₦airaland Forum

Macbroomy:
AutoE.lectNG. I am genuinely grateful for your assistance thus far. You have been quite supportive and helpful in helping get my Infiniti QX4 back on the road. I sincerely cannot thank you enough. God bless you tremendously. Regards

Rotimi
Lagos

flecho:
Thanks alot, I use d Toyota original red oil filter, I will hv to change back to Mobil xhp

flecho:
Geely china

Increased oil consumption for NZ - a purely age-related phenomenon. As for classic Toyota engines, it appears after ~150.000 km and is moderate (200-300 ml / 1000 km), increase during long rides with high rpm. Overhaul with replacement of piston rings and valve seals makes sense in case of indecent oil burning (500 ml).

erico2k2:
I works well with BMWs, but struggles with other brands, I have tried it on my E90 and the RRS, but in all, the best futures are not the Diagnostic but the ability to hack the software of the BMW, I love that bit, I can now fold my mirrors and dictate the speed of my repeaters and brighten my Angel eyes.

flecho:
It's a Toyota 1nz-fe engine, more than 6000km cover and the oil looks good only d shortage

flecho:
I did oil swap from Mobil xhp to aisin 5w30 nw I hv oil shortage in my Toyota engine

VolvoS60:
^^^
Exactly.

I run synthetics in my vehicle for precisely the reason you listed above - long OCIs and I run my vehicles for several years - sometimes till they die. It might not make sense for a vehicle user to run synthetics in a very high mileage vehicle with short OCIs - and if the owner intends to sell off the vehicle in a couple of years.

I try to do my homework . Its all part of being an educated consumer - there's always something new to learn each day and you can never know it all. I only wish I was still a boy with the energy of a youth . I'll give you an idea of how long I've been around: I can still remember the coup speech announcing your current president as head of state during his first coming in the 80s...

VolvoS60:
The gentleman marketing US made Castrol on this thread gives a new meaning to the phrase "hard sell". . I like his style.

I committed the mortal sin of using Nigerian sold Castrol oil (the label stated it was EU manufactured but that was a whole new controversy on its own) and saying so publicly. Because of this I got into a long winded and completely unnecessary debate with another poster on another oil thread. In the rash of recent oil threads on NL, the major selling point of a number of US spec oils is that they are synthetic AND they also meet the viscosity requirements of most of the imported (new and used) cars sold in Nigeria today. But are these US oils really synthetic?

My limited research shows that US oil manufacturers are able to label their oils as synthetic only as a result of a court ruling arising from a trade dispute between Mobil and Castrol (Castrol again! ) and not because they developed these synthetic oils in a lab from scratch as the Europeans and the Japanese do. So are these US spec oils really special or they are mostly marketing hype?

While there may (and I must stress the argument may) be a strong argument that US spec oils go through stricter regulatory oversight than Nigerian manufactured/blended oils, it is Euro spec oils (as a group) and perhaps Japanese oils that truly meet the definition of synthetic (with all the so called advantages accruing to the label).

What has never been fully clear to me is why over the years, no major oil company in Nigeria took advantage of the gap in the market for mineral oils with viscosities of 5W 20, 5W 30, 5W 40 etc. Surely they must have seen the trends? There are thousands of used cars imported from North America into Nigeria annually which require these viscosities and they do not necessarily require synthetic oil with the most recent API rating. A number of car owners in Nigeria who started purchasing synthetic oil a few years ago were boxed into buying Mobil 1 because it was the only locally available oil with the right viscosities - but you had to pay heavily for its synthetic qualities and its high API rating. The truth is that thousands of car owners in Nigeria today do not necessarily need synthetic oils with 'SN' API ratings for their vehicles. They'll do just fine with mineral oil, regularly changed.

mopson2002:
[b][/b][i][/i] I bought a Nigerian Used Nissan Maxima, 2004 (Dagreen). The car is working perfectly well but I discovered that the former owner had not been using. Good the right oil for it - W5 W30 but Instead he's been using the regular Mobil oil of 4000 (Xhp I think).

