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Millionjeff:
please nairalanders in the following states,Edo,Ekite, Oyo,Osun,Ogun,Lagos,Delta and Ondo.
I am looking for volfwagine pickup van.
Bargain with the seller or send phone number to me.if the deal seal through you will instantly get paid,NO STORY.......
am looking for[b] it at the rate of #50,0000[/b].this is old model.
I will upload pictures for those that do not know it.
many thanks.

You want to buy a vw transporter pick up at N50k? That is less than 200 USD...because it is an old model?

Happy searching

Been through the whole thread.

My observations:

@sopperrescue, when the car arrived, did you conduct a diagnosis on the vehicle to determine possible errors?

It is possible for imported engine oil to be expensive if bought from extra middle men or if imported via air freight and via expensive couriers like DHL. It gets more expensive if they are bought in one litre bottles.

@op. I feel your pain and I respect how you have tabled the points as they happened. You wanted your car fixed and from all indications, it seems it has not been totally fixed. However, I would state the following from my own observations and experience.

First, you took the car to Abeokuta in limp mode, went to many other places etc. Limp home mode is supposed to get you to the mechanic and not for interstate strips over a long period.

Secondly, if a car is in limp mode, there would be an error code which your mechanic can detect with a professional diagnostic tool. I await @sopperrescue's response to this as stated above. The codes will guide the Mech on repair procedures.

In addition, depending on the damage to the tranny, replacement of filters, valve body, solenoids etc could actually cure the limp or a total tranny replacement could be needed. From all indications, it seems you might need a new tranny and not just an oil change.

Original spark plugs are expensive. The main cost is not the plugs themselves but the cost of forex and shipping. Same as oi. Benz lifetime ATF is around N4,000 per quart here in Lagos. I just got 10 litres for a customer. That is N40,000 excluding transport cost.

I still await sopperrescue's detailed repair work schedule on the car stating the exact processes he followed.

However, I would plead with you OP to just find time to fix your car. After all, it is your car and as you said, very important to your business. I am willing to offer a free diagnosis and forensic evaluation of the car if you are interested. I will post pictures here and I must warn you, I will be very objective.

Thanks all

vicstar16:
I have tried it on my family car.. various cars of friends and it worked.. D fuel time increased by 20%, the battery improved.. U can play stereo without worrying about battery going low.. You also experience increased horse power and lower emissions.. It is a complete revolution.. U can try it. Its customer satisfaction of you get your money back

Horsepower ko, horse shit ni.

Did the colour of the car improve too?

Some kid in China decides he needs a new apartment and creates a dongle that fits into a cigarette lighter inbuilt with a flashy led light and sells it to people like you and you buy it?

Abeg....just move on. Fuel economy ko, Burkina Faso economy ni.

You too reason am....not everything in life be jazz...most injuries are self inflicted

Kashif:
If not for copyright, I would have posted a document here that should have cleared all this. You need to understand that even a 1987 and 1995 AW4 are not EXACTLY the same. Number of splines on output shaft changed, overdrive ratio changed, electricals etc, changed; let alone A340. Also remember that AMC and Jeep jointly designed AW4, not AW.

My point is that the internet is not a reliable source of information. Tell me any professional you know that trained on the open internet. Sure most people (including myself) learn from the internet but the question is who wrote and approved those materials? Is the writer an authority? Professional information/training is not free.

It is a slight for you to be asking me if I knew what a bell housing is, so you need to be corrected.

Shalom!

If you were slighted about my utterances, I apologise. I am not always that edgy.

No one disputes the fact that little differences would not exist even within the same AW4 over the years. There was the renix era and the GMC era....pre OBD and OBD etc.

Even as relates to hardware, output shafts, bell housings, filters, pans etc could be different.

A transmission rebuilder with experience in handling both the AW4 and the a3XX series would know that you can rebuild either with either.

Let's move on please

If you are a bannable commodity, I now understand why...

Lol

Kashif:
You keep running to Google. I belong to professional auto transmission bodies, and we know that Google does not help.


