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Hello thank you both for your help. You’ve really opened up my understanding of the problem a bit more. Right now, I can’t start the car. When I had it towed home, the first thing I did was remove the power steering pump — it was leaking fluid through the seals, and the alternator looked like a...

Hello, the starter motor turns the flywheel. If the flywheel’s teeth have broken, you’ll need to remove the gearbox and take out the flywheel. Keep in mind that if teeth are missing, the starter motor will spin, but it won’t be able to turn the flywheel when it reaches the section where the...

So you think it could be an electrical fault, or more like a loss of pressure due to some internal seal? I’ve tried starting in first and second gear, and the car revs up but doesn’t move. A couple of times it did something I’d like to explain to you: you put it in R (reverse) and it moves. At...

Hello, and thanks again for your reply. Let me explain the situation regarding the purchase of the car. The car has 250,000 km now. In 2007, at 186,000 km, the transmission was repaired. Later, in 2011, at 215,900 km, the valve body was replaced. I bought the car at 250,000 km. The previous...

Hola, saludos a todos desde el norte de España. Me he comprado un Lexus LS400 de 1995. En España es muy raro ver estos coches; eran realmente caros hace años, e incluso el LS430 se ve aún menos.

Hello, my name is Frank. I’ve bought a 1995 Lexus LS400 with a transmission problem. When you shift into reverse, it engages normally and you can drive without any issues. As soon as you put it in reverse you feel a small jolt, you release the brake and the car moves without a problem. You can...