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erico2k2:
where did you buy that from?

Not my site. I have no idea where they got it from.

GAZZUZZ:
E take leg go?

We actually couldnt find the second wire to connect the connector which has 2 wires. I can recall that the 2 wires were there b4.

Today, the mechanic just decided to connect the second wire to ground and it worked.

On the limp mode, the mechanic just removed the solenoid housing and connected to battery terminals to see it click like they usually do which it didnt move. He reinstalled and it worked fine thereafter.

Now, we are left with 1 DTC P0141 refering to O2 sensor B1S2. A panel beater went under and confirmed the connector was hanging loose. He said he connected it but the code still exist. We will see to it later.

Now the car moves like a jet.

GAZZUZZ:
Temp sensor 2. Check coolant temp sensor on radiator. Lower left side.

Yes, am aware. Infact we had this same problem before which i treated hear. That time the connector was missing but now it was disconnected and one of its wires is missing.

See how corners of plaster are made perfect.

Some beautiful but expensive construction materials on a site in Abuja.

Inception:
Check the back of the engine(close to where the filter is and the sump, just below the vtec actuator).
You will see the VIN number of the car where the engine was taken from.
Run a VIN check to have an idea of the car's history and mileage before it was scrapped.

We just got home.

I saw your comment an hour after it was installed in the engine bay. It hard to access it as the drive shaft sits just by it blocking view to it. Thanks for the important tip.

Piyke:
Following...
Nice you got the exact engine spec.
On the old engine, I'll rather take the good stuff; sensors, throttle body, AC compressor, PS pump etc and dispose the block etc to scrap metal guys than sell all these for 20k. Although from your earlier post, it seems your friend doesn't care.

All the engine i have seen in Zuba and Apo mechanic villages had no AC compressor, PS pump, alternator or belt tensioner. I was shown a pic of the engines as loaded in the container from the US, they carried non of those probably to save space and load more. The only thing we took was the throttle body of the new engine. We used the intake manifold with throtle body of the old on advice by engine sellers. The VTEC control solenoid and oil switch assembly was broken and even different which our connectors wouldnot fit. So used the old VTEC solenoid and oil pressure switch. The oil holes on both engines were exact.

The engine is sweet. It started right up with no stress. The challenge the mechanic had initially was caused by contact problems of ECU connectors. Once they were sorted, it came alive with first kick.

However, 2 more challenges were experienced. One was high RPM at 1500 and the second was a problem with the gear shifter cable that broke.

Both problems were sorted. We still had CEL so i got codes relating to Temp sensor 2 high voltage and o2 sensor circuit B1S2. What is left is for tomorrow.

We found only one K24Z3. 2 of the 5 K24Z2 were like new.

eunisam:
Have you seen why 97% cannot move without 5% ? ? ?

You have a skewed mind.

How does Zakari sound to you. Thats Hausa for Gods sake.

I liked but the risk were just breath taking.

I saw one mumu walk to the middle of the T junction with all that was going on. I almost jumped out my seat. I saw another guy and his passenger on a bike. These spectators have no idea what they were risking.

Oh, the trade off.

Our engine was priced at 20k. I am not happy about it but hey, what more can i do if i cant get more am my friend wants nothing from the old engine. I am pissed off for the fact that i hear the trottle body alone is worth as much.

GAZZUZZ:
When I saw 150 I was shocked!!! Just bought and installed one for 3xxk.

Following.

We got another today. The engine is practically new, i have never seen a cleaner almost new tokumbo engine. A peep of the head cylinder through the engine oil fill, i saw no brownish stains at all. I forgot to take a shot. I only took pix of the engine number sticker on the head cover to secure exactly our choice out of about 7. On most engines the sticker data has wiped off but this one is intact.

The agreed price is 255k. However, there is a problem. The engine we chose, i later realised is a K24Z2 while the one in the car is K24Z3.

Wikipedia says Z2 is for 2008 accord LX/LX-P while Z3 is for LX-S/EX/EX-L. The main difference i see from the specs is the compression ratio and 177hp @ 6500rpm for Z2 and 190hp @7000rpm for Z3. It is quite clear that since the redline is higher more hp shoud be delivered with more tuning in the ECU.

Google search suggested engine is exactly same except for their redline. I saw a comment that claimed a Z3 ECU was used in a Z2 car (LX or LX-P) and the result was limp mode.

Since we had planned to pay in the morning, we will look for Z3 among the 6 others and hope to see one as clean. There was one just as clean but i didnt check that one. I will look of for that one if its Z3.

Mechanic as usual says just buy it, theres no problem, it will work.