If there is anyone who needs schooling on what a bell housing is, its you. Can you tell me just 10 internal parts of an automatic transmission without going to Google? Since you don't know what a carrier pinion is, there is not basis for our argument. I will leave you with your Google searches.

If you belong to 100 space orbiting scientific associations, who e don epp?

I don't state facts without references. That's why I show screenshots.

Your associations would be disappointed in you to know you don't know the history of aisin and you don't know about the versatility of the AW4

The basic ordinary spare parts dealer in Ladipo knows that the aw4 internals go straight into the A340....that is why the AW4 is currently expensive in Nigeria...more expensive than the engine.

Yes, I learn from Google (like almost everyone here on cartalk). In addition, i learn from others who dont boast about the number of nuclear bombs they have successfully swallowed with a cup of water.
Have you heard of people who learnt how to read from home? Not every great lawyer must be an Harvard graduate.

If I list parts here, how would you be certain I did not do a simple Google search?

Let's focus on the facts of the matter and don't digress into unnecessary bickering.

Thanks

Kashif:
You overlooked the word 'similar'. AW4 and A340 are NOT the same. And yes, Aisin and Aisin Warner are NOT the same.

In auto transmissions, just one pinion added to a carrier makes a lot of difference.

Pinion?

I said they share the same internals....the only difference is the bell housing.

Do you know what a bell housing is?...the cover dude.

I will post the Google search picture again on aisin.

Kashif:
For starters, no Toyota was ever fitted with AW4. The Supra and 4Runner you mentioned ran on A340E or A340H.

AW (Aisin Warner) and Aisin transmissions are not exactly the same.

This is for your knowledge.

The A34X series share the same internals with the AW4...

Only difference is the bell housing. I guess you would not know since you have never handled both transmissions apart from on Google search

Aisin Transmission is different from Aisin Warner?

Another picture to add to your knowledge

PS; don't come fighting with half baked research next time.

peterjero:
@Denn you may be right on the ruggedity of the AW4 tranny, but don't you think that engine design and engine management system are contributory factors to premature tranny failures. Aisin I know is Toyotas tranny of choice and could still be found in some ford models that still experience tranny failures. I'm equally not ruling out maintenance culture, driving habits and what have you, but consider my points above. As for your opponent (no pun intended) he should do his research very well before arguing and bullying sellers, everyone has got right to sell their goods viz cars and their accessories as long as they are in good working condition and not scammers.

Thanks for your observations.

You are right about engine design/management affecting the overall durability and longevity of an automobile system. Manufacturers are not always perfect; biodegradability of the Mercedes Benz harness, K series engine in the Rover, Nikasil incident in BMW etc all come to mind.

However like all component manufacturers including Siemens, Bosch, FoMoCo etc, there are bound to be good times and bad times.

In the case of Aisin, the AW4 was one of their 'very good products'.

These engines and trannies were very easy to work on and fix. The Transmission Control Unit (TCU) was so good, it was usually crushed with the car in USA since there was hardly a demand for replacement.

Cheers

kogirodent:
You actually went ahead to open this thread? I am eagerly waiting though

Yes.

I am waiting as well

The winners would be announced on worker's day.

Thanks for the anticipation

Jazzlite:
stop derailing.... please create your own thread and I will glad to oblige you.....stop derailing this thread...the Op can counter me and I will be glad to learn from him...but as for you I will take you apart joint by joint with gusto....shoe get size

Now you have your thread.

It is at the following link https://www.nairaland.com/3075564/reliability-cherokee-jeep-transmission.

I await your gusto...we await your gusto

Whist surfing the Autos section of Nairaland, I came across an advert for a grand Cherokee which was offered for sale (https://www.nairaland.com/3075067/1995-grand-cherokee-sale-n650000).

I opened it and went through. A moniker on NL went straight to ridicule the car. These are his/her exact words:

Jazzlite:
you're selling an avensis @ 530k, this man is selling 1995 cherooke @ 650K fuel shark, transmission drama king, mechanic scarce parts unfound... a risk to any buyer at 650! the man geh liver nor be small.

this why I never come 2 the auto section.

