Recent content by Highway_Star

Behold the cause of the problem. These are the 'Suction Control Valves'. £168 delivered. Took me longer to chat to a mate and have a brew than to actually change them. I removed the air filter housing lower section to facilitate access, quite straightforward once that's out of the way. The...

I had a look at these SCVs and came to the conclusion that Techstream is telling the truth. The books says to pull the connector off and measure the resistance of the SCV, should be between 1.5 and 1.7 Ohms at 20ºC. These were reading 1.2. Suction Control valves are waiting for me at the Post...

So I got 10 minutes today to plug the laptop in. Returned a code, 28(8) Fuel Pump Systems Failure (short). This is before any checks on fuel lines etc. Reading around the web it would appear that this means the ECU thinks there is a discrepancy between what the fuel pressure should be and what...

Diagnostic cable arrived on Friday, I had to ressurect an old laptop as it's much easier to get working under XP. That's done, didn't have time to go up to mum's where the LC lives presently, so plugged it into the wife's Corolla. It works! Techstream gives out a plethora of information, most...

That it does, thanks! I have them in my Range Rover and they do an excellent job of taming the famous wallow. If they're half as good on the LC I'd still be happy.

Thanks Ben, that's something else to add to the list. I've started a new thread in 90 series forum, to avoid my intro thread going way off topic.

Now on a genuine filter, the one I removed was Blueprint. Time and mucky fingers will tell.

This LC I'm about to fall heir to, it had an advisory at recent MOT about 1 rear shock with slight oil mist. Well it's no longer slight, it's leaking badly so needs replaced. The OEM shocks have lasted 14 years but we've always felt the back end is a bit lively. Without load in it tends to skip...

Agreed Beau, It's been 'cured' in the past by a couple of doses of fuel system cleaner additive. This time it's improved but not cured. And when it's in a good mode, it goes really well. Thankfully the weather is improving so I'm more keen to crawl around underneath. Really hoping there is an...

Short answer is "probably". I haven't seen a Bowden cable to the injection pump.

I'm pretty well versed with electronics, I'll be careful. I know this car has a Thatcham 2 security system, it locked me out when changing the batteries once. My local friendly garage plugged a scanner in and it gave a code about the mass AFM. But he wasn't 100% trusting it as he feels it could...

I am about to inherit a 2001 Colorado. it's the 3l intercooled common rail diesel. It was my late dad's car, he bought it new and my mum has driven it since he died 7 years ago. It's been a damned good car, very few issues. Rusty rear lights, drivers seat collapsed years ago and the passenger...

I'm learning a lot here. It is manual 5 speed. The box is a bit clunky but not in the league of say the LT85 in a Land Rover. This wee green LC isn't lacking in power, when it's working properly. It's this intermittent lack of oomph that is frustrating right now. The 10k spray made it...

Ok, this is all goof and useful. It does have a GX badge, I seem to remember my dad waiting before ordering it, something to do with a new engine. Would that be direct injection? The fuel lines being corroded and maybe sucking in air has occurred to me. The underside is in reasonable...