Car is at the mechanic already with removal process started around 5pm.

Lordave:
With the history of poor, erratic and unsteady power supply associated with past governments, even Maitama residents would be anticipating the APC trademark 'Change' to sweep across the ministry of power and somehow or anyhow solve the problem of nonexistent power supply in most parts of the country.
Alas, Buhari, today decided to name former Lagos State governor, Mr Raji Babatunde Fashola as the minister of merged former Ministries of Power, Works and Housing.
From a progressive perspective every sensible Nigerian would agree that this is a very big mistake from our president. The ministry of Work and Housing alone is a deserving ministry for a person of Fashola's calibre and administrative prowess to pilot, likewise Power. Heading the Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria is very cumbersome and almost equivalent to the numerous tasks he faced as the Governor of Lagos State were he had commissioners who were accountable to him, let alone Power being added to this workload of a Portfolio.
I'm tempted to ask, did Buhari seek advice and make proper consultation before handing these merged portfolio to Mr Fashola? If he did, what were his findings? Which people supported his merging of these ministries?(they should be named so we can know those who indirectly oppose our progress)
In a nutshell, it was unexpected, unprogressive, nonsensical and most especially, unacceptable merging of this work laden ministries and handing it over to one man considering the immediate change Nigerians are expecting in the power sector. Buhari should separate this ministries and make Mr Fashola a minister to one of them.

It would be inevitable hearing APC faithfuls say, "after all it is merged ministry, and as such presents a herculean task to the government in bringing a reasonable level of change to what we had in the previous administrations who are responsible for the majority of ruins in the ministries.

WE DO NOT WANT EXCUSES!

You have no idea.

Ministry of power is a very very small ministry especially with the privatisation of PHCN, infact if not the smallest ministry before now. It does not have so much of work to do than to make policy for other government regulatary bodies and parastal. Few of them are NERC, TCN, NIPP(NDPHC). Disco's and GENCO's are private and controled by NERC.

Tell me what major direct responsibilty that falls on the ministry of power that you would have them in a seperate ministry with minister, perm sec, a very big office allocation and all the over head.

Buhari took the best decision.

Update.

My friend told me that on Sunday he checked water in the radiator and forgot to close it. He got his head cylinder gasket burnt. He spent his monday early hours fixing it.

That increased his desire to replace the engine. Unfortunately, the 150k deal wasnt even close to the deal. The parts dealer said he must be drunk if he actually said 150k for the engine but probably meant to say 250k. Besides that, his own has been sold for 280k and he took us to another guy who wants 270k for it. All the engines offered are "straight" meaning without alternator, a/c compressor and ps pump.

We will go to Apo mech village today. We made a call to Apo yesterday and the first price is 270k and in Kaduna 320k.

babestella:
When will a yoruba man or an Igbo man or an Ijaw or Ibibio man be made the EFCC chair?

Why always northerner?

Is EFCC a function of tribe or culture?

costandi:
The New EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu, 7 Things You Need To Know About Him:

1. Northerner

2. Northerner

3. Northerner

4. Northerner

5. Northerner

6. Northerner

7. Northerner

Thats just myopic. Thats everything you see. North vs south.

Nigeria makes no sense to you am sure.

fernado56:
Please can you give me the price range of the engine you source and was it tokunbo?? someone is offering 180k from ladipo i want to be sure its the market price not a rebuilt engine am going for

I didnt make the order but my friend did. Though i know the supplier. I will only know the details when we get to the mechanics.

koning:
What a ridiculous postulate within the Nigerian context. I will never rely on a Nigerian structural engineer civil servant to guarantee my safety in my own house. A house that i intend to live in with my children.
I have seen some of those so-called structural engineers at Alausa. With 10k people like you will get anything approved (point of correction, SEALED not APPROVED) just to rip off your clients.
I will surely employ my own structural engineer and will NEVER use a structural engineer brought by the builder/contractor. He is an accomplice if you know what I mean.

I lost words to say.

fernado56:
Good evening, Please Adanny01 , How did it went with your engine replacement and how much did you paid for the engine, I have being following your post because my car had a related problem ,Engine seized and we try to buy crank shaft and oil pump , after spending like 80k the engine make alot of noise , I am being advised to buy half engine or complete but i want you to give advise and cost , i saw that you wrote 150k is it complete tokunbo engine and is there any warranty on it?? Please i will like to hear more info from you please

The job has not been done, i couldnt make it today but will do tomorrow.

EgunMogaji:
The most qualified person on my project to determine quality is me.

Are you a structural engineer or of a related discipline? If no, then you are not controling quality of the structure but controling quality of the finishing. They are two seperate things.

