ogbiwa:
Found a tow van. Oga said 12k just to tow the car off the road. I thanked him and left. Then found a hotel nearby and checked my family in. Went back and got men around who helped us push the car away from the roadside to a more convenient spot. Got the head of security in the area who agreed to watch the car overnight for something in return. Made final arrangements for the mechanic who would start work on the engine early next morning. Took the battery out and gave to a battery charger in the area. Retired to the hotel.
Next morning after we had pushed the car to the mechanic's place he started opening the top to get to the gasket, only for us to discover it was actually the timing belt that had cut, plus a leaking water pump which explains the water in the radiator leaking out. I was happy it won't need the top.to be opened anymore. Went to Uromi from Ewu and bought the pump and belt. 10k. Came back. Phillip toiled away and by 6.30pm thereabout he had finally coupled everything. We started the ignition and it came to life, but the engine wasn't firing well nor producing enough power.

ogbiwa:


Thank you for following @luvinhubby. But from your posts do you really read the story or just here to look for loopholes? Did you see where I said that by now it was getting to 3pm. And we're in Ewu Edo state, not even gotten to Auchi. To get transport to Auchi from there is almost like a 30mins wait. Then by the time you get to Auchi by 4-5pm what car will be going to Abuja by that time of day?

luvinhubby:



You just posted the modified version, try read through your previous post that i quoted.



Oya continue.

nurey:


haba let him finish the story nah, why you such a kill joy, are you a critique?

Kukuma put hand for him brain commot the tory

luvinhubby:



You just posted the modified version, try read through your previous post that i quoted.



Oya continue.

ogbiwa:
So what did I take away from this experience?
1. I knew this before but I will reiterate. Nigerians are good people and most of them would go out of their way to help people in dire need. Like I said it's just a handful of idiots who incite us one man against another and then cause all the damage. People I didn't know came out and helped me with this unfortunate event. I pray we will all find helpers too in our time of need. The old man who carried me to look for a mechanic when my wheel pulled in the middle of nowhere and motorists won't stop perhaps thinking they may be robbed. The Hausa guy that came a long way to see if there was anything he could do to help. I won't forget to mention a roadside welder who used his bike to help ferry me to all the places I needed to go to look for people. I paid him though but it was nothing compared to the heart he put into helping. The Igbo spare parts dealer in Uromi gave me a total discount of almost 3k on the last price when I told him we were stranded on the road. And the mechanic who also put his all to see us get to our destination, and left another 4k from his service fee because I had dried everything I had. God will bless them all.

thebigkendo:


First of all Why human being go travel with car weh get overheating issue??

Very soon Honda vs Toyota and Japanese vs German war go start

Demeanors report for duty
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GAZZUZZ:
Interesting story!


looking at it from maintenance angle.

1. ball joints did not pull from joins (reason there was no clunking) the pull was between the threading of the ball joint and the nut.

solution: if you cannot afford OEM new parts, Buy toks ball joints, the threading is always stronger. it is also possible the nut was not tight in the first place, and started to have excessive play before it finally pulled.

2. coolant leaks: as long as you cannot see where the leak is coming from, don't try long distance driving.
With long distances, more fluid will be lost.

3. if your temp hits the high marks, allow engine cool (over an hour of waiting) before pouring water or coolant. Pouring water into a hot dried up engine will cause uneven contraction and will cause the mating surface of the head and block to become warped. Presently engine is only running because graphite gaskets are malleable, if you had installed factory spec metal headgasket, car wouldn't start.

4. timing belts and waterpump have a certain interval for replacement, for a V6 it should be around 140-160k miles, if you had followed that, this issue would never had come up.

5. When timing belt snaps on an engine that has interference, (piston able to travel distance of the valves) weather you start car or not, there will be contact. It is wise to check every valve before reassembling the head to the block. Presently engine runs, but I am sure not too smooth.

it was a good read.

EgunMogaji:


Chief, quick question for you.

