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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ZIMDRILL(m): 9:20pm On Sep 19, 2020
chukel:
did you read my post or you just jumped out to criticise. When you have check engine light flashing, what does it mean?


1 i didnt critises you? i asked a simple question that not criticising

2 check engine flashing is not a misfire, its a sign to say a fault has been detected and ECU has been kept in memory, a scan should be done to read the code which as has been recorded by the ECU aka brainbox
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by captainking(m): 9:28pm On Sep 19, 2020
ksmart027:

Bros, i can see you get time to waste.
Not any more.... Thanks..
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by thebigkendo(m): 9:36pm On Sep 19, 2020
ZIMDRILL:



1 i didnt critises you? i asked a simple question that not criticising

2 check engine flashing is not a misfire, its a sign to say a fault has been detected and ECU has been kept in memory, a scan should be done to read the code which as has been recorded by the ECU aka brainbox

On most cars, a FLASHING/BLINKING check engine light means misfire

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by asamwababy: 9:45pm On Sep 19, 2020
ZIMDRILL:



1 i didnt critises you? i asked a simple question that not criticising

2 check engine flashing is not a misfire, its a sign to say a fault has been detected and ECU has been kept in memory, a scan should be done to read the code which as has been recorded by the ECU aka brainbox

A flashing check sign means misfire on some vehicles
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ZIMDRILL(m): 9:45pm On Sep 19, 2020
thebigkendo:


On most cars, a FLASHING/BLINKING check engine light means misfire

thats a lie

thats a generic assumption

your own information you are not talking to driver but a mechanic
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Timewaster: 10:05pm On Sep 19, 2020
ksmart027:

Bros, i can see you get time to waste.

What's this one saying
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by thebigkendo(m): 10:09pm On Sep 19, 2020
ZIMDRILL:


thats a lie

thats a generic assumption

your own information you are not talking to driver but a mechanic
You are right.. Iyam wrong

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11137918_c9vzy7swaaaa4xf_jpeg8d5c762b8d24068c6968920ba4d78a7b

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by asamwababy: 10:29pm On Sep 19, 2020
ZIMDRILL:


thats a lie

thats a generic assumption

your own information you are not talking to driver but a mechanic

Google must be very silly then grin
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by thebigkendo(m): 10:36pm On Sep 19, 2020
asamwababy:


Google must be very silly then grin

Google is not a mechanic grin grin grin

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ZIMDRILL(m): 10:37pm On Sep 19, 2020
asamwababy:


Google must be very silly then grin

if google was not also silly then half of the garages would have closed becoz people would google and sort out their car problem
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ZIMDRILL(m): 10:38pm On Sep 19, 2020
thebigkendo:

You are right.. Iyam wrong

www.nairaland.com/attachments/11137918_c9vzy7swaaaa4xf_jpeg8d5c762b8d24068c6968920ba4d78a7b

its about being right but experience of daily fixing cars than someone who googles or who get told by their own mechanic
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by chukel(m): 4:24am On Sep 20, 2020
ZIMDRILL:



1 i didnt critises you? i asked a simple question that not criticising

2 check engine flashing is not a misfire, its a sign to say a fault has been detected and ECU has been kept in memory, a scan should be done to read the code which as has been recorded by the ECU aka brainbox
flashing CEL is almost always a misfire. Check it anywhere.

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ksmart027(m): 5:04am On Sep 20, 2020
Timewaster:

What's this one saying
Nothing
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by chukel(m): 8:20am On Sep 20, 2020
PaulH07:


Hmmmm...can I get a proper technician come to Jalingo from Abuja

I have this feeling I'm actually killing the car, and the mechanics just dey use my car learn work ooo...
then it's time to invest in knowledge of your car. Get a scanner. Do lots of readings. Get repair manual for Honda accord. Become your own mechanic and enjoy your car.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by PaulH07: 8:51am On Sep 20, 2020
chukel:
then it's time to invest in knowledge of your car. Get a scanner. Do lots of readings. Get repair manual for Honda accord. Become your own mechanic and enjoy your car.

