chris81964:
Did the front shocks today. Did not think that they were bad. When it was pushed in, it did not immediately rebound. With no weight no rebound.
4 new shocks. Brakes are next.

I don't like them. It removed the wandering at speed but it is not firm enough over bumps

I have finally done it. This was supposed to have been done the first week I owned the Pajero.

Today I changed the brake fluid. I removed and replaced 24 oz of fluids. I did not do it as I wanted. I did not bleed the corners.
I flushed the power steering. Removed all the fluid in the reservoir. Disconnected the reservoir and cleaned it. It has a screen at the bottom. I put back reservoir and left the return line unconnected. Filled the reservoir and turned the steering from lock to lock. Kept topping up and repeating till the fluid that was coming out was pink. It took about 1.5 liters. The original fluid was very dark.
Drained the transfer case. The fluid looked okay but the drain plug had a lot of crud on it.
Drained the front and rear differential used GL-4 90 W oil. It calls for GL-5. The fluid in the rear diff looked bad and the drain plug had so much crud on it. The front was not too bad.

Last week I did the seafoam treatment. In the gas tank, the crankcase and the intake. I got a good smoke show. Doing the seafoam through the intake caused the check engine light to come on. It is off now. The MAF sensor was the culprit. I am hoping to see an improvement in my gas mileage. 13 miles to the gallon is atrocious. I also have a lead foot.

I have finally changed all the fluids. I did engine oil twice, coolant too many times to count. Transmission twice. Next service I will replace the filter and fluid.

Since my last update the heater core failed, and the vehicle was blowing coolant through the AC drain. And into the passenger compartment. I plugged of the pipes. We don't need heat and when I get cold I will use the seat warmers.

Timing belt, water pump, belts and tensioner are next. The front brake pads and rotors will also be replaced.

I ordered LED light bulbs and interior lights on Amazon. Once they get here I will install them and share pictures.

Body work will come later. I intend to replace the two front fenders. The repairs that were done were so amateurish.

Thank you for following my journey with my Pajero.

Checo got another win

I know the post is old. Do you have it fir sale

Barnabas Igwe

olumzzz:

Wawu,
If only the previous owner had maintenance history, you would've known the plugs were due for replacement

The vehicle was neglected after Schneider sold it. I am doing a lot of deferred maintenance. Power steering and brake fluid flush. AT filter change., transfer case, front and rear differential fluid change. Then grease the areas that require it.
Then minor body work and I am done for a while. Thank you for commenting.

olumzzz:

Nice.
Any reason why it wasn't going past 120?

Bad spark plugs. Had them changed last week. They were in really bad shape. The electrodes had cracked. I have platinum plugs now.
I took a business trip to Ibadan. I hit 150 today.. I was constantly doing over 120. The transmission is downshifting faster too.
I need rotors and pads. Some vibration when I hit the brakes. They were in the plans. The price of #100k for the parts has me pausing. I will look for performance upgrades for that price.
Thanks for reading.

The old strut

Did the front shocks today. Did not think that they were bad. When it was pushed in, it did not immediately rebound. With no weight no rebound.
4 new shocks. Brakes are next.

GloriousGbola:


cheers sir.

if you can source your breakers direct from a schenider rep, . also same for your cables, it is best you do so

years ago i cam this close to being fked when we were supplied 70mm cable disguised as 95mm cable for our server room

May God save us from fake low quality merchants. and may God give our clients/employers/accounting dept the grace and common sense not to be swayed by cheap materials from dodgy vendors

Thanks with Schneider it is hit or miss. It does not seem to matter where we buy them.

