Adam Evans

Engine mount part numbers are 12361-50100

Looks like from amayama they are about £80 each so I would be expect about £130+vat each in UK

Looks like 12371-50060 is the transmission mount

Amayama is about £26 again I would expect £50+vat in UK

I honestly don't know

What I do know is that it does 3100 at 100mph though which doesn't seem a lot at all

So yes it is on because of a faulty wear sensor !!

I know the outside temperature was 16°C but this was only 5 minutes ticking over outside the house.

I wonder what it would be like at 2500rpm cruising on the motorway

Is that cold enough ????

31°F AKA -0.55°C !!!!!

That was still cooling down too !!!

I have had it at 29°F

If you notice it is set at 16°C on the temp, If I set it to cold it is literally freezing

Yup when I go though the settings it says caution low fuel, but I don't care, I have a full tank of gas !!!

Or it could be the rear brake wear indicator, its been playing up recently eventhough my pads are new !!!

I got mine done at ATS when they did my tyres too and they worked me out a fantastic deal (Think it was £25) and it took the full 1000g of r134a !!!

Please note that in the picture the thermometer is Fahrenheit

As you can see from the trip I had just reset it but take a look at these photos

And no, the average wasn't set going downhill !!!

It went upto 35 at one point but stayed roughly around that point

I like it when my car runs well !!!

Colin, I usually get the same mpg as you do on local routes, but after driving a lot of motorway miles I was curious to see what my consumption would be. By the way, in Belgium where I filled up on the way to Germany, the price of autogas there was 59.9 Cents per litre. That's the equivalent of 49p a litre here!! We are really getting ripped-off big time in the U.K. I pay between 71.9 and 73.9 around my way.

Was that the Texaco garage on the motorway !!!! They want you to estimate how much fuel you need and pre-pay first.

I come straight off the boat at Dunkerque and put my foot down, about 10 miles down the road the LPG bleeped and I ended up driving the rest of the journey to that fuel station on petrol fumes left over from England.

That is the most economically I have ever driven. Literally, wipers on slow, cruise control set at 50mph, no radio, no heaters. It was like the Apollo 13 mission

Sounds like your car is not tuned up properly Messi

I had this problem with mine when it was first done

If the car runs too weak it dumps more fuel in resulting in the computer saying that it is running too rich and shows awful MPG and visa-versa

If it is tuned spot on then the computer should read exactly the same on petrol and LPG

The best my computer showed was filling up at the German-Polish border on LPG the car was fully laden with a boot full and 3 people with air-con lights and hot-bots on and I got it to show 38mpg over an average of 50 miles at 55mph

But over that run it was 2500 miles most of which was done at speeds of over 85mph and in the same conditions in the middle of winter and my car averaged 20mpg. So I did 2500 miles for roughly £350

It showed 24 on the computer but I work MPG out from full to empty on how many litres my car takes

I think if Messi did this he would find out that his car is probably doing between 16-22mpg around town and 20-26mpg on the motorway

Of course I am joking !!!!

But to be fair those back seats are comfy :P

But it all got me thinking about how much fuel I use sitting in traffic jams and if Stop Start technology really does make a car more efficient

And is it something that could be added aftermarket

Basically I am trying to convince the partner to let me buy an AC machine for the summer as I don't like sticky nights but she isn't budging and won't let me buy one so I think I am going to sleep in the car !!!

I'm only 5'7 anyway and have slept on the back seats in Dover waiting for the ferry to France and it is actually really comfortable

All the toys are closer than in my bedroom too

In the car I have a reading light a phone charger and a hanger all within arms reach :P

Any idea what the consumption is per hour of the ls400 ticking over ??

Done !!!!!!

Brilliant quick fix

However I will over engineer it at some point as I can feel the cold air leaking out, I plan to seal it all up and add a non-return valve so that the air can circulate inside there, It looks relatively easy to do !!

Just had a thought !!!!

I own a LS400 that does not have a coolbox like the 430 however .............. I want one !!!

