lawler999

I think the ones from sc430 mods are all tested before he sells them and he probably sources them from a more reputable supplier , if your only paying £30 I wouldn't expect it to be that good, or to last very long .

Don't assume it's the fuel cap I'm sure P0420 can be several things , the tiniest exhaust leak near to the cats can cause this code .

Had no problems with my battery since I fitted the remote battery isolator , will do some more investigation when the weather gets better as to where my drain could be coming from , but it's nice to know I can leave it for months if I want and it will start when needed .

I just couldn't be bothered to take mine in 😂

I agree with mr2lad , your first post on here and your basically putting others down , and then proclaiming to be the saviour of the lexus sc430 . You put lexus on the map ,and helped put the prices up to what they are today 🤣 Next you will be telling us you can cure cancer and turn water into wine .

Congratulations on your purchase , let's see some piccies then

I'll have a word with Juan and find out .

Here's the link for the one I bought if anyones interested . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225741715521?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=57riy_92qve&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=484skHs8RUe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Not used the car for a couple of days , battery was showing 12.7v today when I went out this morning , fuel trims having to be re learnt is a bit of a pain as you can see the mpg is lower but I can live with that .

Always fancied an XK myself , lovely shape , more pics please

I think the auto position is when the column goes in when you take the key out and then resets to the same position when you get back in the car . Techstream should be able to disable the auto function , so you can still manually set the column to where you want it using the buttons and it stays where it is unless you move it yourself .

Battery was fine again today . Car idled OK and shifted OK considering everything had been isolated parameters relearned . I will disable the automatic steering column using techstream as that's a bit of a pain .

Where's the alarm battery back up battery ? That would be protected by one of the fuses in the fuse boxes though so would show up on my tester , still worth disconnecting though .

The one you have showed from halfords is a mechanical isolator switch so you have got to lift the bonnet everytime you want to isolate the battery . This is what I have fitted , it works from a small remote fob. Yes it will isolate your alarm as well , it will isolate everything on the car , these cars just do not get pinched , let's face it most people don't know what they are and they don't make a good getaway car with only 2 doors 😉

I agree finding the parasitic draw would be better but I bought one of these https://cpc.farnell.com/tenma/ten01047/automotive-current-tester-mini/dp/IN05470 and tested every fuse in the car , I tricked the car into thinking the doors were closed and like I said earlier I could only find a 20 milliamp draw. The tool I used seemed to work as i could see the draw on the circuits drop to zero as the car went to sleep . I have heard that you can get a parasitic draw outside of the fuses , like direct from the alternator, but I can't see how , I thought everything on a car went through a fuse ? I have also removed an old tracker that was previously fitted to the car and also removed the alarm sensor under the gear shifter ( which Paul Frost suggested) . I understand the car will have to relearn certain things after being shut down for a few days but that's something I'm going to have to put up with at this moment in time . https://youtu.be/r7m2xiVn_i4?si=lZlHsvntX0RrjzD8