₦airaland Forum

inikamoze:
How do you mean by burning oil? If you mean the oil running out fast, I'd say No.
I did servicing 2nd week of December last year before I traveled to the East for the Yuletide and now it's just a lil above the second line on the dipstick. I use the car for e-hailing too.

Then stick with the Mobil oil you have been using.

Your car is doing just fine with it.

Change it regularly since you do e hailing.

Check your owners manual for frequency which correlates to the type of driving you do.

inikamoze:
Mechanical gurus in the house. I drive a Toyota Camry 2005, 4plugs. Please what is the best Engine oil to use for the servicing of the car. I would love expert.advice for synthetic and non synthetic oils.
I have been using Mobil 5W 20 but someone said Mobil is no longer good that the oil burns out fast.
What other good oil can be used as my servicing is due.
Thank you

Is your Camry burning oil? Is the Mobil you are using "burning" in your engine?

SpaceAngel:
I guess this is highway mpg. Not bad at all

Yeah. Highway mostly.

Very small city drive.

Has dropped to 18.4mpg now that i have been driving within the city.

kingreign:
This awa keep iyaf waka till 200k miles like joke o.

209k miles.

Will cross 220k miles before the end of the year.

kingreign:
EVAP system left the chatroom…

Taaaa.

Dozieson:
For real?

Yup.

Took a snap of it one time.

Can't find the picture again.

Prolly deleted it.

Here is from a recent trip OP.

kingreign:
Eskisi mi Sah, don’t teaser the jeep man bad tin Sah

Lol.

I have been filling to the brim for years now.
No issues.

NUJABEZ:
I recently bought a Tokunbo Acura MDX 2007. Given its rated fuel efficiency of 15mpg for city driving, I analysed my movement and thought it was okay and that I could shoulder the fueling expenses.

However, my issue now is that I don't get up to 5mpg. I filled my tank yesterday, 88 liters to fill, drove to Yaba, Victoria Island, Ajah, and back to Ikeja, a journey of 130 kilometres and the fuel has run out.

Given the 15mpg rating, I should still have more than a third of the tank or at least half, but the tank is empty.

I have to refuel every two to three days and it's not sustainable.

Please I need suggestions on what to do. The car hasn't been serviced except for oil and filter change, brakes and tires. Why is the vehicle consuming too much petrol?

130kms or miles?
Unless yours is candian, mdx odometer is calibrated in miles.

Now here are a few things to do.
1. Make sure none of your brakes are binding. Check by feeling your brake discs after about 30 minutes of driving. If any is too hot to touch, then that's the culprit.
2. Check your alignment..make sure it's set up properly
3. Keep off the go pedal. The mdx moves. It moves. Most owners are often tempted to stomp on that accelerator whenever there is a space in front of them. Resist that urge. It's a 3.7 liter V6 pulling more that 2 tons of weight. So it will burn quite some fuel to get going.
Keep your rpms below 2200. Gear changes occur at this rpm during normal driving.
Resist the temptation to stomp the pedal.
4. Learn to cost to stops rather than braking late and hard. Coasting to stops saves fuel. Stomping on the brake pedal wastes fuel.
5. Scan your car and fix the issues surrounding emissions. Tune up the car. Check your injectors for abnormal spray or stuck open conditions. Replace spark plugs if worn. Replace coils if bad.

I believe if you do all this, you will be fine.

The worst mpg I ever got with mine is 12mpg and that caused by Lagos traffic. I average 14mpg in Lagos traffic and 16mpg in pH traffic.

I have averaged 23mpg on a grandpa cruise on the highway( never exceeded 80km/hr) and 18mpg is usual on my travels.

A full tank usually gives me 280miles in the city and 360 miles highway.

xperiencelove:
88 liters of fuel in 79.5 litre tank capacity and you didn't get there in empty tank. Our fuel stations are useless.

That tank can take 99 liters. Trust me

Lekan239:
the manufacturer oil is any SAE standard synthetic oil with 5w-30 weight.

Which is mineral oil?

Your Honda does not require synthetic oil.

Mineral oil will do.

sukkot:
i was just bewildered that the company charged the guy 90k

There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Here are a few things you should consider.
1. Replacement cost of that engine.
A bad filter or fake oil installed by kamoru under the mango tree will set that man back by a few million. Not wise in this economy

That shop will replace that engine if they mess up so they charge a premium for that (unwritten insurance)

2. That edifice with ac and possibly chilled water cost a few penny to put up.
Someone has to pay for it. Customers.
Rent in that location is not 500k per annum.

3. ROI. Money has to be made. Profit has to be made. It's business.

4. Convenience. It is definitely convenient for that man. He is not complaining.

5. Cost of original oil, filter and labour.
Oil is not cheap. A good 5L synthetic oil (which is what I assume they used) will set you back at least about 36k to 40k. Two of that is already 72k to 80k. Add labour and filter to it and you see why 90k is just about okay.

sukkot:
you get the point bro. It’s very expensive. That’s the point. 90 thousand naira will feed a family for 3 weeks depending on frugality. Some can stretch that to feed for 2 months. That’s the point. 😃

At this point,I lost you.

Was it that 90k is too expensive for an oil change or are you saying the owner of the gx460 is going to hell for spending 90k on an oil change when there are hungry people outside or that the gx460 owner was cheated?

I would like to understand where you are going with this.

chukel:
I repeat, no gx460 uses 10quarts of oil which is 2 gallons of synthetic oil. It uses 7quarts which is 1 and half. Next service, only 1 gallon will be needed.

May I add that the OCI is not determined by the oil seller but by your vehicle manufacturer.

Cars that do one year OCI usually have larger oil pans to accommodate larger oil volumes that will Carter to the long OCI.

