Recent content by David Rodgers

Thanks Malleus, On passenger side (US) the o2 wire looks like it dives down over the fender. I haven’t spent too much time over the weekend checking it out. But, will the o2 electrical connector pull through or will I have to pull the wires out of the o2 connector so that I can pull it through...

Thanks, pulling the engine soon and want to make sure I don’t miss anything. Doing it by myself so that should be fun.

Where does this small wire connected to the wiring harness go to? I don’t see it in the manual.

I wonder if putting a lot of Dielectric grease on it would help or hurt if I have to pull it again in 15 yrs?

What a pain. I’m pulling the engine and this was the worst part :) I hate these fiddly things that you can’t see.

I got it. Way worse that I thought it would be. The tab looks like it doesn’t do anything. You’re supposed to depress the button and it releases but I don’t see how that helps. From the help fr you guys, I was able to put a small screw driver between the connectors and then pry on the edge of...

So, based on the picture, go up with that tab?

Is mine broken(missing tab)? The other connectors came apart easily.

Pull apart connector. Does anyone know how to separate this connector. Under the dash, pulling harness. My thumbs are sore and I’m about to pull out my sawzall.

Pretty much. Incorrect mechanics guesses. Hard to diagnose, seemingly random issue. I don’t know if I’m going to do anything about it since they did put in new head gaskets, machined heads, valves (seats and oil seals, valley gaskets. Valve gaskets, spark plugs, etc…EGR). Still deciding.

I guess the EGR got a little more clogged each day, misfiring probably got it worse and worse (causing lights and misfires more frequently).

Ok, weeks later. I’ll bet that no one can guess. And the winner is…bad EGR. 4-5 mechanics down the line, like 6 coils, new head gaskets, new wire harness on cylinder 7 and about $10000 (and almost a year later of recurring symptoms). After the lights came back on the day after we got it back...

Not so fast. It gets worse. I picked up the car. It was less that the rep thought. $8100 was the final cost. Picked it up, 2 days later lights are back and engine is stumbling. Towing it tomorrow morning back to the dealership. Replaced head gaskets, got heads machined. Same exact problem...

Head gasket. $10000 at Lexus dealership. Gave us a courtesy car for a month. Lost on this car in the car casino game of life. 145000 miles or so. Had record of regular maintenance the entire time of the vehicle. Never overheated while we had it. We had it a year and a half before this.