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radautoworks:
I don't know... Especially as you get closer to number one, a lot of German/Asian

We've already seen quite a few of them at the shop

German cars yea

British cars yea

American cars not so much

Very few cars Nigerians consider

Preponderance of cars the American public buys

DukeNija:
The decision to scan the car is because of past experiences where a mechanic was unable to detect some faults. I believe it’s important to support the physical and mechanical inspection with scanning. But thanks all the same.

The car was a corolla.

corolla and Matrix are twins.

It had this same code.

Problem was electrical.

Vehicle was very sluggish.

The problematic electrical component was replaced.

And the code disappeared.

Following your post I asked again

Client responded that the code is gone for good and has not resurfaced.

Over a month later.

My point is it a diagnosis is key to zero in on electrical, hydraulic or mechanical causes.

It is not always caused by sludge

If you love the car you can keep it

It doesn't seem it was such a bad car afterall


http://m.carcomplaints.com/Nissan/Maxima/

But see also

https://www.edmunds.com/nissan/maxima/1999/consumer-reviews/

and
https://www.cars.com/research/nissan-maxima-1999/consumer-reviews/

And note that a client of Gazzuzz had the option to get a tokunbo but Preferred a car whose history he knows because of repairs uncertainty

Do you know that an 05 model vehicle in my shop as we speak needs its exhaust pipe changed?

All those other repairs are reasonable for the age of the vehicle.

But then its your vehicle and your money.

GAZZUZZ:
have you ever rejected a 100k consultancy fee? (Not labour charge)

For the sedan, I forgot the name.

No I wouldn't....

GAZZUZZ:
It's a 2004 Hyundai sedan, present Value of vehicle is about 200-350k. fixing vehicle will cost about 400-600k full body interior, paintwork,engine repairs suspension, a/c work.

Owner presented with the possible realities, but insists on a repair since I'm the one doing it.

His Reason is simple. Same used car (toks), same mileage, would have unpredictable repair costs, he would rather bite the bullet than replace the car.

IT all depends on your perspective, your pockets and your priorities.

You said you don't travel out to work

Which of the sedans from Hyundai?

weyreypey:
not by you

Cool...let me seat and watch then

weyreypey:
Autoelectng shots fired...I repeat shots fired

No shots fired....I merely gave an alternative viewpoint

Abduletudaye:
I dnt get you sir

Initial post updated

Costee is the resident Nissan Expert...he may have an opinion that would be relevant

Costee, maybe you can help this guy.

If I were to take this on, it would be for N250,000.00 labor flat non-negotiable only

Cost of parts on your account (not included in the above)...I can tell you where to source for parts, but if you do, no warranties.

Parts to look for to give you an idea of the cost in parts:

Honorable mention to diportivo who made this much easier for me:

1. Tokunbo power steering pump

2. Tokunbo fuse box

3. Tokunbo full-length exhaust pipe

If I source for parts, then I would warrantee the parts.

I would be doing this not so much for the money...but to prove that dead cars can be resurrected

Just an alternative point of view to help you weigh all your options

You need to take off the entire valve cover for inspection

source: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/es300-330-350-300h-classifieds/561207-1mz-fe-powder-coated-valve-covers-for-sale.html

joeruano:
I want to change the oil for servicing of my Toyota Camry (Big Daddy) 2003 model from Mobil to the recommended Toyota oil but I was told if I did, I would be grappling with low oil pressure issue. And that the engine is old, so the recommended oil is too light to be efficient, so the Mobil I'm presently using is better.

Any truth in that?

Mobil XHP 20w50 to Total 5w30?
V6 or i4?
Current mileage?

rhodahe:
Kindly help me on dis similar issues, if it's parked o battery head removed. my electrician touches only God knows wat, but had to go for scan got dis codes P0700 and P1718 on Subaru Forester 2006

Please give me a full background.

Ideally create a new thread

DukeNija:
Please I need expert opinion on a car I want to buy. It’s a Toyota Matrix. I scanned the car and this code came out p0012 camshaft position sensor Bank 1. Should I run away? Please help

This code points to either an electrical mechanical or hydraulic fault.

Only diagnosis and physical inspection with confirm.

A vehicle had this code, the client told me he was told he would need a new engine, I said I disagreed, that it was more likely electrical or mechanical or hydraulic and that the problem is common to Toyota Corolla and Matrix.

It is very likely an electrical issue can hydraulic pressure with the VVT system.

Or a hydraulic issue causing electrical problems.

If you are in Lagos, get radautoworks take a look at it.

They solved it, it was an electrical fault.

I don't think it is a major problem, but then that's just a thought, I haven't had a look.

Ideally use part numbers to buy.

If using sight, the nigerian standard, then take along samples, compare everything must be a match, as far as the inscriptions on the body of the sensor are concerned

If you follow the international standard that is part numbers, and don't purchase knockoffs from substandard dealers, you will be fine.

OgaKazeem:
now my question is can a person use narrowband sensor to replace d upstream (wideband) sensor?

How can narrow band and wide band be interchangeable?
To make things simple

Do yourself favor, if the part numbers are not the same, don't bother.