GloriousGbola:


as an aside, i am seeing multiple elements of poor support design here

1) there was no fire alarm system
2) the is too much flammable material used in the room . wood should not be part of a battery room. better for all these items to be on steel frames
the room should also have a see through door, maybe even be see through windows [all fire resistant] fire resistant wall paneling, and a fire resistant ceiling [that is called fire compartmentalization]

i would say there should be an fm200 fire suppression system put in place, but i have read that lithium -[not lipo4] batteries are extremely hard to put out when they catch fire

has a proper post mortem been conducted to confirm exactly what went wrong? from the picture it looks like the cable started burning. if so it means the dc breakers on the cable [assuming they were provided] simply started passing the current .

also what make is the actual cable?

we had a case yead back where for a month running we kept getting our fm 200 system in a server room triggered. after taking the whole place apart we found one ediat ac installer had joined the cables for an ac rather than do a straight run. so the joint kept heating up and burning the insulation.

we had an issue of this nature on a recent project. the installer ran cables to mppt direct from the panels. we advised that they get breakers. getting original breakers was another long story. but it was eventually sorted.

you also need to confirm if the manuacturer has a recommended spacing for safety.

YOU DID NOT GET LUCKY.THIS IS A WARNING

in investigations following major incidents, it always turns out there were precursor events. when you do not act on your precursor event, the next event is always larger= until you have death or significant asset loss.

i hope someone on your team is paranoid, and that the ogas at the top are willing to make the necessary financial commitments.

Thank you for your observations. The fire was on the AC side. The AC input breaker started the fire. Our preference is to mount the inverters on the wall but the walls could not handle the weight. Steel would have been disastrous as the wire fused together would have energized the metal and cost us all the inverters and batteries attached to the structure. We will revisit. The wood did not burn. It got singed. That is what one million naira buys you. The door was pointed out to us and we have recommended it to the client. Fire suppression was suggested now it is a priority.
Thank you for your suggestions. We will add our own early warning systems. The fire had burnt out and nobody knew there was a problem till the next day. The inverters were all online but one system refused to output.

The other item done. Kyb shocks

Another update.
Replaced the thermostat. When the housing was opened, it was hollow. I was still loosing coolant, two cracked hoses entering the fire wall to the heater core were the culprit. The new radiator cap allowed pressure to build and that exposed that problem.
The valve covers were leaking. So while we were there we changed the spark plugs to platinum. The old plugs were very worn, cleaned the valve cover with carb cleaner. Also replaced the spark plug tube rubber. We also cleaned the intake manifold and the throttle body. They were very dirty.
I replaced the rear shocks. I

We escaped a major disaster here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdZlF2uX630

Small fire wan spoil my show today oh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jub7bT3fdyE

Replaced the fuel filler and radiator cap. I would smell coolant and there were no visible leaks. In traffic the temperature Guage will nudge up making me to turn off the AC. The cap is pressure rated and it was no longer doing its job. I pushed on it and it was stiff and made squeaky noises. Temp Guage has remained steady and no more coolant smell. There was always a loud hissing / whoosh sound when I removed the gas cap. It also had tape all over. The next refill I will check for the noise.
I also got an alignment done after replacing the steering boot on both sides.

Checo Max and Alonso finished in that order. Checo won pole and the race. Max took fastest lap.

AutoMoTech:

Any update on the bolded?

The slip is gone. The original fluid was not in the best shape. I am not even sure it was the correct specification. What came out yesterday was much better. I will do one more drain and I should be good to go.

AutoMoTech:

Welldone chief.
How much has this cost so far?

A bit more than I should spend #715350 of which #370000 was for Tyres.

I did another drain and fill for the transmission. I also changed the oil and filter. I will do a more thorough inspection under the car.
Saw some leaks. I have replacement valve cover gaskets. The transmission pan needs to come down. I will replace the filter when I do that. Noticed another torn boot. The car should have some grease points. I will find a service manual to allow me to do that.
Power steering flush, front and rear differential and transfer case fluid replacement is next. I would have completed the full fluid replacement with that.
When I do the valve cover gaskets I will replace the spark plugs.
I will have the belts replaced at a later date.
So far so good. You do these services for peace of mind.
Summary of what I have done so far.
Cooling system flush. Prestone radiator flush, drain then liqui Molly flush, drain. Distilled water drain. Then Prestone 50 50 coolant.
Liqui Molly engine flush. Oil change Rotella T6 15W40 and new filter. 800 km another oil and filter change. Oil smells like gasoline when it came out. Good sign it is doing its job. Might also need to check PCV.
Transmission drain and fill. More than 60 % of old fluid is in the torque converter and lines. Did a second yesterday so I have more new fluid than old. Next time will remove the pan and replace the filter.
Techron total system fuel treatment 12 Oz in the tank.
New air filter. Old one was disgusting.
New Tyres. General Tyre.
Many more things are planned. The torn boot will be done by Tuesday.

