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GAZZUZZ:
what do you say we use this, and fill and blank out the AMG badge?

30 likes and we are all in agreement

n3xt:
This is completely true.

I once had issues with my generator. It was not charging the batteries. It was the inverter that showed me that the current supplied by the generator is too low.

The generator was still making the usual noise

Better soup na money kill am

Inception:
But bro this na engine assembly section for vehicle assembly plant na the engine is put together for the first time in its life.

How does it relate to REbuild of an engine?

lyort:
not someone like me. i'll rather rebuild than manipulate. trust me, engines i rebuild perform better than the tokunbos in the market, unless the owner compromises on payment. i can't do anything less than what the factory recommends unless there's scarcity of parts then i can begin to think of a compromise

lyort:
being a good engineer is not by acquiring all the expensive equipments and machineries but by getting the best out of the few hand tools you have. we start small and grow big, cos i've seen people who launched their workshops with expensive tools and equipments. with all the publicity and adverts, they shrink back to zero. i'm sure you'll still put paper inside engine if they put you in this kind of workshop cos i can't see reason why you'll compare a factory assembly line with a auto repair shop. meanwhile, i painted that engine and after assembling using brand new OEM parts? that engine sounded like a brand new when we started it.

lyort:
here are photos of my rebuild.

lyort:
you're nothing short of a charlatan if you mistake emergency repair for actual repairs. comparing a quick fix to your failed temp. sensor in traffic where all you need is just a temporal solution to keep you going to such an extensive repair such as an engine overhaul that should be carried out in a well equipped workshop. talk of emergency repairs, you're an infant to me.

i took off from ilorin in a 2008 camry and had a failed belt, thank God it happened close to a gas station that has a mechanic beside it. boda kazeem had only one used undersize belt that did not fit. what's more important here? water pump, alternator and power steering. i routed the belt to drive these three and left out the compressor and told my commuters, no ac for the rest of the journey

after driving a few miles, alternator failed in the middle of nowhere. i opened the bonnet, got to the fusebox and took out abs fuses and relays, headlamp fuses, trafficator fuses, went to the rear and took out all tail light bulbs, disconnected radiator fans. all that was left to run on battery power was the brainbox plus everything it controls and the fuel pump. i entered lagos after 2hours of driving and battery gave up just as i drove into the compound.

if crude repair is the only thing you can offer if you find yourself in a well equipped workshop, you're amore mediocre engineer. did you leave your car to keep running on the quick fix you did in traffic or you went to the workshop and did a proper replacement of the sensor afterwards.

quick fix can never take the place of actual repairs.

lyort:
i'm really disappointed, so you call yourself an engineer and you're saying all these.
tell me what improvisation that'll be carried out on a failed factory's design that'll cost less than the actual factory's cost of production or a repair that the factory's recommended systematic process of repair is unattainable according to the repair manual.

i provide solution to problems not based on how affordable it can be but based on my in-depth knowledge of how the motor works and what failure would occur whether minor or catastrophic if i make a certain compromise during my repair process

the paper parked bearing in your 1ZZ has not seen enough hard acceleration and speeds at full throttle on redline rpms that's why you're still beating your chest over such a crude manipulative repair process and my clients would've quit servicing their cars with me if they weren't satisfied with my service so this is how i define my class and distinguish myself from the kazeems whether they do the same job for 30k or even for free, my standard is my standard so there's nothing to be ashamed of, besides i don't repair engines that cost less than 200k to buy a toks in the market.

i make compromises only when there is scarcity of parts and cut down on my service charge if customers complain that the estimated cost of repair is too high and they can't afford but never will i go below my standard of repair

Inception:
A ladder frame is basically the structural part of the engine block ( usually bolted on) that serves 2 purposes: housing the main crank journals /bearings and providing extra rigidity to the block itself. You can google that for more knowledge on the matter.

Saying I am defeated by my knowledge is quite unfortunate in this discourse. At no point did i say using your band aid fix was not possible, nor practical. I am only explaining here that for best results and peace of mind, work with factory specifications, particularly for the OP's engine. Working with your analogy could easily justify some of these practices our kazeems do ( e.g removal of thermostat and connecting the fans direct , a digression if you don't mind). we know that the car will still work, but not as intended from design. So in a nutshell it is what it is, a band aid fix , which must come with a caveat.

If you ask the owner , i bet he would ask for a solution that would give him peace of mind at the right cost, not one that his heart would be in his mouth throughout the period he owns the vehicle. Infact the only time he would love to cut corners is if he wants to sell the car asap and needs the car in ' run and drive ' condition . So if it is adding paper packing to the conrod bearing that gives him peace of mind, who am i to question him

As for kazeems, ask yours if he would attempt to rebuild this particular engine and hear his response

itzzkhaliii:
Greetings to elders, I have so much respect for this forum as person they struggle with one isissue I say ma carryam come elders forum.

