I posted about a month ago concerning a salvage title LX450.....well, for better or worse, I bought it. Spent a full 9 hours between me and my buddy (who has some experience with salvage vehicles, and did not find anything majorly wrong with it.
So anyway, it's a 97, 65,000 miles, not locked (as of yet). The only slight problem has been the CEL with a 300 code (random/multiple cylinder misfire). I cannot feel it misfire and it seems to only do it under heavy acceleration. I was leaning towards the mess of wires under the EGR, but today I stopped by the Lexus dealership to pull service records, and they had it in for the CEL saga. The guy told me that they had found corrosion under the instrument panel and had replaced a couple of connectors at the ECU, thinking that it was caused or was getting a false signal there. But he had no idea how everything would have gotten wet in the first place.
When I get home, I started poking around and sure enough, there is a lot of rust under there. Even found new drips. Eventually, my search led me to the lower driver side corner of the windshield, where I found a leak. So, I am planning to bring it to an auto glass place and have them reseal the glass.
Have any of you had the glass leak and drip onto all of the electronics and cause problems? I have searched everything that I can find, which is why I was leaning towards the EGR problem in the first place. Thanks in advance for the help!!!
Pics-sorry they are a little fuzzy.....
So anyway, it's a 97, 65,000 miles, not locked (as of yet). The only slight problem has been the CEL with a 300 code (random/multiple cylinder misfire). I cannot feel it misfire and it seems to only do it under heavy acceleration. I was leaning towards the mess of wires under the EGR, but today I stopped by the Lexus dealership to pull service records, and they had it in for the CEL saga. The guy told me that they had found corrosion under the instrument panel and had replaced a couple of connectors at the ECU, thinking that it was caused or was getting a false signal there. But he had no idea how everything would have gotten wet in the first place.
When I get home, I started poking around and sure enough, there is a lot of rust under there. Even found new drips. Eventually, my search led me to the lower driver side corner of the windshield, where I found a leak. So, I am planning to bring it to an auto glass place and have them reseal the glass.
Have any of you had the glass leak and drip onto all of the electronics and cause problems? I have searched everything that I can find, which is why I was leaning towards the EGR problem in the first place. Thanks in advance for the help!!!
Pics-sorry they are a little fuzzy.....