this next week. Any advice on how to access the manifolds with the engine in place? It looks very tight to the body. Where can you access the bolts from? Also for interests sake, where can I get high flow headers?

Thanks It seems to be coming from higher up than that but I will check. It doesn't get any better when it warms up. Possibly even worse

The LS400 is a wise choice. My mk4 gives around 30-35mpg on a motorway run according to the display. Expect a minimum of 400 miles per tank on the motorway between 65-70mph. It really is rather good. A full tank costs around £80 so I guess 70litres or so hope this helps

Hello All I seem to be having a slightly blowing exhaust and am having some difficulty tracing it. The car is a 1999 LS400. I initially suspected the EGR valve but having researched this is would seem that the VVT engine doesn't have one of these???? It seems to be coming from around the manifold area and I was just wondering if this is at all common? I've had a garage have a quick look but they weren't sure. Only a small pin hole just after the cats but that didn't seem to be it. Also, is there any way to access the manifolds without MAJOR work...Maybe even including removing the engine? Thanks in advance

If he doesn't I will. Thanks

Oh I see. Thanks for that I think I'll be replacing all of them so hopefully it'll notice even less if there is a difference in brightness.

Superb. Thanks for this. I'll have a go at this during the week or next weekend. If you could just clear one thing up for me though...... The bulbd from Maplins in your link are white and they dont seem to have green ones available. Does this change the colour of the backlight? Many thanks again

Excellent. Waiting with great anticipation for the result

That's what I guessed. Thanks for the info though but yes, space is probably a real problem. Wondering if I do this whether to go for Blue bulbs instead (throughout) as I'd probably make a day of it and change them all Thanks for all this info. You've been incredibly helpful with a problem that I didn't know how to start going about.

Actually I guess this is because LED's are 5V and need a resistor to use a 12V supply.

Any reason why a standard 3mm LED shouldn't work? Thanks again. Excellent Help

Fantastic help so far..... Question is, do I want to do this.... Hmmmmm. I'm OK with a soldering iron and I guess it looks do-able. Is it just 2 led's per display? I have the right hand temp, and centre display out. How many is this going to be? From what you're saying I'm guessing that none of the backlights on the unit are easily replaceable? Thanks very much for this. I've been looking for help with this for a while

When I replaced my battery I had the car unlocked andd the doors open. I dont remember the alarm going off, although it did when I reconnected the battery. Just have the key ready when you plug it back in. Press the unlock button when it starts going off. I've opened a post about these temperature displays. I'm not so sure they are LED's but please let me know how you get on as I would love to get mine sorted.

I guess I'm not the typical LS owner either, but I already knew that. I'm 23 with no hair problems.