Hi house. I have a Kia Rio which seems to have been incorrectly wired from the factory though the problem has only recently surfaced. Basically the car draws power from the battery alright but no current is returned to the battery so it depletes itself quickly and dies. Also no power gets to the sound system and even the windows sometimes. I took it to a 'roadside' auto sparky recently who fixed the problem temporarily by using copper wire to crudely rewire the thing but that has come apart now and I want to sort this out once and for all. I also need to oil the gearshift which has become VERY stiff of recent, especially when the AC is on or the engine is hot. (My folks bought the car while I was away and so it stood unused for more than a year before I came back. Apparently these small cars are not meant to stand unused for a prolonged period.)
I'm working with a budget of less than N25k to sort this out and I don't want to go to that notorious Dana Motors Kia workshop at Mile II.
Any suggestions for a decent place to do this within a 4km radius of Ikeja?

Go to automedics,I tink dey hav an office inside Ltv compound in Agindingbe

SAVEDBABA: Go to automedics,I tink dey hav an office inside Ltv compound in Agindingbe

Thanks brother. Really appreciate it.

I have a kia rio 07 model and I'm guessing a few of these things might have happened to your car. Someone might have swapped the terminals of the battery which would result in a damaged radio and possibly a damaged alternator. Luckily you didn't damage your engine computer, the first thing you would notice is a blown 125A fuse in the fuse box which your sparky would have joined using a thick copper wire, unfortunately your battery might continue to deplete cause of the faulty alternator. These are my thoughts I might be wrong.

rickkid:
Thanks brother. Really appreciate it.

u r welcome

GAZZUZZ: I have a kia rio 07 model and I'm guessing a few of these things might have happened to your car. Someone might have swapped the terminals of the battery which would result in a damaged radio and possibly a damaged alternator. Luckily you didn't damage your engine computer, the first thing you would notice is a blown 125A fuse in the fuse box which your sparky would have joined using a thick copper wire, unfortunately your battery might continue to deplete cause of the faulty alternator. These are my thoughts I might be wrong.

Actually this is exactly what seems to have happened. So what needs changing? Both fuse and alternator? And when you say damaged radio, does that mean it needs to be replaced outright?

rickkid:
Actually this is exactly what seems to have happened. So what needs changing? Both fuse and alternator? And when you say damaged radio, does that mean it needs to be replaced outright? :/

Radio fuse check, if you replace it and it blows again, then the protective diode in the radio must be replaced for it to work, if you were good at DIY this would cost you (10naira) for the alternator it is possible its still working fine get a multimeter and set it to DC volts 20 then start the car, if you get 13-14 volts it might be working well also check if the battery icon is displayed on the instrument panel while the engine is running if this is happening the alternator is faulty and should be replaced. Above all the fuse sparky replace with a wire is 125a it carries very heavy current and might be broken again, please remove the wire and search for the fuse should cost less than 200naira. If the fuse is blown the alternator will not charge even if it is working or not.

The alternator should be arround 5-7k for tokumbor (it might be less) just judging by the price of the entire engine (70k)

GAZZUZZ:

Radio fuse check, if you replace it and it blows again, then the protective diode in the radio must be replaced for it to work, if you were good at DIY this would cost you (10naira) for the alternator it is possible its still working fine get a multimeter and set it to DC volts 20 then start the car, if you get 13-14 volts it might be working well also check if the battery icon is displayed on the instrument panel while the engine is running if this is happening the alternator is faulty and should be replaced. Above all the fuse sparky replace with a wire is 125a it carries very heavy current and might be broken again, please remove the wire and search for the fuse should cost less than 200naira. If the fuse is blown the alternator will not charge even if it is working or not.

The alternator should be arround 5-7k for tokumbor (it might be less) just judging by the price of the entire engine (70k)

You are awesome
I don't need to spend nearly as much as I first thought. Just checked and it's as you say. The fuses are gone. Altogether won't cost up to 3k to fix everything up. That just leaves the stiff gearshift. You wouldn't happen to know what oil to buy and how to use it would you? I mean since God sent you my way this morning I might as well ask away

rickkid:
You are awesome
I don't need to spend nearly as much as I first thought. Just checked and it's as you say. The fuses are gone. Altogether won't cost up to 3k to fix everything up. That just leaves the stiff gearshift. You wouldn't happen to know what oil to buy and how to use it would you? I mean since God sent you my way this morning I might as well ask away

Stiff when driving or stiff at all times?

