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Yep! got it on xbox360. Fookin brilliant, though I'm still sh1t Tried the demo of batlefield3, didn't like the multiplayer. COD has set the bar so high now that most other games don't quite make it IMO, the last MOH and Home front to name a couple.

Seen something like this before, video posted on the tinterweb it was. Although it was done with water not custard. Only checked it out in the first place because one of the nerdy chemists I work with was on about it. Hot custard eh? bet that's like fookin napalm.

Thanks again for the replies, I have already changed a faulty ignition coil, I had a misfire code a few days before I started getting the P0420/P0430 codes. I've only started getting these cat codes after changing the faulty ignition coil. I'm at a loss with this. Turns out there are 2 inline cats and 4 lambda sensors. Had to bite the bullet today, took it to the garage I use for a diagnostics. All oxygen sensors were scanned and work properly and the car passed an emissions test proving the cat is working. They reset they erased the code and reset the EML and took it for a road drive. No EML, though it seems to be coming on after about 20 miles. Guess I'll have to keep an eye on it see what happens. Maybe I'll have to take it to Toyota ££££££. Thanks to all for their advise. Cheers Dave

Still at a loss with this. Turns out there are 2 inline cats and 4 lambda sensors. Had to bite the bullet today, took it to the garage I use for a diagnostics. All oxygen sensors were scanned and work properly and the car passed an emissions test proving the cat is working. They reset they erased the code and reset the EML and took it for a road drive. No EML, though it seems to be coming on after about 20 miles. Guess I'll have to keep an eye on it see what happens. Maybe I'll have to take it to Toyota ££££££. Thanks to all for their advise. Cheers Dave

Yep, that looks about right

Hi, Thanks to all for the replies. I had a look this morning and there appears to be two inline cats on the exhaust manifold, one for cylinders 1&2 and one for cylinders 3&4, although it is very hard to tell because of all the shrouding around the exhaust manifold. Also I saw there appears to be 2 pre cat lambda sensors pre cat, one on top of the manifold for cylinders 1&2 and one on the side of the manifold by cylinders 3&4. Does this sound right to anyone? There also appears to be another cable going down past the cats and disappearing out of site behind the shrouding, maybe this could be sighted from underneath, I didn’t get that far. Could there be a pre cat lambda sensor for cylinders 1&2, one for cylinders 3&4 and then a downstream/post cat lambda sensor? Also is there likely to be another cat further down the line or am I getting confused, I had read that the RAV after 2001/2002 (ish) had two cats.

Cheers Dave Let the begin

Thanks for the replies, how do you use the multi quote thing? The lambda sensor was changed because the heating circuit was knackered. Within the last month, maybe 6 weeks I had a major service done by a garage I use all the time, so trust them. They never said anything about head gaskets on oil change, but I suppose it could have gone since. I'll have to give it all a good look over Thursday when I'm off work. It looks as it has been really well looked after, 1 owner from new, full Toyota service history from where it was bought. The only thing I can see is two of the ignition coils are genuine Toyota parts and two have no part numbers on them (one of the unbranded was suspect). Cheers Dave

Hi All, Hopefully someone will be able to help me/point me in the right direction. I own a 2002 Toyota Rav4 2.0 VVTI. A couple of weeks ago we were driving along when it juddered and the engine management light came on, this happened twice within about 10 minutes. The second time the engine management light started flashing, then all was ok and the engine management light stopped flashing but stayed on. I had recently had a major service done and a lambda sensor changed by a local trusted garage, and bought myself one of those OBD II fault code readers you can pick up off ebay for about £40. When I got it home I plugged it in and read the code. Basically it was a misfire on cylinder 3. I reset the MIL and cleared the code to see if it happened again. After a couple of days it did, same again, misfire on cylinder 3, engine management light flashing, engine management light stopped flashing but stayed on. I had a root around on the net, one post said to change the suspected ignition coil (the pencil type that fit straight onto the spark plug) with one of the other 3 to see if the fault moves. I did, it did. I bought an ignition coil from a local motor factors, (Bluepoint is the make, apparently very good in pattern parts, unlike the suspect one which was unbranded). I fitted it and all seemed well, I was chuffed that I had saved a few quid on a diagnostics and labour at a garage. A couple of days later we were driving and the MIL came back on, no flashing, just came on. I plugged in my code reader when I got home and the codes it gave me were: P0420 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 1) P0430 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 2) Now I’m at a loss, surely the cat can’t knackered after four, possibly 5 misfires can it? Are they that delicate? I thought they were good for about 150,000 miles. Or am I just kidding myself and don’t want to look at the reality of a new cat costing me about £400 - £500? (yes they are that much for this year and model). Any help/advise would be very much appreciated. Cheers Dave

Hi all, probably haven't been on here since I registered, so I thought I'd do the introduction bit again. In fact I probably haven't been on any forum since just after Christmas. For those that vaguely know me from bandit forum...what happened to that by the way? I had a 600 bandit for a while after a blackbird, but now have a speed triple. I had an off in November and with one thing and another and some family problems, still haven't got it back on the road. Though I do have all the plastics back now from being resprayed and am on holiday in a couple of weeks, so with a few parts and some time maybe it'll be back together... hopefully! Anyway, good to be back! BTW, Good to see how the forum has changed and grown. Keep up the good work Dave, nice one!

Oil of cloves. You can get it at the chemist I think

Might have some pics somewhere of the bracket you will need to make if you don't get one with it. Let me know and I will have a look

Hi All, Heard about this forum on bandit.co.uk and thought I'd give it a go. Seen a few names I recognise from there. Looking forward to having a bit of fun.