That's what I've been trying to do. I think I have to 1st of all get youtube videos that depict the general mechanism a car works, then I can know how to fix any abnormalities that arise.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Lavisha(f): 9:07am On Sep 20, 2020
Timewaster:


What are you talking about


That's a civic with an EOD body

What's a wrong with all this beer Palor NAiraland Mechanic
Civic with an EOD body?!

Timewaster, you're just a preposterously obtuse rapscallion and a outrageous snake-eyed personification of vulgarity.

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Ikenna351(m): 9:30am On Sep 20, 2020
ZIMDRILL:


thats a lie

thats a generic assumption

your own information you are not talking to driver but a mechanic

You need to understand that most people you find in Car Talk section forming "Experts" only know what wrench or screwdriver looks like from Google images, let alone physically touched or used one. So always have that understanding when visit here and decide to debate them.

Practically, flashing/blinking check engine light doesn't mean it must be engine misfire issue, as far as Peugeot Injection systems are concerned.

I have diagnosed and repaired Nigerian used Peugeot vehicles with severe abused engine wiring harnesses that had their check engine lights blinking constantly, which had nothing to do with engine misfire.

I have diagnosed and fixed Peugeot vehicles with blinking CELs that had nothing to do with engine misfire, but sometimes an indication of some stored faults in Injection ECUs needing attention or even when something is wrong the ECU itself.

Yes, a misfire on one or more cylinders usually blink the check engine lights (one of the symptoms), but doesn't mean every CEL blinking symptom is caused by engine misfire on Peugeot Injection/ignition systems.

People who rely or based their knowledge on online opinions when it comes to Solutions to car issues are disconnected from practical solutions and reality. Information passed online on cars are mostly generalisation using one or two opinions as a standard, while the rest are just repetition of what others said.

Ikenna351, Lion King - Monk.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by PaulH07: 9:51am On Sep 20, 2020
Ikenna351:


You need to understand that most people you find in Car Talk section forming "Experts" only know what wrench or screwdriver looks like from Google images, let alone physically touched or used one. So always have that understanding when visit here and decide to debate them.

Practically, flashing/blinking check engine light doesn't mean it must be engine misfire issue, as far as Peugeot Injection systems are concerned.

I have diagnosed and repaired Nigerian used Peugeot vehicles with severe abused engine wiring harnesses that had their check engine lights blinking constantly, which had nothing to do with engine misfire.

I have diagnosed and fixed Peugeot vehicles with blinking CELs that had nothing to do with engine misfire, but sometimes an indication of some stored faults in Injection ECUs needing attention or even when something is wrong the ECU itself.

Yes, a misfire on one or more cylinders usually blink the check engine lights (one of the symptoms), but doesn't mean every CEL blinking symptom is caused by engine misfire on Peugeot Injection/ignition systems.

People who rely or based their knowledge on online opinions when it comes to Solutions to car issues are disconnected from practical solutions and reality. Information passed online on cars are mostly generalisation using one or two opinions as a standard, while the rest are just repetition of what others said.

Ikenna351, Lion King - Monk.

Sup bro, can I import you to Jalingo to come help fix my Honda?

I can see Abuja based according to your profile.

Thanks for your input.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ksmart027(m): 10:05am On Sep 20, 2020
PaulH07:

Sup bro, can I import you to Jalingo to come help fix my Honda?
I can see Abuja based according to your profile.
Thanks for your input.
He only work on peugeot.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Kingdemu: 10:11am On Sep 20, 2020
captainking:

Gazzuzz is actually reading this and laughing cos you are wasting my time as implied....timewaster
Bros u get time oo
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by PaulH07: 12:18pm On Sep 20, 2020
ksmart027:

He only work on peugeot.

Aww...maybe he can prescribe a Honda diagnostician then...
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by speedfreak(m): 12:28pm On Sep 20, 2020
PaulH07:


Hmmm, thanks a lot bro, but I've not heard about those abbreviations you put up oh before.
Lol... CEL is check engine light, MAF is mass airflow,ATF is automatic transmission fluid ,DW-1 is Honda’s recommended transmission fluid aka gear oil,I order off Jumia for 3500 but I’m sure there are dealers on here.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by ZIMDRILL(m): 3:38pm On Sep 20, 2020
Ikenna351:


You need to understand that most people you find in Car Talk section forming "Experts" only know what wrench or screwdriver looks like from Google images, let alone physically touched or used one. So always have that understanding when visit here and decide to debate them.