It all began last 2- weeks when my brother wanted to apply for his P-UTME exam. But to do so the school he applied for required him to change his course as his cut off mark for the course he applied before hasn't reached. This is necessary for him to be considered among those that will be shortlisted to Sit for exam.

We went to Jamb CBT to change his course and go ahead with the P-UTME registration. This is where The problems started unfolding. We Came to realize that he used my mum's number to open his jamb profile, and the sad thing is that they had stolen my mum's phone with that sim in it last two months. She lived for some weeks without phone before going ahead to buy a phone and a new sim.

So when the CBT guy told us that we will need that sim for change of course to be possible. We went to jamb office here in Kaduna and they confirmed the CBT guy statement. We went for the sim swap last monday but Mtn told us that since the sim pack wasn't available she will have to do a court affidavit. We got the affidavit instantly but there was a lot of que when we go back to the Mtn office.

We have to leave it till Tuesday, we went early morning when it was her turn for the swap she went ahead but one surprising thing is that the same sim that she bought and registered by herself 5- years ago turned out to be displaying a different person pix with details.

That's where real wahala start ooo, the Mtn agent told her that there is no way that sim swap will be done because it wasn't her pix in the profile. He told her that what actually happens was that the people she bought the sim from where just business men disguising themselves as Mtn agent, they are just after to sale their sim card in order to gain profit. They will offer you a registered sim as unregistered and take you through the process of registering as if that was the exact Time the registering is taking place.

At the end we trird other Mtn offices but the same answer was given to us the only way out was to look for the person whose pix is displaying to come by himself and do the swapping. This is a person my mum has never met in her entire life she don't even know him.

Remember that she was just a victim of a circumstance that's beyond her control and anybody can fall for it. I can't even comprehend how an innocent student will waste another year at home as result of a missing sim or number.

Pls I am begging on fellow elders in the house or anyone that has been in similar situation like this or know someone that has come across a similar problem and was able to solve it to pls help my brother out he has already wasted a year at home.

Pls help me out

Inception:
You are misunderstanding me @ the bolded.
I meant to remove all conrod bearings( including 2 and 3 which is not accessible because of the ladder frame) the engine must be dropped from the car , and the ladder frame removed.

First of all, you need to understand the root cause of why this engine failed, to avoid a similar failure after your band aid fix.This I listed and even explained in my prior posts. What if there are metallic particles scattered all over the place as you drop the pan? Do you honestly think slapping new bearings and adding paper to adjust clearance will solve the problem and not make it reoccur when the car is at top speed?

If you understand tolerance in machining and assembly, you will realise that the 0.02mm undersize from minimum required is enough to condemn a crankshaft in some engine designs and cause rod knock. Do you know that , due to high and unpredictable failures of this engine, the engine software of this particular car (2011- 2014 sonata ) was upgraded to make the knock sensors more sensitive to detect rod knock at its early stage? And once it is detected , you will have a flashing check engine light? Now you know.

As per your journal question, the solution is simple, measure , measure, measure! As engineers you were trained to use precision equipment like micrometers to guide you in descion making. There is a reason why engine manufacturers make oversize bearings. It is to cater for scenarios like this.
Once it is out of spec, it is best you replace crankshaft. Some engine designs are more forgiving to your crude methods. Some are not!

Why most people would buy a toks engine is because they want peace of mind . they want what would last, as they trust the process that put the engine together ( and has not been tampered with). An engine built with the right methods , tools and skill would last for years,( raking in thousands of miles) without problems.

There is a difference between a true engineer and an artisan.

Again i repeat, the engine in question must be built right, not patch patch work. You can get away with the band aid fix you did on the Toyota, but not on this Hyundai engine.

lyort:
not someone like me. i'll rather rebuild than manipulate. trust me, engines i rebuild perform better than the tokunbos in the market, unless the owner compromises on payment. i can't do anything less than what the factory recommends unless there's scarcity of parts then i can begin to think of a compromise

Inception:
I think you need to study the anatomy of that engine first before comparison to the Toyota 1zz or Honda k24 can be made.

Replacing the conrod bearings of all cylinders require the engine to be removed, due to a ladder frame used in the engine construction. It is similar to the 1az/ 2az series by Toyota.

If you have metal particles all over the place, it is pointless to just slap in conrod bearings and reuse oil pump/ balance shaft assy. The whole block must be torn apart and cleaned/ soaked in hot bath. Also in that scenario, The oil pump must be replaced, and with a new part to have peace of mind. The amount? 200k.