GAZZUZZ:

Stiff when driving or stiff at all times?

Stiff when driving. Especially when the engine is hot or the AC is on.

rickkid:
Stiff when driving. Especially when the engine is hot or the AC is on.

Dat one is not a diy, your money must be choped these are your likely culprits [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYthHiFQdcZpdMqSnhWHX-X5sv1beLQq7G41hB7pktuuUG4iy4Ic9AmZc_[/img]

Preasure plate and clutch disk, I usually just change the material on the worn out clutch disk (costs me 800naira) and buy a new pressure plate, tokumbor cost me 3k don't know how much a new one costs. But don't buy anything untill the whole thing is checked by a qualified technician, these are just my views of what could be bad.

I'm rulling out a stiff leaver and lack of oil in the gearbox because u said its stiff only when driving.

GAZZUZZ post=/post/26829867:


Dat one is not a diy, your money must be choped these are your likely culprits [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYthHiFQdcZpdMqSnhWHX-X5sv1beLQq7G41hB7pktuuUG4iy4Ic9AmZc_[/img]

Preasure plate and clutch disk, I usually just change the material on the worn out clutch disk (costs me 800naira) and buy a new pressure plate, tokumbor cost me 3k don't know how much a new one costs. But don't buy anything untill the whole thing is checked by a qualified technician, these are just my views of what could be bad.

I'm rulling out a stiff leaver and lack of oil in the gearbox because u said its stiff only when driving.

OK thank you very much, you've been more help this morning than 3 days of quack mechanics put together
God bless you

Call this man, he does only transmissions and is good. His workshop is in Ajao estate off airport road
Bisi 08033269147.

ivoryhouse: Call this man, he does only transmissions and is good. His workshop is in Ajao estate off airport road
Bisi 08033269147.

Thanks will check him out.

SAVEDBABA:
Go to automedics,I tink dey hav an office inside Ltv compound in Agindingbe

Pls do u have any idea how much a standard service costs at Automedics?

rickkid:

Pls do u have any idea how much a standard service costs at Automedics?

You can now book online for a mobile mechanic @ www.autobox.ng/meet-amechanic . Once you book, you get a quote and after confirming, our vetted mechani(who is located close to you)c comes to your desired location and does the job after which you pay. Easy as abc

autoboxng:

You can now book online for a mobile mechanic @ www.autobox.ng/meet-amechanic . Once you book, you get a quote and after confirming, our vetted mechani(who is located close to you)c comes to your desired location and does the job after which you pay. Easy as abc

Doesn't have full functionality on a mobile browser. Will check it out on my laptop when I get home. Thanks.

GAZZUZZ:


Stiff when driving or stiff at all times?

Thanks for your advice, I have now got a proper sparky to fix this electrical issue. It was actually a miscommunication between my fuse box and ECU.
The only thing is my radio which apparently has a bad power line inside it. The guy quoted me N15k for that and I said tufiakwa never! Abeg please give me a ballpark figure for how much such a repair should cost if you can.

rickkid:

Doesn't have full functionality on a mobile browser. Will check it out on my laptop when I get home. Thanks.

Oh. We'll sort it out from our end. Do not forget to check it out once you are home. Thanks

rickkid:

Thanks for your advice, I have now got a proper sparky to fix this electrical issue. It was actually a miscommunication between my fuse box and ECU.
The only thing is my radio which apparently has a bad power line inside it. The guy quoted me N15k for that and I said tufiakwa never! Abeg please give me a ballpark figure for how much such a repair should cost if you can.

It cost me 10naira (no jokes) but it might cost you more just a burnt fuse in fuse box and another diode inside the radio. Add me up on bbm I might do it FOC for u.

GAZZUZZ:


It cost me 10naira (no jokes) but it might cost you more just a burnt fuse in fuse box and another diode inside the radio. Add me up on bbm I might do it FOC for u.

Pls what's your pin?

rickkid:

Pls do u have any idea how much a standard service costs at Automedics?

I dnt no sha.

GAZZUZZ:


It cost me 10naira (no jokes) but it might cost you more just a burnt fuse in fuse box and another diode inside the radio. Add me up on bbm I might do it FOC for u.

Seen it now. Just added u up.