Practically, flashing/blinking check engine light doesn't mean it must be engine misfire issue, as far as Peugeot Injection systems are concerned.

I have diagnosed and repaired Nigerian used Peugeot vehicles with severe abused engine wiring harnesses that had their check engine lights blinking constantly, which had nothing to do with engine misfire.

I have diagnosed and fixed Peugeot vehicles with blinking CELs that had nothing to do with engine misfire, but sometimes an indication of some stored faults in Injection ECUs needing attention or even when something is wrong the ECU itself.

Yes, a misfire on one or more cylinders usually blink the check engine lights (one of the symptoms), but doesn't mean every CEL blinking symptom is caused by engine misfire on Peugeot Injection/ignition systems.

People who rely or based their knowledge on online opinions when it comes to Solutions to car issues are disconnected from practical solutions and reality. Information passed online on cars are mostly generalisation using one or two opinions as a standard, while the rest are just repetition of what others said.

Ikenna351, Lion King - Monk.

few people here are actaully mechanics the rest just drivers, who get told BS from kazeems and the others they google and think there now mechanics

whereas the like of me i am mechanic i dont read problems and solution on google but cars come to our garage we diagnose and fix or pass on to other trades men things like testing ECUs
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by diportivo: 9:03am On Sep 21, 2020
orisirisi undecided

it's a Honda.....blinking cel means bad ass misfire....end of story

oga Paul,if u keep reading and putting air flow meter in your 2005 car,and adding 1 litre of palm oyel inside ur car cos ur D is blinking,u will ruin the car without even riding it..

you need a mechanic oh

if na as u dey read am e easy,mechanic no go dey outside

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by thebigkendo(m): 9:26am On Sep 21, 2020
thbigkendo:


On most cars, a FLASHING/BLINKING check engine light means misfire

asam.wababy:


A flashing check sign means misfire on some vehicles

chu.kel:
flashing CEL is almost always a misfire. Check it anywhere.

Ike.nna351:


Yes, a misfire on one or more cylinders usually blink the check engine lights (one of the symptoms), but doesn't mean every CEL blinking symptom is caused by engine misfire on Peugeot Injection/ignition systems.

.[/s]

English na problem sha ..

Everybody wants to be write right ....... grin grin grin

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Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by lilkech(m): 10:05am On Sep 21, 2020
PaulH07:
Hello fellas!

I don come with my wahala again, but that's the life of a first timer taking care of this wahala called car.

Well I successfully put my ride back in shape but here are issues I'm now facing:

1. My MIL(check engine) light was previously blinking anytime I drive, but after some mechanical works today, it has stayed put any time I'm driving. I browsed the internet for some info and found out a faulty airflow meter usually causes it. Actually a part of my airflow meter is broken anyway due to the accident, which makes the car make noise like trailer.

blinking MIL light is usually a misfire but I think it’s only visible when you have no prior MIL before the indication. If you had a steady MIL light before a misfire occurs your MIL should still stay on steady. It’s possible after your kazz worked he has used his left hand to attach something or forgot it totally hence the steady MIL. You might still have a misfire and wouldn’t know it

Was told an airflow meter goes for about 10k, bear in mind I reside in Taraba state.

2. Anytime I drive, my drive D keeps blinking, even after refilling the transmission oil with 1L of transmission oil, as i saw on the net as well that it's the commonest cause of a blinking D on the dashboard. Wetin una think?
if your gear is still manageable you can order the original fluid DW1 and flush. 4 cans should do. Just take out 4 liters in there and replace with the new ones. Why you shouldn’t do a full flush is because it may damage the gearbox since you don’t trust the prior fluid in there. Then you will clean the solenoids. All of them if possible plus the transmission filter. Doing this and the gear is still misbehaving then it might be an electrical issue. The wiring will be checked. If the gear still drives then there’s hope.

