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Old 08-05-12, 05:00 PM
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I have a 95 gs300 touring, i noticed some smoke coming from the right side of the car. I'm sure something is leaking i just dont know what or from where? whatever it is,it's not leaking on the ground. It drips and hits the exsaults ,becaus the pipe is hot it give off smoke. So my question is what is located above the exsaults that could be dripping ?????
Old 08-06-12, 05:44 AM
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most likely a cooling hose. water pump and a pipe with a few hoses run around that side of the block too
Old 08-06-12, 05:04 PM
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If there is smoke coming from the exhaust side, its could be the gasket thats leaking or the manifold is cracked. It could also be the valve cover leaking oil onto the manifold.
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ok it's oil leaking i finally seen it on the ground. i'm about to panic i hope i didnt get taken for a run. The car runs great and i'm checking the oil daily. It's not leaking fast because the oil level hv been the same everytime i've check it. and the smoke doesnt come out of the tail pipe or from under the hood., it come from under the car. The oil is hitting the exhaust while its hot,and that's giving me smoke.
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probably the valve cover gaskets then
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Ok it's me again. My 95 lexus gs300 won't start. My coolent light came on today. I checked it and it was a lil bit low but not much. The light didnt go off so i unhooked the battery and turn the key because someone told me that would clear out the errors in the computer. Now my car won't start. How do i reset the computer to get my car to start???? I've left the battery unhooked hopefully it will reset itself by in the morning.

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Old 09-06-12, 06:22 PM
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That is not alot of info to go on. Does it crank? Does it not crank? Are sure the battery is a good battery? If the engine doesn't crank have you tried jump starting the car?
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its not the battery. and no it wont crank at all. but all dash lights work
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i jump it just in case it was the battery . this didn't start until i unhooked the battery and turn the key to clear the computer.
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the oil could be from the distributor seal leaking. changed mine and it also helped with some odd hesitation when off throttle.
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I hv rattled my brain all night trying to figure out what i did to my car. But i think i hv set the anti theft system. I hv lights,radio,horn ect. but egine won't start. I disconnected my battery and turn the key trying to clear out a erro. but some how it set the kill swicth on the engine. It's not the battery,and i've tried a few things i found online regaurding disarming it but nothing has worked so far. It's a 95 gs 300 and i don't hv the remote to it. How do i disable the anti theft system?
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What part of florida are located?
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Do you have the owners manual it tells you how to disarm the factory security system I just can't remember the steps off the top of my head
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