Going crazy with ES300 - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

stas101 · 01-15-2005, 09:38 PM

Hello everyone.I'm new to this forum, since I ran into it out of desperation...My '95 Lexus ES300 just gave me a headache which is killing me...First, I ran into some crap on the road during the last snow fall in Chicago and guess what, it made a hole in my fuel tank and I had it replaced..Than I had to replace the catalytic converter and now, after I drove for a couple of days, I smelled some gas inside, opened the cover and noticed that those spots near fuel injectors are full of gasoline and it's coming right from under the three front fuel injectors...I noticed there are two small rubber hoses brocken, that go on top of the bar that presses the fuel injectors down (there is a small connector those two tiny rubber hoses are connected to) and I can sense one of the hoses sucking the air in...I was wondering if anyone could help me with this, what could the problem be???? why is gasoline coming from under fuel injectors??? I'm not really mechanicly profound, so excuse my explanations... Thank you very very much in advance...

Toysrme · 01-16-2005, 01:29 AM

I'm NOT newbie bashing in any way, shape, or form; I'm enlightening you.
You have answered EVERY question you have on your own.

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I noticed there are two small rubber hoses brocken, that go on top of the bar that presses the fuel injectors down

Your fuel lines that pressurize the fuel rail(that's what the injectors plug into) are cracked.
Replace them with rubber hose(NOT SILICONE) and fix the problem PRONTO before you kill the engine from being too lean!!!

That will explain your engine running funny and why your cat blew out. Fuel+heat +cat=no cat^short order.

karugs · 01-16-2005, 02:35 AM

Toysrme, with your very detailed replies I'm beginning to wonder why you got banned...

Toysrme · 01-16-2005, 02:44 AM

I tend to fly off the handle at times.
It's not a bad ratio to posts, but I can really go off.

It's passion man.

The "official" reason ratko gave was that I was "Controversial".
Which is basically translates from "moderator with a scope on my head" language to looking at the fact that "I know the forum rules, and have no problem walking right up to them, but not breaking them." in a negative light to make myself sound worse than I am.

stas101 · 01-16-2005, 09:02 AM

That's OK, bashing is fine with me, since I'm not a mechanic pro, you know...

Thanks a lot for your quick responce and explanation.