Even among structural engineers there are quality control engineers.

EgunMogaji:
Perhaps in Nigeria but that should be negligent homicide.

Murder and manslaughter are both homicide. Genocide being the plural. Murder is killing with malice, intent or knowledge of the possibility of death while manslaughter is causing death due to negligence etc.

Our context is specifically involuntary manslaughter.

KolaShangOne:
Every building must have a safety factor. Determined by Structural engineers. But if you're convinced that you don't need to load all that steel on top of the columns, Why not come down to Nigeria, design your decking by yourself, Employ iron benders and do the job yourself.. so that if anything happens, you will be held responsible
There are other solutions like using wood

Even if he wants to do that, the law doesnt approve. And if the building collapses and kills some one, he has commited manslaughter.

koning:
I'm a little bit disappointed with this your response. You of all people should know that I'm talking about your regular wine glass cup. Glass has the capacity to be made thicker and stronger than cement. No matter what the specs are, it's still glass though. That's my point.

The problem is that Nigerians have been conditioned to build only a certain way. And buildings are collapsing left, right and center.

Let me start from the second paragraph.

Nigerians build in the certain way because of cost and availability.

There are alot of things involved about alternative building materials that you dont want to understand.

1st, you cant build that sort of glass in situ. That means it has to be built in a factory, transported and installed. The challenge is that in Nigeria, which company builds such glass at the quality you will get it in the US. How far is it from your site. You will definitely need a crane to install. Dont forget that reinforcing glass is different from reinforcing concrete and so their usage will differ. Dont forget that supporting glass used as slab can be done only at the edges or the aim is defeated. You cant ever compare the cost of such task especially in Nigeria without breaking the bank. Nigerian glass manufacturers must have the production capacity or line to produce such specific demands. If not available, will you go abroad and ship. For its size, shipping will definitely break the bank.

2ndly, "Glass has the capacity to be made thicker and stronger than cement." Are you for real? Thats a matter of science and if possible, at what cost? Can it be done in situ? The glass you saw wasnt necessarily stronger but was desired. Its one thing to see a car that runs over 400km/hr, its another thing to own one.

koning:
That is exactly what I intend to do. It's a house I intend to live in. Let me worry about the safety. Loading 2 tons of steel on a decking is a very scary thought to me.

You are getting so many things wrong.

As far as safety of a building is concerned and as a matter of law, it is not your responsibility. The responsibility is to the structural engineer and the approving authority. It is your structural engineers professional stamp/ seal that must appear on you drawing plans. He is responsible for your safety.

It is left unto you to convince him and its left onto him to convince the approving officer both who assume responsibility for your safety.

The only way you take responsibilty for your safety is if you as the client donot engage the services of the structural engineer as the project supervisor and he relinquishes that role usually written on his documents. You as the client and the Builder/contractor take that responsibility.

Structural engineering is not scary business but scientific with proofs. If you cant proof it, you cant do it.

EgunMogaji:
My Brother if you can maintain that ideology your budget will go far.

I have up to 5 years to complete my house but God willing it will not take that long but theres absolutely no hurry.

For example the only thing going on now in my absence is delivery of laterite and filling the foundation. I get pictures of the laterite delivery inside my site and then I send the payment. I get the laterite transferred into the foundation and then I pay. We already arranged the rate. Laterite is N700 per ton, filling is N175 per ton.

Who checks for quality?

koning:
Are you guys even aware that most American houses are built with wood, including the upper floor decks. I'm throwing this as a challenge to the Nigerian builders here. Seek out ways to build efficient, strong and light houses. All a house requires to be strong is a solid foundation and enough pillars to hold everything up. The rest of the building can be made as light as possible. That's why we are able to build high rise office blocks.

There is absolutely no need to load all that steel on top of the columns. It's just a platform to stand on. Or are you building the house for Elephants ?

Building materials and design differ for a lot of reasons. Weather and cost are the most common reason.

Believe me it is easy for us to build a house with sandcrete hollow blocks in Nigeria where temperature ranges from 15-40 degree celsius but may not be suitable when that range expands from -50-45 degree celsius.

Wood is a better insulator against extreme cold and hot weather than sandcrete block or concrete so would be preferable in very cold and very hot areas. Wood is a very poor conductor so will easily lose the heat it has been exposed to than concrete. So if you have extreme hot temperatures, wood will be better as it will give you better comfort when the sun goes down while concrete or blocks or bricks are still slowly losing heat but keeping your home hotter and uncomfortable during lower night temperatures.