Now to bearing clearance. Your method depicts trial and error. I can say that being an Engineer, that would be unacceptable for a precision part. Like I said earlier, the precision levels involved here to get the right oil clearance is crazy. Get it wrong and your crank will either seize again due to oil starvation or excessive play that will lead to lack of oil pressure.

Truth is, that engine was poorly designed and manufactured. And Hyundai knows that. That is why till date they still replace the engines in these cars in the US and Canada.

lyort:
korean engines usually don't have high integrity, he should just get a new one

lyort:
ahhhhhh! lobatan. you were making sense all the while, but now, you just messed it all up
What the hell is a paper doing in the main reciprocating components of an engine. i'm sure the owner of that car is a pokey driver and not a maniac like me, i'll bet that paper you used to park the con rod bearing will give way within one week of my driving. i have zero tolerance when it comes to engine repair and overhaul and at every worse case scenario if i have to make a compromise, it must not be too far from the manufacturer's standard.

Inception:
The peculiar failure point of this engine is its connecting rod bearings ( usually no.1 and in some cases no2 and 3). In some cases it starts with a knock. In some cases it seizes without warning. What causes the former most of the time is metal shavings present in the crankshaft (as it was not properly cleaned after machining from factory). What causes the latter most of the time is oil shortage ( in which over time will lead to extreme oil consumption that will catch the owner unawares when he runs out of oil, particularly during long distances) due to the very thin piston ring design used in the theta II engine series.

Why am I saying all these grammar? It gives us an insight of how to tackle the issues when working on this engine. The tolerances used on this engine are very tight compared to the 1zz engine. Using 'packing' can completely close up oil film clearance or make it too lose , causing catastrophic drop in oil pressure. The oil pump for this engine is not great. Hence if the rebuild option is the only choice , the crankshaft must be replaced and measured, with bearings sized as per manufacturers spec.
To avoid this happening again, it is also advisable you ring the engine as most suffer from excessive oil consumption once they hit 100,000 miles.

Changing all conrod bearing would require a removal of the engine as there is a ladder frame present that would prevent you from reaching conrod bearings 2 and 3. The oil pump/balance shaft assy is bolted to this ladder frame.

drmuri:
I can't understand how and why Southern kaduna ppl hate this guy

Arrewa:
Kaduna is developing

Inception:
Bros bros

Not with this kind of engine o

Any engine rebuilder that does not have micrometers, callipers, torque wrenches and dial bore gauge (or he has but does not know how to use them) has no business rebuilding these Hyundai engines.

They are very tolerance sensitive and you must respect the specifications as stated in the service manual, if not engine will seize again after 5 km drive

Doslop:
I saw a Hyundai Sonata 2012 online and I liked the car so I called the seller and arranged for someone I know who is a driver he drives from Warri where I reside to Lagos every day so I told him to help me check out the car, since he’s a driver he should know about cars. So he got there checked the car and told me it is a perfect car that I should pay so I paid and he brought it to me.
When the car got home I started it and immediately I told him I don’t like the sound of the engine that it is too loud and he said it is fine I shouldn’t worry that’s how the car is.
When I drove it I discovered all the bearings on four legs were bad so I changed them the next day, and did lots of maintenance on it.
Fast forward exactly one week later which is yesterday I started hearing a metallic sound from the engine while I was driving so I quickly rushed to park the car. On calling a mechanic this morning he said the it is crankshaft and connecting rod noise that they have to dismantle the engine and change them or he’ll advise me to buy a new engine that if they repair the one on it it wouldn’t last at all.
I am here regretting my life who sent me to buy this car!

Palema007:
Now it is clear, we have more mentally and financially frustrated broke Guys in Nigeria! The rants and wails are just too much! Kilode? Even students them wey still dey collect pocket money go join to wail... Shey won se epe aroka fun yin ni? Abi Ogun awitunwi lo fi ja yin ni?

EgunMogaji2:
In my opinion a duplex is part of the foundation that I seek for my ultimate protection.

EgunMogaji2:
Very well written.

I was Mr. Bungalow before I moved back home. I now know it’s duplex for me for safety. It’s makes for much easier living to turn the entire top floor into a safe zone than my safe room downstairs.

For the diasporans, try to do more planning while on the ground. Mist of my plans that were made in the comfort of the USA has been realigned today fit the reality on the ground.