I want to switch to the right oil, please can someone advice me rightly

Thank you.

VolvoS60:
^^^
Well known names there...

So far I have used Mobil for my vehicles - also used Castrol a couple of times. About to try out several other brands to see how they fare in my engines - very unscientific experiment but the results should be interesting.

VolvoS60:
^^^
Not quite sure I understand here.

Do you mean you use other oil brands (apart from Castrol) for BMW lube service in the US? If this is what you mean, could you give me names of these other brands?

taxiappguy:
You said:
3. So as a fleet manager (which you claimed to be) once a car owner give you a car and you deliver weekly rental twice the car becomes your property but when it’s time to pay expenses like repairs, insurance or car documents renewal it becomes car owner property. Why Now, Oga experience.

I say:
3. I don't understand what you wrote here as regarding what I wrote, they don't seem to be related.
Oga sir, I hope you know that under rental agreement such expenses are borne by owner, that is standard operating procedure unless otherwise stated in agreement, repair bill is footed by owner, damages bill must be covered by driver. Vehicle owner is required to put the car in shape so that the renter can enjoy what he is paying for. Under which law will you convert the car to your property after rent is paid twice?


You said: And please you need to be very diplomatic in your comments, you run a business on this thread so be mindful of your image and perception.

I say: Being diplomatic does not mean I can't have an opinion, so long as it is not abrasive or hurtful. That you simply do not agree with me is not me being un-diplomatic.

If money can only be earned after value has exchanged hands, how come you prepay your rent and prepay your NEPA and prepay your MTN but you don't want to prepay your rental. If that is the case, car dealers are everywhere, you can always walk up to one of them and tell them you want one week of value using the car before you pay.


In the end, I know it might seem you disagree with me, but your final points prove that, it is really yourself you disagree with. As I said in my earlier post, the driver with assurance is a renter and with him, a car owner is better protected.
It is the one that pays at the end of the week that can be called your driver, it is he you have to be chasing up and down for payment and damage claims.

So please stop this Nigerian landlord entitlement mentality thing you have, it is not needed in business. When you rent out a car with assurance, you are the one offering a service to the renter. He is the one paying money. The customer is king. In as much as you are inclined to disagree, you are not some Lord of the manor, bossing it over your harem of drivers. You are actually a service provider and your job is to make sure you provide top notch service by providing a good Uber ready car.

When you go to AVIS to rent a car with your hard earned cash and pay, who exactly is the service provider and who is the customer?
So because someone is renting your car with his hard earned money for Uber, he must call you boss, what exactly do you need the title for.

I will keep saying it, a driver with assurance is your customer. Not your staff, nor slave. His job is to keep the car in the condition it was given out, under agreement and pay you. If he damages, he pays or repairs immediately.

The rider is the renter's boss.
The renter with assurance is the car owner's boss, and the car owner is the fleet manager's boss.
As you can see, there is no overall boss, or boss of all bosses or any thing like that. Everybody does his shift and goes home. That is how the partnership works.
I know it is a total mindset shift for you but you will get used to it.

I ordinarily would not reply this, but some of your allusions made it unavoidable. I have nothing but total respect for and would love to hear more from you.

tamzy123:
Hi there.

I got this small Ford Focus 2000 (hatchback) abt three months ago. It works fine but has issues when I use it for like four hours non-stop or when I put on the ac full blast while going around (which could be less than an hour).

What it does is, it slows down when I accelerate and jacks. This happens especially when I am climbing a hill but is normal on descent.

We have changed the air flow meter, the plugs, done full servicing, cleaned the fuel pump but it persists.

Now, I'm told I need to change the fuel pump which could be 18k (original tokunbo).

Please anybody expert should advise me if the tokumbo is better..

Uniquewise:
Didn't see the response. Going forward, pls can you state here how you can help me retrofix my van or refer me to one who can. Thanks

nifa55:
how to get detailed specs on a Toyota Camry 2015 Air-Con compressor. cooling capacity, input power etc?

Uniquewise:
I've sent a PM to you.

Uniquewise:
Transit 230 cargo van. It's the 2015 model.