I responded to his outburst and told him that contrary to his opinion, the AW4 transmission was a sturdy and rock solid transmission which had same variants used in the Toyota Supra and Toyota 4 Runner of the 90s. To be objective, these were my words:

Denn:
If you are not buying, simply don't comment.

Have you heard of the AW4 transmission? That's the same tranny in a Toyota Supra and a Toyota 4 Runner of the 90s era ....that's the same tranny in this car.

The tranny was in production for over 20 years...does that tell you something?

The parts are at every where they sell American car parts...if your mechanic cannot find it, you need a new Mech....and oh...a Mech who does know how to adjust the TPS with a simple multimeter and not those who cannot send simple text messages.

If you need it and want to buy it, best is to negotiate... Don't try to bully the seller.

Don't always try to sound smart when there is a vacuum on the subject

PS: I have no association with the seller.

In his response, he claimed I was telling lies and would pull tear my analysis to shreds if I opened another thread. Despite my further reply, he insisted on another thread.

Therefore, I decided to open this thread for us to both defend our claims on the aw4 transmission designed by aisin Warner and installed in the Jeep Cherokee and many Toyotas for over 20 years.

Jazzlite:
you're lying here. But I don't have your time. If you really need a debate open a thread and let me take you apart! I don't want to derail this thread also.

It's not derailing...you claimed a car for sale is bad and your are currently at the cleaners.

You call me a liar? For the benefit of all, state the lies I just made.

Until you do so,you are simply ignorant and with a loud mouth.

Stop opening those speakers to spoil other people's market.

Jazzlite:
you're selling an avensis @ 530k, this man is selling 1995 cherooke @ 650K fuel shark, transmission drama king, mechanic scarce parts unfound... a risk to any buyer at 650! the man geh liver nor be small.



this why I never come 2 the auto section.

If you are not buying, simply don't comment.

Have you heard of the AW4 transmission? That's the same tranny in a Toyota Supra and a Toyota 4 Runner of the 90s era ....that's the same tranny in this car.

The tranny was in production for over 20 years...does that tell you something?

The parts are at every where they sell American car parts...if your mechanic cannot find it, you need a new Mech....and oh...a Mech who does know how to adjust the TPS with a simple multimeter and not those who cannot send simple text messages.

If you need it and want to buy it, best is to negotiate... Don't try to bully the seller.

Don't always try to sound smart when there is a vacuum on the subject

PS: I have no association with the seller.

JaraExtra:
V6 Engine
Automatic
Four door
Double Exhaust
Leather seats
2005 model

Buyer would fix the gear and a.c

Neat, clean and ready to go

Price: 1 million naira

interested buyers

Contact: 08162741480

Is it still available?

Location pls.

Thanks

cyberguy72:
you re wrong my bro.with this new policy,banks wud round trip, businessmen like dangote wud buy enuf yuan to convert to dollar.Result is DAT there wud b an intense demand for dollars.dollar might even sky rocket to N1000

Your point has no economic basis.

First, the demand for yuan will increase whilst the demand for USD will decrease.

This will lead to an increase in the price of yuan in the short term and cause a rapid decline in the price of USD. I expect speculative holders of the USD to sell off in the coming weeks.

In the mid term, the demand for USD would have eased to the point that the difference in price (parallel vs official) would have reduced to manageable levels.

Do not forget that around 70% of business demand for the USD is actually for fund routings to China. If we take at least 50% of the economic USD demand away, we would have a manageable USD FXR.

It would make sense if banks now allow us to open domiciliary accounts in yuan and allow yuan denominated MasterCard with unlimited transaction abilities. It would make more sense if businesses can easily apply for forex and open LCs in Yuan.

This is the first great thing this government has done.

hurricaneChris:
Very simple!

Convert your naira to yaun at normal rates, convert your yaun to dollars at normal rates again. Then recycle the dollars back into naira at N320.

