Please help me Nairalanders.

I was driving all the way from Lekki to my house @yaba with wife and kids when my car brake start galloping on surulere bridge, so i forcefully match the brake till it eventually stopped.
i immediately opened the bonnet and realize it was overheating, so i waited for it to cool and put in water after about 20mins.
After this, it refuse to start and the fan was rolling.

We were still there around 10pm, then a govt towing truck parked by and offered to tow my vehicle to my house but with 10k and i asked why, shebi it was supposed to be free towing vehicle for public help. so i just had to let him go and left the vehicle at one car-selling point and gave the security 1k.

Now mechanic has been on my car since lastweek friday and his effort is proofing abortive, this is my mechanic which i use all the time.
First day, he said it was the gasket which i had to give him 25k & to do change of engine oil at the same time. but the car still didn't start.
second day, he said he will have to hire a re-wire to come work on it and i gave him 5k again for that. still the car refuse to start.
Fourth day(monday), he said he will have to change the brain box and this cost 20k. at this point i said he should try the brain box first and if it works then i will pay the 20k.
Fifth day which was yesterday, he told the seller to bring the brain-box and once it works, we will pay him the 20k.
Today, they're still on the car and it still not working as at the last time he called me.
Now, he said the new rewire and himself are working on the car presently.

Please intelligent people in the house, what can i do. i'm tired.
This is the first time this car will be given me issue since i've been using it.
please help me o.

is anybody forcing you to make a post ?

writingking:
is anybody forcing you to make a post ?

Please what made you say that? @writingking

Habisoye:


Please what made you say that? @writingking

Please, no mind that poo man

loss of compression maybe?

gazzuzz

mayor2013

honmusa

we need to pick ur brains here o

diportivo:
loss of compression maybe?

gazzuzz

mayor2013

honmusa

we need to pick ur brains here o

I was not called so

Gasket for 25k?

diportivo:
loss of compression maybe?

gazzuzz

mayor2013

honmusa

we need to pick ur brains here o

yes

diportivo:
loss of compression maybe?
gazzuzz
mayor2013
honmusa
we need to pick ur brains here o

Yes

Habisoye:
Please help me Nairalanders.

I was driving all the way from Lekki to my house @yaba with wife and kids when my car brake start galloping on surulere bridge, so i forcefully match the brake till it eventually stopped.
i immediately opened the bonnet and realize it was overheating, so i waited for it to cool and put in water after about 20mins.
After this, it refuse to start and the fan was rolling.

We were still there around 10pm, then a govt towing truck parked by and offered to tow my vehicle to my house but with 10k and i asked why, shebi it was supposed to be free towing vehicle for public help. so i just had to let him go and left the vehicle at one car-selling point and gave the security 1k.

Now mechanic has been on my car since lastweek friday and his effort is proofing abortive, this is my mechanic which i use all the time.
First day, he said it was the gasket which i had to give him 25k & to do change of engine oil at the same time. but the car still didn't start.
second day, he said he will have to hire a re-wire to come work on it and i gave him 5k again for that. still the car refuse to start.
Fourth day(monday), he said he will have to change the brain box and this cost 20k. at this point i said he should try the brain box first and if it works then i will pay the 20k.
Fifth day which was yesterday, he told the seller to bring the brain-box and once it works, we will pay him the 20k.
Today, they're still on the car and it still not working as at the last time he called me.
Now, he said the new rewire and himself are working on the car presently.

Please intelligent people in the house, what can i do. i'm tired.
This is the first time this car will be given me issue since i've been using it.
please help me o.

You need to run away from that mechanic before he will send you back to the village cos after wasting your money on anything changeable and there notjing else to change he will run away from you and he will stop picking your call.
You have loss of compression due to the overheating issue and when you have case of overheating like this ,it is not only your head gasket bit that will go for it ,your cylinder and block engine will need to be check for warpage,also for cracked cylinder ,or faulty valve . Your mechanic has not taken enough patience check that for you ,he is eager to do head gasket job only and embark on a wild goose chase by following another wrong route.
Get a competent mechanic that does compression test diagnosis to do it for your before opening the engine up again to nail down the source of the compression leak .