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Can you see the ground through the top of your engine bay?

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Old 03-11-14, 03:28 PM
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Default Can you see the ground through the top of your engine bay?

Here's something easy you can check for me the next time you open your hood on a sunny day. Look down... can you see the ground?

I can... so.... am I missing something under my engine? Just wondering if those underbody sprays from the car wash should be being blocked by something or not. Still trying to figure out why I get a rear o2 high voltage code sometimes after going through the automatic car wash and my best guess is still some wiring getting wet that shouldn't be.

I do have the piece at the very front ... which kind of curves up into the bumper.
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Yes, I can see the ground.
Every time I took my car to a car self wash bay in the winter, I hosed the car underbody like crazy to wash away the salt.

The front piece I have too.
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That salt will eat it up
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Maybe your engine is missing. :lol:
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I can't, GS430 though.... I have a under cover piece. my whole bottom is closed up......

This is to help aerodynamically and help with the cooling system of our cars, to keep it cooling efficiently.

Matter of fact the GS450h is the same, a underbody cover.
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http://lexus.sewellparts.com/oem-cat...S350-2007.html

I'm pretty sure I have the front part: 51441D
But... the other part, No. 2 - No... but for some reason it is specified only for the RWD version and I have AWD: 51442E

The actual picture I believe for 5144D is for the RWD one, the AWD one if you search around the internet appears to not have the oil change access hatch.

I was really hoping it was just a matter of a piece of plastic missing from some retarded lexus technician that took it off and never put it back on (highly suspected by myself since one time they gave me my car back completely devoid of my top engine cover pretty pieces and then couldn't "find" them for like a week?!). Otherwise ugh, the car wash code which appears to be a short circuit is driving me crazy because I can't figure out where the water is getting to cause it and it stays with me pretty much until things dry themselves out.

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I cannot see the ground, the bottom is all covered by those plastic covers. Although I ended up scraping enough where it ended up hanging on by a flap and I just ended taking it off.
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Like everyone else said. There is an underbody cover for me.
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Originally Posted by BinaryJay
http://lexus.sewellparts.com/oem-cat...S350-2007.html

I'm pretty sure I have the front part: 51441D
But... the other part, No. 2 - No... but for some reason it is specified only for the RWD version and I have AWD: 51442E

The actual picture I believe for 5144D is for the RWD one, the AWD one if you search around the internet appears to not have the oil change access hatch.

I was really hoping it was just a matter of a piece of plastic missing from some retarded lexus technician that took it off and never put it back on (highly suspected by myself since one time they gave me my car back completely devoid of my top engine cover pretty pieces and then couldn't "find" them for like a week?!). Otherwise ugh, the car wash code which appears to be a short circuit is driving me crazy because I can't figure out where the water is getting to cause it and it stays with me pretty much until things dry themselves out.
No wonder u asked about it LOL...... what codes are being thrown by the OBD scanner?

The dealer always fubars my engine bay covers up... It completely drives me mad sometimes.... Last time they forgot a screw, and I've reminded them maybe 4 times now, that one of my headlight screws are missing.....

Along with them losing my screw tabs that hold the engine bay covers on.... I'm about to order 50 of those tabs just in case LOL
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So it's just RWD that is sealed completely up and AWD isn't?
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Take a picture of what your talking about I have a AWD GS350 all is sealed.
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