guyc

Hi everyone,
I have my first problem with my car and of course its after my warranty ended so I'm sol. i have to smog my car for registration but my check engine is on and it wont pass.i took it down to Lexus in van nuys California and had the head mechanic look at it and he told me that he got a code for misfiring of the driver side 4 cylinders and a o2 sensor code and to replace the o2 sensor and it should be fine as the coils are OK. But they just wanted way to much to get it done so i took it to my local mechanic he put it on the diagnosis computer and got the same codes for misfiring of the driver side 4 cylinders and a o2 sensor code so we replaced the plugs(just in case) an the sensor but the misfiring and the check engine light came back after 1 day. they checked all the wiring and they couldn't find any thing wrong. what do i do is there any one out there that has had this issue or know what i need to do. any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Guy

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Check the 2GS forum you might have better luck?

tfischer

I don't think that, even in California, smog is a verb.

guyc

Does anybody have an idea?

robsvdp

While not the Queen's english, in California it is very common to get one's car "smogged", or to smog your car. Very few people go to the lengths of saying "I need to take my car for a smog check". As for the problem: is it possible that the new O2 sensor is bad too?

Lexmex

Just a thought, and maybe I didn't read this right above, but did they try changing the coils on the bad side and replacing them with the coils on the other side of the engine? Chances are if misfire does keep coming up...then there is something wrong with one or more of the coils. Would be interested to know the actual codes.

aquanuke

Don't think the queen would know what a smog test was, she calls it an mot test

I would also guess a faulty 02 sensor. Was it Lexus one or a cheap eBay one you fitted?

Lexmex

If for some reason even after coils are changed out and still an issue, I'd focus squarely on an issue with the injectors (blockage, faulty).

Lexmex

I also like that term used in the U.K. known as a tax disc.

Roofless

Verb? Even in California?

California invented smog, and later the smog test. Of course, we verbed it.

Topically, we also verbed the placing of flowers on Rose Bowl floats. If you're placing carnations on the float, you are "carning" and if you're placing roses, you are "rosing."

Look for the Bank of America float in this year's parade. For two weeks, I carned and rosed that organic behemoth.

(Yeah, I know - "verbed" is probably not a gerund, even in California. )

1NICESC430

It ain't easy going back to my grammar school days in the 40's, but if I'm not mistaken, a gerund is a verb masquerading as a noun. Because "verb" is a noun, it can't be a gerund.

If you want to make a verb out of "verb", eg, "She verbed him until he strangled her", then I suppose you can make a gerund out of the verb, "verb" (this is reverberating), eg, "Verbing among Rose Bowl nuts is commonplace."

Now I'm off to rose my sweetheart and carn my lapel.

tfischer

That's great!
Let's add that to the end of our Club Lexus motto and make it "Keep hangin' n' bangin' n' verbin'."