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Balranald
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May 2002
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Soarer Warning Lights...I need help
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Tue, 04 March 2003 06:14
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I was going for a "spirited" drive last night and I heard the warning chimes sound. I first thought a door might be open or handbrake on a little bit but they were both fine...the section of the dash that shows what warning is happening only works every now and then. I didn't get to see what it was. I kept on going and it happened again. I noticed that it only happened when going around 100km/h and applying brakes...even when not hard. I pulled over and turned the car off then back on again and the whole dash was working fine. I took off up to 110 and put on the brakes and the red Jap writing shon up and I got the 1st bit then it turned off...sped up again and braked and compared what I saw with the owners manual. I found that there are 2 similar brake warning things and i'm not sure which one it is.
What could the problem be?? I checked the brake fluid levels and they seemed fine. Could it be brake pads low? It seemed to only happen when traveling more than 90-100. I tried it at 80 and didn't happen.
I hope I don't crash on the way home from work!
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Re: Soarer Warning Lights...I need help
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Tue, 04 March 2003 09:26
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Sounds odd, sometimes I get jap warning messages in my soarer I got a list printed out of all the different warnings and keep it in the car, but i havent had that problem, ive had a few others like putting on the headlighs during the day sometimes itl come up with something after a while it goes away, just another thing with soares. but i dunno what could be triggering your warning msg.
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Balranald
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May 2002
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Re: Soarer Warning Lights...I need help
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Tue, 04 March 2003 13:16
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I went for another drive tonight and it was doing it again this time....even more so. I still couldn't quite catch it so I went home and got the digital camera and took a pic to compare with the owners manual. It was the 2nd brake warning message...brake fluid. It looks like there is heaps in there but i'll get a mechanic to check it out tomorrow. The mechanic in town has never seen a Soarer before...actually never even heard of them before. The common car here is a Landcruiser ute  Still a Toyota though 
Another thing too...all of a sudden it has started to hit boost REAL hard now. I'm loving it but is this ok? Won't do any damage? I did put in a bottle of Nulon Octane Boost this tank and have always been putting in Premium but am suspect over the quality of the petrol. Could it be that i have been getting crook fuel and the octane has just bought it up to normal and how the car is ment to be?
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Sydney
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June 2002
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Re: Soarer Warning Lights...I need help
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Tue, 04 March 2003 13:56
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| viagra_cressida wrote on Wed, 05 March 2003 00:16 |
... It was the 2nd brake warning message...brake fluid. It looks like there is heaps in there...
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This seems to be common in earlier model Soarers (91/92?), top it up until it's slightly above the "FULL" line and give it another go.
About the boost thing, how early and how hard does it hit? I notice in my Soarer that boost comes on (albeit very gently) from anywhere above 2700RPM and from 3500RPM it spools up to full boost and all the way to the redline. Gotta love that 1JZ! 
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Balranald
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May 2002
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Re: Soarer Warning Lights...I need help
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Thu, 06 March 2003 05:44
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I did the brake top up thing and haven't gotten the message again. It's a little above full now.
THe boost thing hasn't seemed to happen again either. Maybe the car was just running better than average or something but boy it was fun! It was bosting at about the same time but just like it had an extra 30kw's.
And yeah I agree with you Soarin...gotta love the 1JZ
P.S. On the way home just then the idiots on the council have just poured a 3cm layer of gravel ALLLL over the road!! With no tar. It was hitting up everywhere and in the 2km drive at 30km/h I have gotten lots of stone chips. Can I get the council to pay for a re-spray?? They don't have any signs saying that there are stones or roadwork happening so I reckon I could ping them for something! Poor poor car 
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Re: Soarer Warning Lights...I need help
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Thu, 06 March 2003 09:31
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The sensor in the brake fluid reservoir (cap) is very sensitive in the Soarers. If yours was "just" full, and you were braking, it may have been enough to set it off...Filling it just above full will normally solve this issue.
Had that not solved it, I'd have suggested checking pads...
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