One neighbor here was robbed. They woke up to find out that they slept all through a burglary. Money kept amin the same room they were in and electronics were taken. The 3 Rottweilers slept too and vet had to attend to those as they were comatose. Was it voodoo or some sort of sleeping gas? I don’t know but I think if it was a duplex the perps would have had a tougher time.

olawalepopoola:
Good day all. Hope we are all fine.
I want to ask what can be done when you get to know and confirm that your mother hates your wife without any tangible reason and all she wants is to either control your home or destroy it by all means.
Valuable answers will be appreciated

Aisosa25:
Obaseki trumps Ize-Iyamu 57% to 40%, emerges winner in CHANNELS TV preferred debaters’ poll

…poll result gives insight into election outcome – Osagie[i][/i]

Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday trumped candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Osagie Ize-Iyamu by well over 17 points (Obaseki 57.73%; Ize-Iyamu 40.07%), in an online poll conducted by multiple award-winning broadcasting station, CHANNELS Television in partnership with Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room.

The poll, according to the organisers, was put together to enable the general public select their preferred gubernatorial candidates that will feature in the station’s forthcoming debate programme.

Members of the public were asked to vote for the gubernatorial candidates of their choice from among the 14 listed, including Godwin Obaseki, PDP; Osagie Ize-Iyamu, APC; Jones Osagiobare YPP; Lucky Osagie Idehen, APGA; Felix Obayangbon, SDP, and nine others.

The poll which lasted over three hours, saw the APC candidate, Ize-Iyamu in an early lead, only to be trounced by Godwin Obaseki, the PDP candidate, who sustained the lead; 57.73% to 40.07%, till the poll closed.

Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, commenting on the poll result, noted that “it reflects Governor Obaseki’s popularity and gives insight into the outcome of September 19 poll.

Candidate of the YPP, Osagiobare, took the third position with 0.36%. From bottom, Felix Obayangbon of the SDP scored zero vote; Igbineweka Osamuede of APM scored 0.07 %; while Stevie Nash Ozono of NRM scored 0.11%.

Website: www.godwinobaseki.com
Facebook: fb.com/godwinobasekiofficial
Twitter: @governorobaseki
Instagram: @governorobaseki
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SEE SCREEN SHOTS OF POLL RESULT BELOW:

coldcandy:
Chekitaut! Good evening sir! You have just challenged science that sand is heavier than granite!
This can easily be verified. Can somebody fill two paint buckets or any equal containers, one with sand and another with granite, and weigh them on a scale?

RealZizou:
Please don't mind my English..

I will like to keep my identity because of my safety, I am from Oyo state (Ibadan) and i am having my NYSC service in Asaba.

I got a call last week Friday around 11:43am from my PPA principal asking me why i haven't report and i told her that i will be in Asaba this weekend.

I did fulfil my promise by going this Saturday (5 sept) to cut the story short when we reach Ore Benin road (6pm), this husky black Mopol officer stop our Toyota Siena car (public transport), he ask us to get down and he approach me remove your ear phone mister man in which i did and ask me what do i do for living? and i answered with a friendly smile sir Am a youth corps, then he reply me "Really" where is your ID card and i show him and he jokingly reply me u be Yoruba boy and i said yes Sir.

Then he ask for my phone, that's when i knew something is not okay, I actually gave him my phone and he kept on searching through my what'sapp message, Inbox and pic gallery. The next thing i will hear is Mr man move to that side (my heartbeat was already running madly) he ask me why can i have 85k in my account, Why am i using 2 what'sapp account. The next thing he started calling me names you this lazy yahoo boys, god catch u today, krokor dey ur yansh this time.

I beg him to let me go that am not a yahoo boy but all my plead fall into zero then he start to threaten me that he will hand me over to EFCC then he remove his handcuff and I plead to him multiple times then his colleagues came to me which i thought he want to help me beg him only for him to say "oh boy u sef do normal and water him flower" to my surprise one those boys selling gala and drinks came to us and brought out a POS machine and this stupid Mopol force me to transfer 80k then he release me but the strange thing is that these police officers are not with their tags to reveal their names and numbers and they kept calling eachother in nicknames like scorpion, Rambo they only wear that Mopol polo shirt and carry AK 47 rifles.

The painful part of my ordeal is that the 85k is my only savings.....I know that the Lord am serving will surely punish them....Police is not your friend o

earthrealm:
There are always options, if you dig deeper. 3rd party china shippers dey this forum. Am sure a couple would be reliable

earthrealm:
Yeah, your major error was buying 1 nozzle spray gun. That 4 nozzle spray gun, you posted has been in my cart for months.. waiting for normal shipping to resume b4 i pull the trigger

banky3w:
There are numerous car stands in kaduna south now. Coming from river kaduna bridge, there is a car stand just before station round about, there is one car stand immediately after Naira/firstbank roundabout, there is another one before crital hope in front of Queen of Apostle Catholic Church, there is one after it before St. Gerrard hospital and there are 3 more new stands before kalapanzin barracks after St. Gerrard.

Why you want an Igbo dealer I don’t know but goodluck on your search!