I recently bought a cherry 93' low mileage XJ6 that was garaged for nine years. After driving it a couple of days, I noticed a black rubber/plastic tube that had come loose from a port hole under the left rear end of the car. It easily slid back in and I tied a loose knot to prevent it from extending further and dangling on the road. Can anyone tell me what this tube is and how I should proceed? Thanks,

Bad water pump.

you should chek ur fuel pressure and pump if pump is drsggimg its going topop switch lack of powerits because not enought pressure and gas mileage pretty bad fuel injectors will openlonger to compensate low pressure

Black smoke points to unburnt fuel. I would start by replacing the spark plugs and wires if you have not done so in the last couple of years.

P1133 is the Air/fuel sensor Most cars there called O2 sensor, but you know it's a Lexus. Need to be different. The A/F sensor is bet bought at the dealer, the after market will just have you replacing it again within a year. P1133 is the Bank 1 sensor 1 malfunction which is the same side as the #1 cylinder. I believe the cylinder #1 is right Bank towards the firewall. You have to get to it from underneath with a 22mm wrench or a O2 sensor socket. Let some WD40 or liquid wrench soak in for 30 min to an hour then try to remove it, the other hard part is to disconnecting the wire harness. Good luck and hope this helps, keep me posted, be glad to help.

get the oil pressure checked with a master gauge at a garage if ok will be oil gauge sender unit at fault if low with master gauge check oil pressure relief valve on filter housing i assume you have checked oil level

As your expert stated it is not a serious problem unless that chk engine lite is flashing. Then the cat converter could be damaged. Also considering I just started the vehicle two days ago after sitting for about nine months thru winter storage, it could be caused by a little oil leakage issue entering the exhaust system. Either way it is not a major issue and I might try disconnecting the battery to reset that lite as your expert also stated. Hey....what do you want from a sixteen year old British car? Thanks for the feedback.

at that high a mileage it could be very likely the trans is starting to fail, have the computer tested for transmission trouble code's (trans is fully electronically shifted and controlled), also it is very unlikely the alignment check is related.

belts loose on hydraulic pump/low on hydraulic fluid/sensor playing up ,specialised repair possibly ???best advice i can offer is to get dolled up to the nines and drive to a small local repair garage and start crying,95% of this working unless garage man is ***

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