Do our people come in for scheduled maintenance at all or they only come in when the car doesn't go anymore?

pcwhiz:
all of you here actually faulting the OP, just pray your automobile never breaks down in the middle of no where. That's when you will know true frustration. Had an auto transmission problem on Kaduna-Abuja expressway on a car that was previously just service days prior to the journey. An aunt's tokunbo Rav 4 engined knocked at abuja, a journey of kaduna to Akure. engine don knock for abuja. OP i feel your pain. God bless the strangers who came to your aid. Nigerians are actually the most nicest people.

GAZZUZZ:
Interesting story!


looking at it from maintenance angle.

1. ball joints did not pull from joins (reason there was no clunking) the pull was between the threading of the ball joint and the nut.

solution: if you cannot afford OEM new parts, Buy toks ball joints, the threading is always stronger. it is also possible the nut was not tight in the first place, and started to have excessive play before it finally pulled.

2. coolant leaks: as long as you cannot see where the leak is coming from, don't try long distance driving.
With long distances, more fluid will be lost.

3. if your temp hits the high marks, allow engine cool (over an hour of waiting) before pouring water or coolant. Pouring water into a hot dried up engine will cause uneven contraction and will cause the mating surface of the head and block to become warped. Presently engine is only running because graphite gaskets are malleable, if you had installed factory spec metal headgasket, car wouldn't start.

4. timing belts and waterpump have a certain interval for replacement, for a V6 it should be around 140-160k miles, if you had followed that, this issue would never had come up.

5. When timing belt snaps on an engine that has interference, (piston able to travel distance of the valves) weather you start car or not, there will be contact. It is wise to check every valve before reassembling the head to the block. Presently engine runs, but I am sure not too smooth.

it was a good read.

EgunMogaji:


Chief, quick question for you.

Do our people come in for scheduled maintenance at all or they only come in when the car doesn't go anymore?

ogbiwa:


Thank you for following @luvinhubby. But from your posts do you really read the story or just here to look for loopholes? Did you see where I said that by now it was getting to 3pm. And we're in Ewu Edo state, not even gotten to Auchi. To get transport to Auchi from there is almost like a 30mins wait. Then by the time you get to Auchi by 4-5pm what car will be going to Abuja by that time of day?

mejai:
what about us DAT read ur posts? nothing for us? I can't take dis...

oyb:


the issue is more complicated than that

most of us know, on some level, that our kazzeems and artisans in general are ripping us off
the avoidance of maintenance is not just about carelessness, but about wariness.

9 times out of 10, you send your car to be fixed or maintained, something is stolen from it.
or worse, you begin on a odyssey of needless repairs

this applies to just about everything. for instance i have an asus laptop with a battery issue. unfortunatly, i just found that yu have to take the laptop apart to get at the battery. i'm comfortable with run of the mill swapping of hdd, ram etal, but i shy away from complete disassembly. i am 80% sure if i take the laptop to fis the battery , a week latter something will stop working or fail, maybe my speakers or something, becaus the average nigerian, as you have learnt is a predatory , greedy bastard

unfortunately gazzuz does not have festac outreach.

oyb:


the issue is more complicated than that

most of us know, on some level, that our kazzeems and artisans in general are ripping us off
the avoidance of maintenance is not just about carelessness, but about wariness.

9 times out of 10, you send your car to be fixed or maintained, something is stolen from it.
or worse, you begin on a odyssey of needless repairs

there was an instance when a vendor engaged by our company swapped out the brakes on an ogas car so that they would come back to order new brakes. there was a time i believe they swapped out my car tires ; because i suddenly noticed that my one year old car had worn out tires.

this applies to just about everything. for instance i have an asus laptop with a battery issue. unfortunatly, i just found that yu have to take the laptop apart to get at the battery. i'm comfortable with run of the mill swapping of hdd, ram etal, but i shy away from complete disassembly. i am 80% sure if i take the laptop to fis the battery , a week latter something will stop working or fail, maybe my speakers or something, becaus the average nigerian, as you have learnt is a predatory , greedy bastard

the solution is not practical - resolve to spend the entire day at the workshop of the repairer.

