Hey guys. Here are some pics of my 1994 GS 300 with about 120K on the clock.







As of right now the car is bone stock and I've got a lot of maintenance to do, however, there is one big problem.
The car had a major malfunction last week. CEL light came on at 30 MPH and car died fast like it hit a fuel cut. Afterwards, while leaning over engine bay with the key turned to ON position, I could hear an occasional and random sound (crackling sound) from near the fuel rail. At first I thought the sound was wires arcing but I later realized the sound was the random firing of injectors. I removed the key but only after my brother and I pushed the car a mile home.

My cars problem sounda a lot like Kruso's issue here https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...ing-prize.html


I'm looking for help with the following:
- Should I be worried about hyrdolock, if so should I pull the plugs?
- Car wont start and I think it’s the ECU. I found the ECU and am going to remove it and replace with a used one. Maybe a cap has leaked and shorted the injector driver? Any thought on this?
- CEL light is ON and I tried to retrieve codes by jumping the terminal w/ paperclip. No change to CEL (no flashing just constant light). Can a fried ECU make code retrieval impossibe? I am assuming this is dielectric grease on my data link connector?

Any info or advice would be appreciated

 

I say take it to a pro! Your car is beautiful!

 

these problems I keep hearing about makes me just wanna do an Aristo swap... I get stuck trying to maintain mine...

 

ECU failure.

Kruso

 

get those codes read and start from there, autozone does it free or just buy an inexpensive one if you plan on modifying this car you'll more than likely need it down the road. so its not a bad investment.