VERY Major issues... CEL Blinking
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What's going on guys....
I'm gonna cut to the chase...
I was driving my car a couple days ago and the car started jerking and sputtering at a stop light. But it didn't cut off. It never did this before. So the rest of the ride to work was smooth sailing.
Later on in the day when it was time to go home, the car drove fine. Until I got close to home and it did it again. This time it didn't stop... I only could try to put it in neutral to ease the violent shaking. The vsc lights came on and check engine.
Then now I took it to the mechanic and on the way there the check engine starts blinking. The brake booster also seems to be on its way out .when i pulled into a gas
station I started hearing buzzing and it didn't really wanna stop the car.
Also I noticed that the exhaust was smelling strongly.
Anyone know about the shaking issue? I just dropped off the car and left because I had some stuff to do. I didn't even get to talk to the mechanic
I'm gonna cut to the chase...
I was driving my car a couple days ago and the car started jerking and sputtering at a stop light. But it didn't cut off. It never did this before. So the rest of the ride to work was smooth sailing.
Later on in the day when it was time to go home, the car drove fine. Until I got close to home and it did it again. This time it didn't stop... I only could try to put it in neutral to ease the violent shaking. The vsc lights came on and check engine.
Then now I took it to the mechanic and on the way there the check engine starts blinking. The brake booster also seems to be on its way out .when i pulled into a gas
station I started hearing buzzing and it didn't really wanna stop the car.
Also I noticed that the exhaust was smelling strongly.
Anyone know about the shaking issue? I just dropped off the car and left because I had some stuff to do. I didn't even get to talk to the mechanic
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had this happen to me during my quest to be supercharged.
You have a misfire (at least I did). I installed new injectors and my wiring wasn't the best at first so every now and then car would sputter or shake and the cel light would start flashing. I read this with my obdII scanner and it was a misfire. I cleaned up the wiring and no more cel light. In your case you should check the injectors/plugs wiring and so on.
You have a misfire (at least I did). I installed new injectors and my wiring wasn't the best at first so every now and then car would sputter or shake and the cel light would start flashing. I read this with my obdII scanner and it was a misfire. I cleaned up the wiring and no more cel light. In your case you should check the injectors/plugs wiring and so on.
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gs 400 so we are talking the 1uz motor here.
you know its weird that I'm having all of these misfiring issues (if it is that) and I did the timing belt and water pump along with a full tune up just at the beginning of September.
so plugs, distributors etc are all new
you know its weird that I'm having all of these misfiring issues (if it is that) and I did the timing belt and water pump along with a full tune up just at the beginning of September.
so plugs, distributors etc are all new
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UPDATE
my mechanic called me earlier today and said it was the oil control valve.
It would only cost about 100 bucks from Lexus.
I explained my fear of the blinking CEL but he said that the blinking CEL usually means that there is a problem that could potentially damage the catalytic converter. so that should be some thing I could expect in the near future.
my mechanic called me earlier today and said it was the oil control valve.
It would only cost about 100 bucks from Lexus.
I explained my fear of the blinking CEL but he said that the blinking CEL usually means that there is a problem that could potentially damage the catalytic converter. so that should be some thing I could expect in the near future.