unfortunately gazzuz does not have festac outreach.

ogbiwa:
Sunday morning we embarked on the return trip and that's where it started. As I was making a U turn in front of our inlaws's house it happened. Every EOD driver's worst fear- I heard a loud ku! sound and before I could finish turning the front tire had pulled off, on a Sunday. Luckily we got a mech and luckily he was also able to buy the nut that pulled. Then he tied it with a metal wire after bolting the nut in place. I didn't know much about ball joints to be honest as this was my first experience with a Honda. Before now I've travelled extensively with 2 other cars- 03 and 06 Corolla and there had always been rest of mind. Also used a babyboy and another 4 cylinder EOD but never travelled with them. Anyways we finally left Benin. Now was around 1pm. All was well until about 2km after the JW headquarters as I attempted to clear for the car's occupants to relieve themselves it pulled again. In the middle of nowhere under the hot sun. Worse my phone had no reception. I had to start begging any passing thing in any direction to take me to anywhere around where I could find a mechanic. Remember this was a Sunday. This was one of the adverse effects of travelling on a Sunday. The merits were the roads were free.

adanny01:


The bolded is the reason why the nut pulled out in the first place.

Due to our mechanics lack of reason they never follow manufacturer's recommendations or put back exactly what the removed.

The 1st mechanic to remove that nut must have removed a cotter pin there but for reasons best known to him, he didnt put it back. He knows the importance but never cares to put it back. If that pin was there, that pull out would have not occured. Yet you are here blaming Honda! What an irony.

Look at the pic below, how many cotter pins do you see (19, 20, 26). Go to the mechanic right now and see for your self how many are there? My guess will be non except for the one that was installed last. What about the nuts, am sure the recommended nut was not used.

banky3w:
I did not see my mention...... Whoever is in charge should fix this thing before we have another Dancok on our hands oh
Timif.akay, Abeg get ready for work when next I show for area oh.... I no want make Kaduna to ibadan be 5 weeks trip oh. OP sorry joor........ Lemme save your name..... Ogbiwa

pcwhiz:
all of you here actually faulting the OP, just pray your automobile never breaks down in the middle of no where. That's when you will know true frustration. Had an auto transmission problem on Kaduna-Abuja expressway on a car that was previously just service days prior to the journey. An aunt's tokunbo Rav4 engined knocked at abuja,a journey of kaduna to Akure.engine don knock for abuja. OP i feel your pain. God bless the strangers who came to your aid. Nigerians are actually the most nicest people.

ogbiwa:
Those asking why I would travel with a car with issues maybe you failed to see where I said it was the last option. Secondly the same car had done two long trips just a week prior to this without issues. A day to the trip I was at the mechanic to service and check for anything out of place. The overheating, which didn't even occur atall before the trip, was the main thing I asked them to check. They couldn't find anything wrong with the car's cooling system. I even almost wanted to change the fan to a 6 wire but they said no that the fan was functioning well. That was how careful I was to prevent any likely occurrence on the road. If you've use cars on Nigerian roads long distance you'll agree that it's not always about how many checks you did before the journey. Those are important though. But you'll find out even a brand new car with all the checks can develop faults on the road and sometimes without warning.

ogbiwa:
Those asking why I would travel with a car with issues maybe you failed to see where I said it was the last option. Secondly the same car had done two long trips just a week prior to this without issues. A day to the trip I was at the mechanic to service and check for anything out of place. The overheating, which didn't even occur atall before the trip, was the main thing I asked them to check. They couldn't find anything wrong with the car's cooling system. I even almost wanted to change the fan to a 6 wire but they said no that the fan was functioning well. That was how careful I was to prevent any likely occurrence on the road. If you've use cars on Nigerian roads long distance you'll agree that it's not always about how many checks you did before the journey. Those are important though. But you'll find out even a brand new car with all the checks can develop faults on the road and sometimes without warning.

captainking:
flushing your radiator might have saved you the over heating wahala

diportivo:



oshey

awon eyan FIJK flusher