Max lost drive will not be on pole.Checo is half a second ahead of LEC

Joshx23:
I need and oil recommendations.... I want to buy 5W30 fully synthetic oil... I don't want mobile one anymore ... There are lots of fake mobile out there ... The last one I bought almost knock my engine , it was totally fake ...please recommend another product ....thanks

You can use the Shell Rotella T6

Good afternoon folks. Update. I notice a slight slip in my transmission. Most people would not notice it. I did.
I drained the transmission and put 4 liters in. I will drain and fill again in one week and one week later I will repeat. Remove the drain plug let it drain. I am getting a transmission filter and gasket sometime later this month. I will replace the filter then.
Check your fluid it should be bright pink.
The spill was accidental.

kingreign:

It may be electronically limited to 120km/h. Just my assumption.

I think so too

The ripped boot has been changed. I had a guy do it. I insisted he wash the old grease away with gasoline. He did not have any cleaners. I had told them to count the turns as they loosened but they did not count. I have to do the alignment today.

kingreign:


What country specs the car from?
Is it GCC or Asia, EU or brand new purchase here?

The owners manual is in French. I was told that Schneider Electric owned it prior. The documentation seems to support that. I will guess it was purchased in Nigeria

olumzzz:

Nice.
Any reason why it wasn't going past 120?

There might be a speed limiter. Good for me when I decide to get a driver. Even when it down shifted it would not go past 120 kph.

Itsrm:


Where do you get this from?

And I agree with the last part. Ehailing can be very harsh on cars.

Do an engine flush. I used the Liqui Molly. There are many options up to and including using diesel or ATF. Mycarparts supplied the Rotella T6. They are on Jiji

Itsrm:


Yes they were imported Mobil 1.

Infact, when the first incidence happened, I thought the first seller sold fake oil to me so I stopped buying from him and switched to the usual 20w 50.

When I imported the second vehicle, it came in with less than 110,000 miles. I started buying oil and filter from the second seller. Oil was changed every 5000 miles. To my surprise, same sludge issues after a couple of months.


Now I just use 20w50 and change every 2500 miles.

Funny thing is, same oil from the same seller in two other vehicles (a J32 engine and a VQ37 ) with oil changes every 5000 miles do not have any sludge issues. These ones are privately driven and not used for ehaling.

Apparently, it's not the seller. It's either from the IZZ Fe engine as others have said or something to do with what the vehicle is being used for(ehailing)

I normally do an engine flush on any car that I purchase. This gives me a baseline. You might need to change your oil more frequently. I use Shell Rotella T6. It has more detergents in it. It should help with your sludge issues too. Bolt is a more punishing duty cycle than your privately driven car.

ControlModule:


big congratulations on the latest purchase. can you share more pix of interior and engine bay?

Inside

ControlModule:


big congratulations on the latest purchase. can you share more pix of interior and engine bay?

Thank you again. Here are some

ControlModule:

can you pls possibly provide a review on the following;
1. cost of maintenance?
2. cost of parts
3. ease of getting replacement parts
4. reliability
5. how the suspension performs considering naija roads.


thanks

1. I am handy and I will do the basics myself. So that reduces that cost
2. They are not cheap by any stretch. But then I spent 40 years in the US. So if I compare it to the US it is fair.
3. I answered
4. They are relatively simple, it does not have overly complex systems. So they should be reliable. I have joined owners forums and they swear by them.
5. I have had two weeks so I can answer. I was driving a Chevy S10 pickup an old Mercedes E class and I get driven in a Corolla or Matrix. This is in a league of its own. I have driven a Lincoln Navigator on smooth roads in Nigeria and the Pajero comes close. The others are cars so not fair and one is over 35 years old. So it is good