tonychristopher:



Have you ever heard the word ..winterization. if you havent pls research ....

9icetoo:

this cracked me up big time. Chuky234, like i said in my earlier post, that word was applicable probably in the 70s. I am not against changing tire sizes or some other modifications to suit what purpose a car was purchased for without risking an accident, however I am against the removal of thermostat and direct connection of the cooling fan. I don't know of any car made after the 90's that needs that level of abuse. The dude that has been driving for 35 years might not even know his tire size not to talk of how many cylinders his engine has got. If you give a brand new car to an idiot, he will still find a way to wreck it. My cousin caused an overheat on her tokunbo lexus rx300 just two days after she bought it. She failed to close the radiator cap properly. She called me to say the dealer sold her a bad car. When i inspected her car, i showed her her error and she has since learnt her lesson.

KEVIND:
I've learnt alot.

tonychristopher:



Have you ever heard the word ..winterization. if you havent pls research ....

abatically:


We are jot saying u can't modify ur cars to get ready for the weather, but on no occasion should u mess with ur cooling system especially in a modern car. U can get ur car ready for winter, but don't mess with the cooling system.

For winter u can do the following to get ur car ready.

1. Changing to winter tires
2. Making sure ur antifreeze level is intact. A 50/50 coolant mix is required for normal driving, but during winter u can change to 60/40.
3.changing ur wipers to winter wiper blades that can cut through snow.
4. Checking the spray nuzzle of ur wiper system.
5. Etc etc etc. BUT DO NOT MESS WITH UR COOLING SYSTEM.

tonychristopher:




Just like Honda cars tyres pulling out in middle of know where

diportivo:


bros,yet again i give up for dis ur ascertion ....so u think 'honda cars tyres pulling out in the middle of nowhere' is as a result of a factory defect or something like dat?..maybe u shld lecture me more.cos i know that the double wishbone suspension is not bad at all...if a car owner doesnt do proper check and maintenance,den turns around to blame a car manufacturer for his woes,.....

KEVIND:
I've learnt alot.

tonychristopher:


The question is why is it higher in Honda cars ..for every 10 the tyre pulls out 8 are Honda cars

Why

tonychristopher:


The question is why is it higher in Honda cars ..for every 10 the tyre pulls out 8 are Honda cars

Why

tonychristopher:


Bro do you know that some cars are prone to overheat due to engine design .....

Just like Honda cars tyres pulling out in middle of know where

tonychristopher:


The question is why is it higher in Honda cars ..for every 10 the tyre pulls out 8 are Honda cars

Why

johnny1980:
and you must be deluded to think i would go over your silly profile to ake out whatever ramblings you have typed in the last century. If you can't post relevant links and stuff to correct the point or post it here instead of questioning the guy as if you are in an interview mode or behave as if you are a god or whatever around here.

tonychristopher:
I wonder how the so called guru will say new cars don't OVERHEAT ....my friend bought a brand new Ford ecscort suv that one that looks like rav4 it overheated like crazy the car was ameriacn spec..he had to order new engine

He bought the car at elizade motors Maryland


So ..this is a man with almost 35 yrs driving experience

sultaan:


Sorry about your friend's experience but they don't make Ford Escort SUV in the US what they have is the Ford Escape.

When you say a car over heats does the needle go half way or all the way to the red zone?

A normal car usually runs at between 185 and 210 which is the high end; water boils at 212 so using water in the system will form steam and same thing will happen if the system pressure is compromised by bad cap or leaking hose.

So it you see water steam coming out of your engine it is not over heating but the system has been compromised then when you lose so much water as steam the engine will now over heat because there is no more water to cool it down.

Most cause of overheating is the dust on Nigeria's "roads" the fan pulls air through the radiator/condenser grill to cool down the engine and ac, if the fan pulls enough dust and insects clog the small space between the fins it will prevent them from dissipating heat so it builds up in the system

When you say new the car should have less than 500miles on it when your friend bought it. People buy used cars that can be 6 years old, cover the seats with trash bags to reduced wear and damage during shipping and Nigerians call it tear rubber.

Part of being sick is having a fever and that is an increase of body temp, same thing for a car, you just have to find the cause.

DGD1:
abatically n adanny01 you guys are just giving this guy unnecessary attention..... he doesn't know what he is saying, from cooling system to everything rubbish! (iranu, abasha)
no car ever made that the ball joint can't pull of, Toyota 4runner(u know how strong it is) it experiences it. my dad's corrola den, d ball joint was replaced with Renault's own and d shaft too.
when it comes to Honda, alot of fake parts, then most people who use it don't take note of such signs. if u care to know, a friend of mine uses a Camry (pencil) n d ball joint pulls off (abt twice dat am aware of) den another uses EOD, it has never experienced such.

I know the more people try to enlighten you the more you spill those folly, abi how do Honda users TROPICALIZE their ball joint?

tonychristopher:


Sensible and intelligent submission ...but elizade doesn't sell toks....ya that is Ford escape ....I just flushed my radiator today come and see dirt

My car needle is downwards always so if you go that line

Emperoh:


Please ask your friend exactly where he bought the car? Elizade sells only Toyota cars.