Some people's calls have been picked by by this miscalculation.

wrong.

you have forgotten that once the demand for the USD goes down, it would not sell for 320 again.

In fact, i predict that the naira will appreciate against the USD in the next 48 hours...

watch this space

Who was responsible for the 0 megawatts recorded few weeks ago?

I suspect witch hunting.

Exactly 13 months after I bought a 2013 Kia Rio brand new from Dana motors, my car battery packed up. The battery stopped working suddenly; no drainage symptoms nothing. I drove to the barbing saloon and had to rent a battery to start the car.

So I took the car to Dana motors. I was told warranty ended the previous month and I had to pay for a new battery. After much fighting which yielded no result, I agreed to pay for the battery, I was billed around 30k. I assumed it would be OEM due to the price.

Lo and behold, when I got delivery of my car after 24 hours for installation, it was a common Chinese battery that was buyable from.any Street trader at 10,000 then.

The dealerships in Nigeria are different from the ones in UK or even ordinary south Africa.

Oh....I almost forgot... My first car, a Honda accord 1990 model. I drove to Honda Place along Apapa road and asked for a vehilce service. The customer service guy told me that they don't work on such cars and if I don't mind, he will give me the number of his own mechanic.

The double core radiators we have in Ladipo and other markets do a good job of cooling. They are Chinese but they work. They don't affect the engine operating temperature but do a good job of increasing the surface available for heat dissipation.....and they don't cost half of the value of the car

baddooski:
ur curve sha, i swear its a sight to behold.

God is wonderful!

I have never checked his profile picture before and I must commend his wife's beauty.

But bros, do you go about checking profile picture on NL? This is cartalk o and not romance section.

Caveat emptor

Lol

Siena:
[color=Blue]The thread starter means the single core radiator is not available from the usual suspects, or at a price he's willing to pay. Because I find it difficult to believe a genuine Toyota radiator is not available from RT Briscoe or Elizade.[/color]

I doubt elizade or RT briscoe stocks parts of vehicles above 10 years...apart from filters and spark plugs. I could be wrong though.

One thing I am sure of is that these dealerships in Nigeria are stealerships... Ford Briscoe sold basic motocraft engine oil filter for a ford Explorer at N4,000 when USD was N195. I wonder how much it would be now that USD has gone up. The filter actually costs around 3 USD on Amazon.

I won't be surprised if Briscoe sells the radiator at N100,000 which is 25% of the car value.

This is why most purchases are either from Ladipo parts market.... Either aftermarket or from used imports.

Siena:
[color=Blue]What is the problem with the standard radiator, that Toyota spent millions of $$$ in Research & Development on? Does Toyota offer a "double cell" radiator in the XV20 Camry?[/color]

The OP wants to change his leaking radiator. The current OEM radiator which is a single core is not available for purchase.

The model available for purchase is the radiator with double core...aftermarket.

OP was concerned if his engine will not get optimal thermal efficiency with a double cell radiator.

There is brand new double core radiators that fit the particular Toyota and works flawlessly. Engine temperature remains optimal.

UncleGb:
Thanks for the question Orex

Based on my findings and advise from automedics

The whole house agree with me that CARS are thermal engines ( HOT) and they need to attain optimum temperature to function well.
If a double cell is used as NIGER mechanics will propose that weather here is different from what we have here as if there are no places over there that are not as hot as NIGER the following is bound to happen:

1.Overcooling of the engine,if double cell is used as against the manufacturer single cell. Thereby, killing the engine gradually with sludge build up

2. More fuel consumption because the ECU will keep spraying fuel with the mind that the engine has not reach the optimum temperature.

3. Water pump wears out quickly. A pump that has the power for single cell now doing double work.

This are just the major reasons amidst others. Anybody in the can enlighten as more as nobody knows it all.

Where are the Sienna and others chairmen of nairaland . Pls shed more light on this plssssssssssss.

If an automedics guy actually said this (point 1), then he is totally economical with the truth.