Believe me, the wood you see them use doesnt come easy or cheap. Those are highly seasoned, treated wood and genetically engineered for construction that can stand very wet and harsh conditions which sandcrete hollow blocks wont survive. Most of our wood is not properly treated or seasoned and most times comes with defects due to plant diseases.

Trust me, we dont have what it takes to build flawless wooden houses.

Corruption fighting back hard.

SailorXY:
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Quiet yourself young man. Who said the Hausa is majority in Nigeria? Tell that to people who don't move around & romance your animal-padded population statistics!

For the records, there's no iota of relationship between any tribe in the North & the Delta

Who ever said there was? Are you saying Nigeria should be divided as much as the number of tribes that are related?

Phinagold:
Thats a big lie.... if so why did the igbos supported and voted massively for GEJ even more than the South South Is he an igbo? because he is simply from a Biafran state. What impression does that alone gave you


Stop vomitting trash.....u dont know anything about Biafra

Thats because the Igbos cant see beyond their nose. Have you forgotten that the Northerners voted massively for Obj even more than the South West. In 2011 the North had split votes for Jonathan and Buhari their own was starved of votes. The Igbos have never really supported anyone other than GEJ. It is not anybody's fault that they alienated themselves from the rest of Nigeria.

Cant you see that by deliberate scheme of things, Power is rotated between South west, North, South South, North and am sure next time is going to be South west. If the rotation should continue to the next South turn, it will still go to the South South. The south south can continue to fraternise with the south east at their own peril.

Just like the civil war was between Hausa and Igbo, the recent Biafra is actually the same as before except that the South south have been pushed forward this time for the convenience of South east. We all know marriages of convenience doesnt last or is definitely headed for trouble waters.

Kestolovee95:
Who was the second president of Biafra? Was Gen Effiong Igbo?

If Biafra secedes, are you expecting a Military dictatorship or you would want an election. Man is selfish in Nature and the first elected president of Biafra will definately be Igbo and you dont have the votes to stop it. Then they will consolidate in their hold and Nigerdeltans will start a new uprising.

Besides, Effiong was President for 4 days because Ojukwu fled. There is no Biafra without Igbo. Niger deltans are there for convenience.

Kestolovee95:
Mr hausawa abooki, the protector of the SS, the killer of their leaders and the looter of their resources and destroyer of their ecosystem. You think the Nigerdelta are fools? Every Biafran province will own its resources 100%. Are you sure about this. That means you have no government or pay no taxes. Igbo Biafrans have fared well without oil billions and morever the oil value is fall everyday.
Just go tend to your cows. Biafrans havr one destiny. We have nothing in common the crude and cruel children of uthman dan fodio who wear the bedsheets on the heads.

Igbo Biafrans have fare well agree but what ever they have can become usless once they are no longer Nigerians. They have to trade with Nigerians to succeed. Everything that cones from Biafra will now go through Nigerian customs and any ban will affect Biafra.

If you really think Igbo will let you have it all then you must be dreaming. They own Biafra, you will see.

Spybradd:
well i would like you to know that citizens of biafra and the niger delta are educated and civilised and are their brother's keepers...they aint prone to parasitism or get down with the DOG IN THE MANGER theory...they aint lazy neither do they wait for others to toil and labor for them to reap where they never sowed....
Am sorry,but you sound more like the devil's advocate hell bent on setting brethren apart..be careful,thats something God hates so much..

I guess you are Igbo. You know well Biafra with be in your best interest but nothing will change for the Niger Deltans.

My position is from history of South Sudan which your Biafra resembles. You can decieve the Niger Deltans but you cant decieve the Northerners or South Westerners.

successiam:
thou I'm a Niger Delta man, Biafra must stand

God bless Biafra

may God destroy northern Nigeria

One reason i really want Biafra is the fact that it may be worst than South Sudan. I supported south Sudan for their independance but got the shocker when they turned on themselves.

With Igbo the majority in Biafra, it spells doom which the average Niger Delta isnt aware due to hate of the Hausa. I think an Igbo man is more of a threat to a Niger Deltan than a Hausa man. The Niger Deltan will most likely see more of "his resource" in the hands of Igbo and will likely kick against it once again and the whole circle repeats but this time there is no going back for the Niger Deltan. Hausa man is the majority in Nigeria and Igbo is majority in Biafra. One way or the other the Niger Deltan will not be satisfied and its the same problem in Nigeria or Biafra.

It is always true that you dont know what you have until you lose it. The Niger Deltan who thinks he lost in Nigeria will certainly lose more in Biafra and the war continues.Biafra isnt about the South South but the South East. Those South South who have decide to join the South East are taking their region for a big ride that will spell doom.