Coscharis and RT Briscoe are the main Ford distributors in Nigeria

tonychristopher:


sorry briscoe ford at Maryland ....

abatically:


Let me ask u one simple question. What would u call UAE (Dubai)? Temperate or tropical? Temperarure and and humidity in Nigeria is child's play compared to UAE. So then why does my uncle's Toyota highlander which was a Dubai import come with a thermostat pre installed? Mind u, most of the bank type Toyota corolla are all built for Dubai market; they come with thermostat and their fans don't spin every time.

auhanson:


Hello sir, in this particular thread he has shown some downloaded stuffs and print to even disapproved of these dastardly act which i myself would even be too lazy to do.and these are stuffs seriously trashed over time in this car talk section. For these to be presented in this manner would seriously cause a lot of misinformation. No doubt, he made some good point in the early morning startups and non revving stuffs, but the "tropicalization" thing is the bad egg that spoil the lots.

Though some may have gone a bit too far, but if you read through , you would have seen where we even cited examples that nullifies such hypothesis. We do this not because it's our business anything you do to your car. but to tell us and our mechanic the way they destroy these cars and pass on to unsuspected buyers.

Have you ever wondered why people buy Mazda, Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi etc and swap their engine in barely a year of running it, it is because of all these kind of acts. To worsen it all i have witness Toyota oil being sold in the market with 20W50 labeling on a gallon stated Toyota. These causes unnecessary friction in the engine mechanical component and kill the engine too soon overtime. Some mechanics even claim that our weather is too hot that those labelling on the cars are for white countries that our oil here should be 20w50 for a car that is suppose to run 5w20 or 5w30 or 10w40 etc.You cant argue these with them, and some believe so much in them that whatever they said is taken as the gods speaken, even when these things are wrong. People have to be enlightened to save them and their money and unsuspected buyers. Benz's could even stand the 20w50 cause they are a bit closer to 5w40 or 0w40 than cars that are suppose to run on 5w20, or 10 w20 or 10w30. Japanese cars became the worst hits

When your engine runs rich, as in the case with the removal of thermostat, you are overstressing everything(needless to repeat any long sermon) ranging from your Piston to cylinder heads, metals and to least things like your catalytic converters, temperature sensors, so in summary it kills the car.If it is a benz you will even create more overheat, because your temperature sensor/ecu is revving the engine hard/high hoping to get to an engine operational temperature which it will never get.

If you have overheat, lookout for abnormallies: like bad radiator cap, dirty radiator, leaking hoses etc and wash you radiator and tighten your hoses and replace your leaking radiator cap and bleed for trapped air bubbles but not any nonsense thing like tropcalising or whatever. You could also install a lower temperature range thermostat, if after doing all these you still experience overheat.

Ikenna351:
Two weekends ago, I travelled to Kaduna and spent it with The Lions community Kaduna members. It was fun. Aside the pleasure, members were bringing their lions to me to "touch" and I spent time reverting those that had abused cooling system back to factory (reinstalling thermostat, reverting fans connection to factory, etc). It's over 2 weeks now. None called to complain lion has started overheating or something is wrong. Instead, the calls and messages have been, "thank you for I now enjoy truly lions fuel economy; thank you for I now enjoy the true power of the engine which was lacking before, etc.

The truth is, people really don't know what they do to these poor vehicles by abusing their cooling systems. A simple issue with cooling system which could be as minor as failed expansion bottle cover, they would remove and throw away thermostat and butcher factory fan connection. Some would go the extent of installing trailer radiator to make sure the temperature gauge remain at 0 degree Celsius no matter how hot ambient temperature is or car is driven. Thermostat is a component in engine cooling system, just like every other part that could fail. So I don't see why it is too much to replace a failed thermostat, rather than run the system without it, that is, if at all its the cause of the overheating in the First place (if truly the car is overheating or overheated).

Even a simple thing as running a cooling system on water "only" shortens sends these cooling systems to early grave, including the engines.

Tonychristopher, you can be ignorant in something, but gloating about it doesn't make it funny anymore. Aside that you are polluting the environment with your vehicle, intentionally, with your abused cooling system (rich running), you are simply telling God that you don't deserve that vehicle, for killing it softly with your very own hands.

I wanted to ignore this thread, but seeing someone took this thread to homepage changed that. This thread shouldn't have gone there, because its misleading. Notwithstanding, like I always say, "DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ!".


Ikenna

abatically:


Now I'm sure u are confused. First it was ford escort, then it suddenly became Ford escape; and then elizade, now briscoe

tonychristopher:


Bro your submission is despicable I must say and I am sorry for that

Does it mean or are u saying that brand new cars don't overheat....they are cars and man made ..so they might OVERHEAT

tonychristopher:


Bro your submission is despicable I must say and I am sorry for that

Does it mean or are u saying that brand new cars don't overheat....they are cars and man made ..so they might OVERHEAT