jagman

The good news is that the light is on ,so the ECU recognises a failure. The Ecu can only "see" a limited amount of failures,and it has on occassion all come good and light has extinguished , it is far more likely to be external to the ECU,as an intermittent fault. Start with the voltage sense I guess , and work across each input to see which is out of range or missing - That's the logical approach , but sometimes simply grabbing hold of looms and connectors and giving them a "shake check" can give results far quicker than elimination one by one.

Win - Lose fail - succeed win/fail ???

The check bulbs function looks to be inhibited unless ; 1 the gear selector is in Park or neutral (auto) or clutch switch (man) 2 the handbrake is selected on 3 the car is not moving -from speed sensor signal Only then you get the bulb test Toyota seem to love their inhibits !!

http://195.125.241.148/Catalog/Images/IN220.jpg regulator

from the above diagram S= SENSE a 12 reference for the alt regulator L- LAMP a signal (field current) to the warning lamp B -BATTERY- supply output to battery IG-IGNITION -self explanatory

looks to me that the yel/green wire from the combination cluster is fed from the alt to the oil level indicator via a time delay - ie the oil level can only come on with the engine not running after a delay to allow oil to settle So the yel /green wire from the reg in the alt has 12v+ with the engine running (thus inhibiting oil level light) no 12 volts engine off you have 0.6 volts ,eng running so = your problem , with 12v+ (greater than battery volts charge light out, less than bat voltage =charge light on , the more the difference the brighter the charge light for example bat is 12.1 volts but alt output is 12.05 volts then the red charge light glows the 12 volts comes from the reg inside the alt with engine running and alt output and yours is 0.6 volts The 12volt from reg again can be considered an engine running signal for the cat warning too so it only comes on with the engine started hope I make sense Then again I could be wrong

sounds like the regulator within the alternator , but the slip rings on the alternators also wear away Both alternators may be faulty but with different problems such as 1 regulator gone , and one slip rings gone - You could try swapping the regulator around and check the copper slip rings to see if any material left on them

weather its detergents or dispersents in the ATF - it does work ! I have done many cars , the porsche tappets always start rattling and having tried oil changes and flushing agents ,the best results were with ATF AND DERV added. Also many turbo cars flushed with no ill effects , the crap that comes out even after an oil change is impressive new oil doesnt discolour as fast so it must be flushing better than the new oil be it synthetic or not The engine is run off load and idle only and after flushing and new oil and filter you can feel a difference Lots of people over the years have flushed engines this way and I cant remember any one ever having a turbo fail or engine fail after flushing However if an engine is knackered like justgavs - its not going to make a crap engine all fine again only a rebuild can do that

As the car now runs I assume the battery is charging. better to either measure the voltage or see if headlights get brighter when running as a quick check

England now have to return home , and the team and fans face reality , they have taken a sword to a gunfight! The world has caught up and overtaken in football,shear levels of skill, fitness,pace , workrate, tactics,and teamwork , have left them wanting. Watch those Japs ! Wait till Suzuki,and Yamaha join Honda:p

It is now!

They think it's all over now !

A remote sub hit the pipe the other day and reopened the spill and some questions over the chemical dispersents being used I think

http://www.skylinepart.com/toyota-jz-series-992-p.asp Has anyone used these ?

No Dogs, No DHSS , and no Polish

http://www.stephenmason.com/cars/rotationalinertia.html And some calculators for those that wish to calc the inertia differences

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/10q1/effects_of_upsized_wheels_and_tires_tested-tech_dept some real data of effects http://www.wheelweights.net/ and weight data

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/2433-Gods-Work-Luck-Or-Lawbreaking.html Oops

Madrid

Dear Sky insurance, whilst carrying out an " airbag installation test"...........

And a tax man in every urinal-" I'm sure I saw you shake a few drops there sir" " that's tax avoidance"

Isn't there an old saying about a fool and his money going to Garden Centers ?

Drive or Eat , Eat or Drive ? Hmm tough choice really

Ignoring tax, the head of total oil predicted $200 a barrel for oil within 2 years , so you could expect petrol to double at least

1995 = 40p tax 2000 = 76p tax 2007 = 96p tax per litre can you see a trend ?