One is an ordinary regular oxygen sensor.

The other is an air fuel ratio sensor.

To make things technical and complicated

But if you want to know how the technology works then go ahead with this https://www.hamotorsports.com/what-is-a-wideband.html

kneo:
I just checked one of the ride receipts on my email and noticed it contains even the driver's house address. I hope it doesn't compromise safety.

It does. Take it up ASAP.

Courtesy of CarbonCrew of BITOG

"AAA Spills the Truth on Oil Changes"


http://newsroom.aaa.com/2017/06/aaa-spills-truth-oil-changes/


As synthetics move more towards the mainstream, this study might be a 10-15 years too late. It doesn't draw any conclusions that a seasoned BITOGer hasn't seen already. The 59 page PDF study on link on the right side of the column, I've only had a few minutes to look at it and hope to get more time to read it completely today. I really wish they would name their test oils. There are some conventional and synthetics that really shine versus their peers. Anyhow, I thought it was interesting that hoped some others would find it interesting as well.

For the other side of the argument, see also https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4424676/AAA_Conventional_vs_Synthetic_

AutoElectNG:
Alert! Alert!! Alert!!!

A call to arms by the replace gang

It seemed the rebuild gang was gaining too much traction

and so the replace gang decided to regroup and attack from the rear

This story is far from over yet

Good Night, it seems I was here from the very beginning, High Chief Obekediamondfuto, may I be excused for the night!

The picture below may be useful to one or more viewers/authors on this thread

If there was no fight, why did some say it was getting personal? Why did words like you are condescending come into play? And why did more than one person suggest a truce with the use of the word "stop"?

It is clear that on this thread there was a fight between team(gang) rebuild and team (gang) replace

A fight doesn't have to be physical...my decision not to participate does not mean that I have not followed it all through but for personal reasons have decided not to get into the fray

EgunMogaji:
Oh they’ve beat me black and blue already on here. Just last night someone called me s backyard mechanic

Very little of my client will come from Nairaland so I’m content with just beer parlor talks on here mostly

I think this is going to be my style as well going forward....is not the quantity, it is the quality that matters more, and most certainly, you are no backyard mechanic

Piyke:
At the end of the day, take home message is the need to be methodical and thorough about which ever decision is reached and ensure all options are laid before the client for an informed decision.

not all techies and mechanics are doing that right now...even on nairaland....the options are rarely spelt out for the client...instead it seems to be one option is laid out...the clients' on the other hand don't even realize they have a right to a second opinion and even a third opinion, and tend to search for the position of an all-wise all-knowing automotive god whose words are the final authority of all things automotive, like the supreme court is the final destination for some cases...when from everything I have learnt, no one knows it all in this field and with the rapid advances, even the pros are having a hard time keeping up with all the changes from all corners of the trade

I think if nothing else, the client now knows that with engines, he has options of rebuilding, replacing or repairing and should get position statements from at least 3 different techies before committing to a decision on the way forward

https://www.nairaland.com/4617920/how-california-ensures-sanity-automotive#69390091

MotoMedics:
Labor is ridiculously cheap in Nigeria, standard auto repair comes at a cost, and they don't come cheap. There are many dynamics to car repair, and every job order is to b treated individually. There is no one way to anything, as long as standard process is followed.

Time. Time. Time. Like you emphasized too.

Truth is, an engine swap is the convinient route and other times, it not taken because of convenience but because it is best bet.


Glen is not going to do all the job. Kazeems with coverall that will rather use bare floor than worktables will do the job. Forget all the English.


We must not also be rigid to change. Automedics had an impact on the Nigerian automotive space. I also believe Radautoworks with her gusto will also do even better. Gradually we will get there.

Autoelectng albeit has been so sure of an outlet that has been in operation for less than 4 months on this shores.

Time. Time. Time

Time will tell if the due diligence I followed was faulty.

Secondly, America sets so many automotive standards that the world follows.

Think OBD II for example.

Think of the California's Bureau of Automotive Repair.

Think of the standards for collision repair in the Americas.

I too have undergone ASE education.

So I will naturally gravitate towards the American way of doing things.

I think we would benefit more if we did not fight radautoworks but tried to learn from her

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For the academically inclined among us:

Ignore America or more accurately California's disproportionate influence over the automotive industry at your own peril
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-cant-do-approach-of-the-american-auto-industry_us_58d8fb3de4b0f633072b3979

There is another important paper worth reading it is entitled: "The road to 2020 and beyond:
What’s driving the global
automotive industry?" and it is published by McKinsey&Company, look for it and download it with your favorite search engine

Will we also fight Egunmogaji if he were were to post about his methods here?

Or are we fighting raduatoworks because she is american? Or because she is no technician but a knowledgeable nonetheless? Or she is a woman in a man's world?

Or is this a turf war in the making?

Parting shot: The automotive market is a global one not a local one, in plain language, we don't set standards, we follow them. We have a choice to be a local champion or an international star, I would rather be the later, and it begins and ends with the standards we choose to align ourselves with, whether they be local or global.

thebigkendo:
New accounts are already coming oh!!! We dey look. Jeje

Did I not say I saw war coming from afar?