A radiator is part of the cooling system and not the only part of the cooling system.

There is an error I have noticed in the postulations on radiators.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a double cell radiator.

In fact, I will advise you use a double cell radiator asap.

My facts are stated below;

The operating temperature of the engine is not determined by the size of the radiator but the opening temperature of the thermostat.

In fact if your radiator is as big as a geepee tank, as long as your thermostat is Installed and it opens as when due, your engine will run at an optimal temperature.

The problem with radiator size comes into play if :
*your thermostat has been deleted.
*your cooling fan is not operating at default setting
*there is a problem with any other component in the cooling system.

Double cell radiators enhance the speed at which the coolant gets cooled since it offers more surface area for the air to pass over.

With our high ambient temperature, we need double cell (or even triple cell) radiators as a cooling system upgrade.

Do not delete your thermostat no matter what you do. If your car cannot cool with the thermostat in place, there is a problem.

Thanks

Cc orex

kennethik:
I need nigerian used Honda CRV or Toyota Rav4 any of the two cars must. Be 2007,2008 models location must be within surulere thanks call me 08038156694

Call this number

good morning all

details upcoming in the next post.

warmest regards

ataspray:
do business with this op at ur own peril. he is fond of posting really cheap cars, and they are mostly lemons, a timebomb waiting to explode.
a friend had a bad experience with him, when d engine of a car he bought from this brigadier747 knocked on on d road
am not calling him a fraud, just telling u all to shine ur eyes well well. when a car is too cheap, there will definitely be expensive problems with it.
he and ahiarah work together and post similar cars.

How much do you want him to sell a Nigerian used w124 especially if it was possibly inherited and the current owner need quick cash?

If you buy a cheap car, be ready to spend money and time fixing it.

Your friend's car would have given symptoms... Your friend was not just savvy enough to pick up the signals and take corrective actions.... Possibly low engine oil pressure indicator, knocking sound, poor idling etc. He possibly do not even check the engine oil level and started driving from ikot ekpene to birin kebbi.

I am not soliciting for the seller...i don't even know him but I will speak the truth.

You want to buy a 170k car that is possibly older than you and expect it not to require some fixing?

Bros

Something showing GB on the plate and you are saying it's not Great Britain. What is it then? Gai Buhari?

Which country is it from if not UK?

Car looks clean. However, full disclosure is required.

I will not comment on the engine series adopted in the rover 75.

Why buy used brake pads?

Why destroy a working brake system so you can buy used pads?

Change your spare part dealers.

PS: can you buy used sanitary pads too?

HandsomeChris:
Sell motor and stop quoting me.so glad you called him pastor. Learn to respect men of God. Selah

'sell motor'
'sell motor'

Your ability to communicate properly needs some dry-cleaning.

I can only imagine you seated on your student mattress, typing with your oil-stained thumbs on the second-hand infinix phone you bought from your neighbour that constantly needs to be plugged either to a power-bank or a wall charger, as the battery's soul has returned to the manufacturer's heaven.

You try to form big, but deep down, you know you are not only small, but microscopic- a reflection of a squashed amoeba, trodden upon constantly by the reality of life. Battered from all angles, you have decided to retreat into the confines of your little room and fight from the war screen of your infinix phone, seated on the dirty and flattened out remnant that was once a mattress.

You create a new nairaland moniker and lash out at every person you suspect is sane.
'How can they be sane when you are insane?' you ask.

You fire on and on and on....until etisalat's free megabytes get exhausted...then you wake up again....only as usual...as a squashed amoeba which you are.

HandsomeChris:
Best looking what? I guess you have not been to COZA. Ese cannot be compared with the thousand and one pretty ladies we have @ coza.she try sha but she no fine. Just a sex lord.

if the Lilliputian behind this day-old moniker is a representative of COZA, i feel so glad i am not a member.

Upon all the 'teachings', this is the only verbose that can come from you?

Pastor Biodun would never associate with you in private, let alone in public...even the 'outcast' Ese comports better than you