Kia owners know the shege they faced when they ran synthetic in their engines for one year against the recommended OCI.

Sold

Low mileage. Tomato red

TheBTCinvestor:
2.5m

Hmm

buygala:
Keeping rpms as low as possible is what minimalizes fuel consumption.. Resist the temptation to "fire down" because as you dey fire down dey do kick-down upandan so, na your fuel dey evaporate so

If you know what you are doing, and your car is fit, you can maintain speeds of 140km/hr with less than 2.7k RPM.

I personally don't exceed 2.5k Rpm at any point in time, unless I need to do some long and quick overtaking.. And within that 2.5k Rpm band, I easily reach up to 150km/hr....if overdrive kicks in, it gets lower than 2k RPM sometimes at 140kph..Though it helps that the car engine is a very healthy V6.

Long story short.. The higher your car's Rpm, the higher the fuel consumption

What car is this?

Timagex:
From my own experience, these are fuel saving tips.
1. Drive slowly sensibly. Accelerate gently. Imagine you have an egg under the accelerator. You definitely burn more fuel when you throttle down.
2. If you are doing highway driving, wind up your windows. If your windows are down, the car drags. You might not notice, but, it tells on fuel.
3. Avoid carrying load. The heavier the car, the more power(fuel) needed to keep it moving. Thats why drivers charge you extra for loads and uber drivers frown when you tell them to open their booth.
4. If you drive manual, learn how to put the car on neutral and ease it along when you are driving down a slope. On EFI cars which virtually everyone drives now, your ecu will cut out fuel when you are going downhill and there is no throttle input at certain speeds , gearing and degree of slope.
5. Avoid abrupt acceleration. You know when you scale a speed bump and you need to accelerate? Do it gently. Be easy on your throttle.
6. These are the ones I remember for now.

7. Drafting. Staying behind large vehicles at highway speeds will shield your vehicle from wind draft saving you gas cause your vehicle isn't working too hard pushing all that air out of the way. It is dangerous though.
8. Tune up your vehicle. Make sure your alignment is okay and you don't have binding brake calipers.
9. Inflate your tyres properly. This will reduce your rolling resistance.
10. Roll to stops and avoid heavy braking as much as you can

Mozillafire:
Can you suggest the octane booster to use

K&n octane booster.
STP octane booster.
Contact radautoworks. I bought one brand from her sometime ago and it was okay.

Come and make a down payment even for a roasted corn.

Mozillafire:
Yes, it does require

Use sparingly. Keep rpms low if you can. The effects of low octane pms are felt during harsh acceleration, climbing hills with vehicle loaded etc.

Capitas7:
Hello house.

My 2017 Honda pilot V6 jerks (very lightly and barely noticeably) when accelerating between 35 and 50mph. It also takes time to accelerate from 35-65mph in general. When I turn off the Economy mode, the acceleration is a little smoother, but not completely. I am guessing this is some transmission issue, but have no idea what it really is. This car was recently bought used and the mileage is relatively fair (67k).

I do not know if this is a common issue with Honda because I have always used Toyota and I have never had this kind of issue.

Please advise, and thanks.

Normal issue. Not a death sentence.
Scan for codes. Won't be surprised if there are no codes.

Fuel is expensive. This one na fuel miser

Mozillafire:
How about using an octane booster?

What's your car make, model and year?

Or better still, does your car "require" premium fuel?

Red, LE, low mileage.

quinox947:
No need to argue with you. But what I will tell you using your very same example is that one of those vehicle you mentioned will not make 120 actual km/ht at that same odometer readings.

If it makes 60km/hr and stays there and a Buggati Veyron makes 60km/hr and stays there, will they be travelling at the same speed?

quinox947:
Have you taken ypur time to investigate my assertion?

Investigate what exactly?
That 120km/hr in a Volkswagen beetle is different from 120km/hr in a Volkswagen phaeton?

Conner44:
Is it the fact that N2m isn’t enough to buy a good car in Nigeria today OR the fact that bland basic Nigerian fairly used cars are now being priced at such a high amount?

None of the above.

The OP know wetin I dey talk.

It's like a case of soliloquy in the beginning.

Well, make I dey observe.

feed70:
Lagos and abegro na 5&6 especially that second rain to apapa road

Exactly. And they are so bold. So bold.

Insecurity:
Soldiers, touts clash in Lagos

As tanker crushes motorcyclist



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/01/soldiers-touts-clash-in-lagos

That oshodi apapa eh. Especially from that 2nd rainbow down to apapa.

Na so touts go line up dey collect money wey Dem no get legal backing but government support to collect.

E get one wey Dem dey call fashola levy.
Them get local govt ticket (up to 3 of them, makes me wonder if apapa dey inside 3 local govts). Then there is police, task force, custom, even navy. All on the same road.

These containers and tankers left from one point and got gate passes. Why can't these touts include these bills in the gate pass and allow free movement of cargo?

These things happen in broad day light and the Lagos state government allows it.

And yet they claim someone built Lagos.

Built what exactly?

Nonsense.

cardoctor:
I use Uber or Bolt cabs almost everyday from home to work and back for one good year now. So far so good, i havent recorded any incident but most of them really don't know how to drive.

What's your experience?

I have used bolt or Uber drivers who know how to drive and I have used some who gave me quite the fright.

The last bolt driver should never be behind the wheels. . He has no comprehension of space.

He doesn't yield to traffic on his left.

He merged lanes without adequate clearance between his vehicle and the vehicle he overtook.

He couldn't reverse out of the block of flats he took me to.

Some are bad, some are good. Fortunately I've encountered more of the good drivers than the bad ones.

Generally, most people in Nigeria do know how to drive but drive the way they do because they can get away with it.

Hmmmmm. Something isn't right with this thread.