What to do? need sum imput and help.
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What to do? need sum imput and help.
I jus recently bought an sc300. The seller said it has a blown head gasket. He said he was driving it home 1 day n saw clouds of white smoke n immediately turned it off. He later took it to get it checked and the mechanic told him something about malfunction with the ecu. I tried to start the car but it would only turn over. The car also has been sitting for a yr n change so im guessing it has bad gas in it also. A friend of mine has a vvti non turbo 2jz from a is300 with ecu but no harness. I was going to swap it but i dont have the harness. Then i was thinking maybe i should jus buy a motor corresponding with the yr of my car n switch it out. Im a novice when it comes to these cars even though im sum what mechanically inclined so I dont know what to do.
My question now is..
1 Should i source a harness for the vvti motor n purchase my friends engine?
2 find a ecu for my current motor and see what it does?
Btw i still dont really know if the headgasket is really blown..the car has a brand new wp, radiator, alternator, sparkplugs,idk if that makes a difference.
any help from the locals would be greatly appreciated. Im located in Margate.
My question now is..
1 Should i source a harness for the vvti motor n purchase my friends engine?
2 find a ecu for my current motor and see what it does?
Btw i still dont really know if the headgasket is really blown..the car has a brand new wp, radiator, alternator, sparkplugs,idk if that makes a difference.
any help from the locals would be greatly appreciated. Im located in Margate.
#3
the Ecu looks fine Shameed. It doesnt have a burnt smell, doesnt have any leaking capacitors and nothing looks like it needs to be re soldered. Wish i could test it somehow but idk any1 with a sc300 like mine..are there any other diagnostic solutions to my problem?
#5
I took the car to lexus.. they told me the ecm is bad n that caused catastrofic failure...then they humured me with the "we can get ur car running again speech for $17,854"....while he was telling me that a tech walked by n told me he had a low mileage motor for my car but he has no ecm so i need to sorce 1. Isnt the ecm the same as ecu? the service advisor told me the 2 computers down there on the passenger side werent talking to each other so i need to figure out if i need both or jus 1. If any has 1 or both lmk.
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