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Anyone know what these plastic things are? The broke off the bottom of my ES 330!

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Old 01-03-16, 01:41 PM
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Default Anyone know what these plastic things are? The broke off the bottom of my ES 330!

After driving over an big ice rock getting out of a parking spot, these small plastic parts came off the bottom of my 2006 ES 330. What are they?



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They look to me to be spark plug wire separators. Like these, but the dealer will have the exact ones.....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spectre-OE-S...JWcHs8&vxp=mtr
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Or they could be the clips that hold the brake/fuel lines under the car.
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Most likely, the ice chunk knocked them out of the belly pan, where they were already lying loose.

I've been under the car many times and I just don't recall anything like that readily exposed down low. Nor do they look like something Toyota or another maker would put in that kind of position.

Corkman is probably right and they were down there from some prior service and the tech did not want to fish them out after dropping them.
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interesting! Do you think it's ignorable? Toss them in a drawer and forget about them?
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Originally Posted by Oro
I've been under the car many times and I just don't recall anything like that readily exposed down low. Nor do they look like something Toyota or another maker would put in that kind of position.
I wouldn't say readily exposed but there are a whole bunch of these things on the floor pan. Item #13 looks a lot like one of the clips in the picture he posted.

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Originally Posted by Lexus2000
I wouldn't say readily exposed but there are a whole bunch of these things on the floor pan. Item #13 looks a lot like one of the clips in the picture he posted.

I think you're right!!!! What is that line, Fuel?? And the better question, are those clips important enough to worry about a couple of them falling off?
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Worldwides This group can get to the bottom of thing (literally) In Lexus2000 find that looks like a brake line. I would get a visual on that to be safe.
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Originally Posted by Corkman
Worldwides This group can get to the bottom of thing (literally) In Lexus2000 find that looks like a brake line. I would get a visual on that to be safe.
Hahaha nice pun . do you know how dangerous it is to just leave it be? (I have no idea how important those brake line clips actually are).
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Probably both brake and fuel lines, or maybe just fuel. Either way they are important you don't want the lines flapping around and snagging on something if that happens a simple repair will turn into a very expensive one.

Part number is 77298-06040 there are three of them total looks like you need to order two.
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Originally Posted by Lexus2000
Probably both brake and fuel lines, or maybe just fuel. Either way they are important you don't want the lines flapping around and snagging on something if that happens a simple repair will turn into a very expensive one.

Part number is 77298-06040 there are three of them total looks like you need to order two.
you guys are awesome! I would have never been able to figure this out without the help of fellow lexus owners and experts!
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It's the brake line holders. The brake lines run along the drivers side of the car.
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