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Hi guys, Well I am getting a bit frustrated with my car at the moment. I have an IS200 (1999) Manual with TTE supercharger and the engine cuts out while driving. To be exact: I am driving along. No warning lights are on on the dash. Then out of nowhere the engine stops and the rpms start to drop. Then 1-2 seconds after the engine stops the lights go on on the dashboard. As if I am standing still and turned the key to the most right position before actually starting the engine. So I turn the car of the road and wait for a bit. Sometimes this takes an hour, sometimes (like today) it took 5 min tops. During that time I attempt to start the car. It turns over and seems to run for one second then dies again. If I do this often quickly it doesn't turn over I just hear the starter motor. If I wait long enough ( 5 - 60 minutes) and try again it starts as if it never had any problems at all. No weird noises. No difference in power. And I can drive for another few hundred miles/kilometers. Also the engine light is not on after starting the car again. After removing the battery or keeping everything connected and just waiting. I have an obd2 reader but I don't know if all obd2 readers can see the same amount of errors. At the moment I don't see any. Things I did so far expect searching: - Replaced driver side junction box. There was a tiny bit of water in there a few months ago. We first removed it and dried it. Making the lights work normally again. But since then I have been having this random engine cut problem. Last weekend I replaced it in the hope that it would fix this but this morning the problem came back. These where changed 2 weeks ago but the problems have been there for a few months. - Changed timing - Changed all belts related to supercharger, airco, powersteering, waterpump. - Changed oilpump and since we where there we also changed the waterpump - Changed Oil and coolant. Things I thought might be it? Maybe the supercharger piggyback ECU doesn't work anymore. Mine is a black square shaped one. I thought this "couldn't" be it because my engine light doesn't come on and with everybody that had this problem the engine light seemd to go on. Short version: No engine light on after (re)starting the engine = no problem with piggy back ecu. If I am wrong on this assumption please let me know :) I'd happily get the HKS FCD or something like it. Hoping any of you knows what is up. Also if I pop the hood and insert the key (not turn it) I here a click from the engine junction box. I think this is normal because of the key inserting. Then if I turn it all the way to the right before starting the car. I hear click click as if a relay is going on off or off on. I don't know if that is normal?

Thx Stav, Making them bigger is definitely a good idea. With more light I now see the old screws are still in there. This kind of leaves me with the last question. What can I remove to drive the car safely so I can bring it to my brothers garage. (140 KM away) btw this is Lexus_lee's old IS200. I think I saw you at the exchange in Eindhoven.

Apparently clicking the "Attach This File" button helps when adding pictures... :)

Hi guys, Just a few days ago the screws on my (IS200) TTE supercharger cover went lose and "disappeared" the one you see on the picture just falls out so I removed it as well. I haven't driven the car since as I was curious how it works. -What kind of screws go in there? I thought I read here it's M5 but they didn't fit or maybe I got the wrong ones.... -What does the cover do? Can it cause me to lose boost? That was the reason why I opened the hood and found the screws missing. I am pretty sure I can find leaks as was suggested in another thread. But since I am unsure on what the cover does, so I didn't want to run the engine. -If next time something happens with the supercharger how can I "disconnect" it properly? Is it just removing the cable that goes from the engine throttle to the "handle that lets the air from the compressor into the engine". Sorry english is not my native language ;). And removing the belt between the supercharger and the engine I hope you guys can help. Bonus questions: (aka I haven't searched for these a lot yet) - What kind of ODBII cable can you recommend (USB is the only requirement) Most compatible preferred, price is not the biggest concern. - Can I get a kit / sensor to see the amount of boost? I prefer to get it in a digital way so I can put it in a carputer/super small lcd.