and was just woundering where would the MAF be located

 

its behind the air box.

 

The MAF is the black part screwed on the metallic intake right behind the air filter box

u dont have to remove all the metallic thing to clean the MAF just the black one - to unplug it, just unplug it lol - DO NOT REMOVE THE MAF AND DRIVE THE CAR, just unplug the wires

 

ok thanks guys but I am thinking that its going to be the spark plugs but ...that intake manifold..WOW used the search but heavy amounts of removal

 

If you swap MAF's without resetting the ECU, it's a worthless venture.

On a side note for some of you: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/2493934-post7.html

 

soaringsc3 trust me it is a very easy procedure - as long as you are doing in the day light, and as long as you played Lego when you were young, you'll take it apart and put it back together in a blink

I can tell you the step by step way to reach these spark plugs if you want

let me know