DedBirdDog

It was parked for 6 days. 6 days. I go out to start it up and BAM...immediate CEL appearance and once I started driving the car would not shift beyond 5th gear. Clearly it was in limp mode. Ok, fine. I put my OBD II scanner on it and came up with P032C which is Knock Sensor 3 Circuit Low. A simple clear and it came back immediately. Not a good sign. So I google the code and it leads me back here to this thread:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...ing-codes.html

Spudo769's situation sounds eerily similar so off it goes to my indy mechanic with an advisory...check for varmints. He laughs and says ok.

Two days later he calls and says "How did you know?" Here are the pictures he sent me:







He also found a very slow coolant leak that was I had suspected but wasn't about to go pulling the entire intake manifold to find. A quick search of the forum here shows a number of posts about similar leaks and I can't help but wonder how many of these cars are doing it because it is a very slow leak and doesn't show as the V-8 valley contains it.

At any rate, my comprehensive insurance is covering all but the $100 deductible. The lesson here kids is that varmints like these cars as much as we do. If you are parking in a rural area, beware.

Tec80

The coolant leak is what attracted them, because it tastes sweet (even though it is poisonous).

DedBirdDog

I only hope they died from it.

Spudo769

Wow, those look like my pictures from 2017! Those knock sensor wires must be extra tasty! I am glad you got the issue fixed, i haven't had a single problem since then, but good reason to run the car every day.

DedBirdDog

Your post from 2017 was of incredible value Spudo. Thanks for sharing it.

Spudo769

Only a slight amount of the value I have gotten from this group.

TriC

It's excellent that your comprehensive insurance has covered the cost to repair the damage!

Spudo769

Animal damage, just like hitting a deer.

DedBirdDog

Total bill was a shade over $1800. And the bonus of getting the coolant leak through the heat exchanger fixed at the same time was more than worth it for the $100 deductible.

Chuckinnj

I have had excellent results with placing FRESH CAB packs in the engine bay to keep mice from nesting in my outside parked cars. www.earthkind.com