What is happening now is that the war may have gone proxy....we get others to fight for us....we give them ammunition...we don't get seen....but it is our war....others are fighting it for us...lol

What Radautoworks is doing is perfectly in order.

Overseas we have service advisors and service writers....they are knowledgeable in automotive matters and they don't touch wrenches, yet they deal with the customer, ASE even has a certification for them.

So it must not be Glen speaking before the word should be considered.

Alert! Alert!! Alert!!!

A call to arms by the replace gang

It seemed the rebuild gang was gaining too much traction

and so the replace gang decided to regroup and attack from the rear

This story is far from over yet

https://www.nairaland.com/4520790/please-advice-opel-vectra-b#67854141


The thread speaks for itself

It seems the story was not completed though

Precious231:
i bought 2010 liberty jeep after 2 months engine blown off, after replacement of engine no mechanic up till now can start the car. its over 3 months if there is anybody that can start this car in nigeria, i will appreciated it. nairalanders please help locate the right person thanks.here is my contact number.09032659577.

WhatsApp or Email me so we can work on it.

Island loses (read that to mean VI)

Mainland loses.

Peninsula wins.

Training Theoretical(Lecture) and Practicals will be done in Lekki

Courtesy of Radautoworks

More details in the following weeks.

Stay tuned

Jakumo:
I know I must have mis-read the words of Egun Agba that I copied above.

I know I did not hear him refer to the guided missile CLK 550 as a mere lowly "secretaries' car".

If this is indeed the opinion of our Egun Agba, then I can only offer some hasty sacrifices to Ogun, the God of Iron, in the forest during the next full moon at midnight, so that no offense is taken over these words of blasphemy that were mistakenly typed on this fateful day.

On a more serious note, that picture of the world on fire, taken along the freeway, is truly frightening, especially when one considers the fact that global warming is intensifying so rapidly right now, in our own lifetimes. Anyone with kids has even greater cause for concern, over how the next generation will survive these climate extremes mother nature has been lobbing at the planet over the past decade or so, all of which are predicted to get worse still. Used to go night snow-skiing at the Mountain High resort near the town of Wrightwood, not far from where the above picture was taken. That entire area was ravaged by fire outbreaks just last year, if I am not mistaken.

I browse the Saturday LA Times every week, and drool over those uber-exclusive homes that fill that weekend real estate edition, yet now, ironically, most, if not all of those ritzy, "leafy" neighborhoods, from Brentwood to Belair to Beverly Hills and Palos Verdes, on down into Orange County's enclaves of the wealthy, all face equal and sometimes greater fire risk, as do the sprawling working-class suburbs that make up much the southland.

It is enough to drive a man to fire up his CLK for a spin.

Oga OP apologies for the digression, but as you know, to conform with the Nairaland Car Forum Unofficial Regulations, due homage MUST be paid to Egun Agba at all times, even when he has innocently offended Ogun the God of Iron, by wantonly DISSING my car live and before a global audience, committing a grievous misdemeanor which I am determined to forgive as early as the year 2020.

I love your exotic English and the mental images you invoke with such reckless abandon!

A. J. Cronin taught me that English does not need to be plain...it can spiced up and ever since then, my spoken and written English stopped being pedestrian

Please kindly share if you don't mind your literary influences... I would love to devour them as well...so I can hone this craft to be as good as yours

And the clear undertone of diplomacy in the face of an unexpected backhanded compliment is a lesson that should not be lost on all of us here who take well-meaning criticism/alternative points of view very badly

slinkky:
Please I need a good electrian to work on my 2003 toyota avalon

What problem does it have?

Chelseafan1:
I have owned this car for 6 years and it has really served me well over the years but the engine is weak, started emitting smoke, so sometimes in March, I had it ringed, I'm still not comfortable with the job done.

I'm ready to change the car to Tokumbo grade again. I have actually started and I've spent more than 400k on the car from March till now already.

It looks very good already but u want it scanned and get a new Toks engine that would make me enjoy the car till I can afford a new one.

I'm bringing it to Lagos, I don't wanna be scammed or given bad products, who can help me out, I was advised not to go to Ladipo or Itire on my own, I need a VW specialist who can handle my car and bring it back to life.

Here are pictures of the car I took last week.

Hoping to hearing from a good Samaritan.

Thanks.

https://www.nairaland.com/4501821/milex-carquest-2nd-largest-usa/23

Radautoworks may be the solution you seek,

they will not replace the engine,

they will rebuild the engine,

which makes it as good as new,

instead of an unknown engine with unverifiable pedigree and nothing to hang unto except the words of the engine seller ( words that they can readily go against, and have been known to go against)

and instead of a warranty that rarely lasts as long as 30 days

you would get a much longer warranty and peace of mind from an as good as new engine given that you will be holding onto this car for some time

I give this advice because of your financial outlay so far which goes against the use and dump philosophy would never allow you spend so much on a car when you could fling it and add some more money to get another - the predominant thought pattern in the Nigerian automotive space