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Stan. Was there no reference to the wiring etc. in the DVD I left in the car for you ?

Stan. So pleased you are enjoying the Old Girl. I have written to you separately.

Amazed about the bomb detector. I have come up with a theory. I believe the current number plate is from Northern Ireland (although I bought the car in London). Maybe it belonged to someone who had prominent affiliations to Northern Ireland and the 'Troubles'    I glad I did not know about the bomb detector whilst I owned the car as I would have worried that they were after me !

Thank you Vlad, John, Linas and Colin (I am honoured - big chief) for all your replies.

Whereas I shall surely miss my LS400 this is250 will hopefully fit the bill for an eighty year old.

Hi is250 owners. I am just in the process of selling my 1999 Mk.4 LS400 and am buying a 2012 is250 Advance.

Anything I should be aware of? What is the difference with an Advance compared to a standard model ? The new car will take some getting used to as I had the LS400 for 12 years.

Any advice would be appreciated.

I went away on holiday shorly after my posts on the coolant guage. As always I diconnected the Battery.

On return. and after reconnecting the Battery, the guage is acting normally. Battery disconnection seems to solve a number of problems.

I now am being told by my better half that the car is too big and we need something smaller. I shall try to sell it on the forum as I am a gold member.

Thank you all for your responses. Might start by giving it a bit of a slap above the dash. Always works when the speedo gets stuck.

Will keep you informed.

It has been a long time since I last posted. Moved from London to Tunbridge Wells three years ago. Only LS 400 in town so easily recognised (sometimes too easily !)

The temperature guage on my LS 400 (1999) 156K miles has just started to play around. It fails to rise initially and then from time to time, during a journey,

will flick on and show the expected temp.and then go back to zero again. Should I be worried ?  Could it be the thermostat ? Your advice please.

I seem to be missing the centre logo from one of my hub caps (standard Mk4 hub cap)

Does anyone have a spare one, or indeed the whole hub cap - any condition- that I can buy ?

David. It's engine speed. I am hoping to have an indie look at it in the next few days.

Bless you all for your responses. I have decided to get a second opinion next week.

I discovered that the first indie had just used a stethoscope and had not bothered to

look any further. Malcolm - it has done 150,000 and yes, I am wedded to the LS range.

George. The tick-tick increases with RPM.

Stuart. I thought it might be the serpentine. I had it replaced about 4 years ago.

I am going to try another indie and see what he says. I am too old to go 

fiddling about in the engine compartment. I have used the car almost every day for the last nine

years and have looked after it.

George. If it is the lifter is that a huge job. i.e. would it be worth it ?

Advice Needed - LS400 Mk iv

My LS 400 MK iv has just developed a 'tick tick' noise - increases with acceleration.

Took it to my local indie (don't know how good they are) and they said that without stripping it

down (3 to 4 hours they said) they could not know for sure but thought it was the camshaft making

the noise.

I love the car but can not afford to spend a lot of money on it.

Your thoughts please.

Cliff. I wonder if you had realised that the steering wheel has a tilt mechanism. 

On the mark 4 it is a small square lever on the left of the steering column. Don't know about your model.

You can press up or down for tilt.

Warped discs ? It was with my LS400.

Pete, I think you might be right about the fuel because the problem seems to have gone away (fingers crossed)

after refilling with petrol. Surprising as it was BP.

Update on 'check engine'. Took the LS400 to my local indie (7 mechanics). They could

not find anything showing on OBD using the blinking method. I have been using it for the

last four days and the problem appears to have righted itself. Touch wood.

Many thanks Shirish, Pete and Steve for your suggestions. I shall go to my indie to have the codes read.

I seems like a 'heat' thing as yesterday my drive home took longer than usual and 'check engine' came up

a few yards from home. The coolant level is correct and there are no other warnings on the dash board.

The Battery is only a few weeks old.

I use my Mk 4 everyday and it has been running smoothly. Yesterday as I was nearing work I was caught in

traffic and at idle the engine became rough. After acceleration it felt smooth but the 'check engine' flashed up.

Continued to work (only 5 minutes). After work engine started fine and no 'check engine' came up all the way home.

Today the 'check engine' came on at almost the same point in the journey to work. Any thoughts ?

Have you checked that it has not slipped over to a 'trip' reading. I had an MOT a few years back

and the MOT guy read the trip meter instead of the real one.

Thanks all for your thoughts. Funnily enough John I went for a hearing test last week

because Madam said I was deaf. Appears my hearing is top notch. Maybe it is the selective

hearing she is moaning about.   Steve, I think the airbag route is too much for me so I shall

go to my indie if I can't fix it myself following the other suggestions.

I have discovered that the horn on my MK 4 does not work every time. The connections

at the horn end look OK. Any thoughts before I go to my Indie for investigation ?

Purely as a matter of interest would a member consider buying a CAT N (formerly D) Lexus ?

For instance: A LS600h currently advertised on eBay for just under £9000 with 115,000 miles on the clock

would probably be worth nearer £15,000 (?). The seller infers minor damage, now repaired, but surely the damage

must have been fairly major for the insurance company to write it off.

Yes Malc. The LS400 is certainly more comfortable. Over 40 mph in the MG the car

was rattling all over the place. Also the air windscreen wipers - they slowed down

the faster you went. It did, however, make a lovely throaty growl from the exhaust.

I bought it from a friend in about 1959 for £20 and stupidly sold it two years

later for £25. I then bought a 'pop-eye' sprite. I wonder what the MG is worth now ?

Mikael. Good advice for the younger Lexans but as I am approaching my eighties

I would rather drive the car than get underneath it. My first car was a 1929 M type MG (with boat back)

and I could take the whole thing apart and put it together again. Oh to be young again.