3. Sometimes the car goes off itself while driving yesterday, and was diagnosed today as one of the plugs being faulty. Had the whole 3 of the front plugs changed today and it hasn't gone off itself since then. But there's this low sound it makes while it's on idle, as if it wants to go off, before going back to it's normal sound again. This sounds is worsened anytime I switch on my AC. Make una epp me check am out!
this means your engine stalls. Maybe worse under load. Your spark plugs, MAF or IACV might be the culprit. Check your plug coils and wiring too.

4. Finally the Brake light keeps showing, despite the Brake working perfectly. This is giving me serious concern as the info I got on the net says it means the brake isn't working as it's supposed to. Checked the "master slender" as they called it for the brake oil, and saw the brake oil is reduced. Yet to top it up, but I go still like know weda anything apart from brake oil fit cause am, to be prepared before hand.

[b] is your brake still working well? If it’s working okay then there are some likely causes of that light staying permanently on. Have you checked your handbrake? Does it go down fully when depressed? Does it hold the car? You will have to take off the center divider to check it’s wiring. There’s a sensor located at the base of the handbrake, check if it’s good by unplugging it. If the light still stays on then that’s not the issue and your handbrake is working fine. Next check your brake fluid reservoir, open it and look under the cap, there’s a rubber there, is it pushed into the cover or popped out? If it’s out then gently push it in. It helps keep pressure in the reservoir and when it’s pooped out it confuses the float. The again there’s a float at the button of the reservoir where a wire connects to its sensor. Sometimes the sensor might be bad or the float stuck. To unstick the float take a small spammer and hit the top of the reservoir firmly a few times and check. If the light stays on then unplug the wire from the socket and it should go off. If it still stays on then your problem is from elsewhere and your reservoir is fine. Meaning your master cylinder is okay. Lastly check your brake pads and calipers. One might be sticking or there’s a leak in your brake lines and it’s lost pressure[/b]

Thank ya'll for the comments in my previous post. Abeg make una epp me put mouth for this one too ooo!

Nagode soose!

I have a complete repair manual for your car. Drop an email I will forward it to so you can be ontop the issues with your car. Then before heading out to meet any kazz you’d know what to expect. If you don’t have money for a scanner for now you can jump the holes on your obd2 port to get the raw codes and use as a clue to your ECU’s MIL light issues. Take a small thin flexible wire and stick it in the holes numbered 4 & 9 on your obd2 port under the drivers dash, turn the cat of your ignition to on (but not crank) and watch the MIL, ABS and AIRBAG indicators blink on your console. Take a video of the entire blinking process and send it to me to interpret it for you. To get the total codes just turn the key and watch it blinking for up to 1min and record the entire process.

Accord is a nice easy car to fix by yourself if you want to
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Kingsdave(m): 12:16pm On Sep 21, 2020
Promxy94:


For brake please top up the brake fluid.

Once my camry fluid is low it shows brake sign on dashboard.
If your brake fluid is always low there is a problem ... Stop topping fix it...
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by chiefbuchiV12(m): 12:22pm On Sep 21, 2020
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by chiefbuchiV12(m): 12:24pm On Sep 21, 2020
thebigkendo:







English na problem sha ..
Everybody wants to be write right ....... grin grin grin
Now the battle begins...
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by chiefbuchiV12(m): 12:27pm On Sep 21, 2020
Lavisha:

Civic with an EOD body?!

Timewaster, you're just a preposterously obtuse rapscallion and a outrageous snake-eyed personification of vulgarity.



Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Ikenna351(m): 12:36pm On Sep 21, 2020
PaulH07:


Sup bro, can I import you to Jalingo to come help fix my Honda?

I can see Abuja based according to your profile.

Thanks for your input.

I specialise in Peugeot.

If you were in Abuja, I have a Japanese technician in Abuja I would have recommended to you.

Ikenna351, Lion King - Monk.
Re: Issues With My Ride After Fixing. by Promxy94(m): 1:09pm On Sep 21, 2020
Kingsdave:

If your brake fluid is always low there is a problem ... Stop topping fix it...

It's not always low..

Over 4 months now its still on the same spot.

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