Is there anyone that has adapted the piping to the rear aircon vents on the back on the console and fabricated a vent to cool down the lower storage department in the centre console

Just a thought now as my aircon is ICE cold and I would love to use it to cool down the beers !!!

Try these for cover ADAC

http://www.adac.de/mitgliedschaft/adac_membership/default.aspx

They will recover you and your passengers in ANY car from ANY European country to a garage of your choice

For example car breaks down in south of Spain they recover your car back to home in UK and put you on a flight to meet your car at the other side

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1133193

The beauty about ADAC is that you are insured in ANY car (like German insurance) and if you break down in UK they pay for AA to come and get you !!!

Also I remember before I knew about ADAC I used AA for European breakdown cover and they said that that cover didn't cover me for every day driving in UK as the UK is not mainland Europe !!!! That cost me £257 for a full year

Anywayyyyyyyy..... Use ADAC and buy for you and a partner and it will cost you about £90 all that they ask you is that when in England if you don't have to use them then please don't as they get ripped off by AA !!! (Exact words when I rang them to order over the phone)

I had to use them in Germany, It is basically a repatriation company and to be fair to them they got me to where I needed to be so I am really happy with their service

Ill tell you what is pretty ugly about my LS400

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All the cobwebs in the engine bay because I never have to lift the bonnet because it doesn't break down

How awful is this !!!!!!!

Hahahaha its been painted with a breeze block !!!!!

you can actually get chrome paint these days

I will try and upload a photo of my y-piece after it was welded

If it is done right get it welded but if not then someone will quite easily make a pigs ear of it.

Whoever repairs it for you get them to do it in situ because if you try and undo the bolts and lambdas you run the risk of it all snapping and then you willl need new gaskets and the chances are it will probably blow there then when it is put back together

Hi Clunkfish,

Clearly you didn't read my original post.

No hearsay supposition or in fact rumour here old son, contacted previous owner who confirmed mileage.

Good luck with your purchase from this parasite, buyer beware.

I did read your post.

I know that honest mistakes can happen, and that too much can be read into them; I also know that there are scoundrels who will rip you off without scruple.

My contribution to this debate was to point out that I have actually met the guy and done business with him, unlike everyone else offering their opinions as to his trustworthiness. I had no problems. Therefore, at the moment, it is more reasonable to assume that it was an honest mistake.

Even if it was not, clocking a 15 year old LS400 to 163K from 183K is not exactly the crime of the century. How much difference, realistically, does it make to the value of the car? £50?

Yeah in the great scheme of things 20000 miles is not a big deal

However if the timing belt was due at 180k and he has just gave it a haircut so an unsuspecting buyer thinks they have a good 18months trouble free driving then that could be drastic

You are right about the over all value of a car not altering much but would you seriously pay £2K on a car that needs the best part of £500-£750 on service bits

From the add

Timing/Cam belt replaced at 123,000 Miles again at Lexus with Invoice, so that's not due for replacement until 223,000 miles.

But the little word "import" will double the premium

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Anyway this is gone well off topic now can we close it here please

I stick to the inside lane where I can and then overtake if there is someone in my way and then undertake when the road is clear in front of me

What is wrong with this ?

By the way can you find the EXACT law in the road traffic act to back up your previous point please, I have looked for it but it seems to have been ruled out in 1972 and replaced with "careless driving" which is basically the discression of the officer who accuses you of the offence.

Yes I put my foot down in a car that I know can handle them speeds just because I had a BMW on my rear bumper, I had a clear road ahead of me and I was trying to keep a safe distance from my rear bumper to his front bumper because the driver behind clearly wasn't, when I thought the safe distance was achieved I pulled over and slowed back down to a speed where I felt SAFER driving at.

I was not scared to be at these speeds I was just scared to take my eyes off of the road. It is a bit different as I don't think anyone is relaxed at them sort of speeds and I wanted to give my driving 100% of my attention. It must of worked because I made it home in 1 piece !!!