₦airaland Forum

radautoworks:
You may now cease to correct someone everyone is calling egbon

Blessed are those who are able to discern.
You are blessed.

I don't want to quote people.
I work on the island.
I recently moved out of ojota and I can categorically tell u that the only time I ever got to my house by 6pm was Christmas and new year.
Stop deceiving people with the leave the house 6 and return by 6.
It is not normally doable, except you are using helicopter.

For those working after eko hotel roundabout, that's like 45mins traffic on the average JUST AT THE ROUNDABOUT.

Oh lawd, I remember a fateful Thursday I left the office by 4pm, I spend more than 1hr on that roundabout.

So let's not mislead people.
It's a welcome development to invest in landed properties but it's not for everyone as well.

Some of those lekki boys with 6cars already inherited houses. So what is the essence of investing again in landed props? I have some friends that live this way so no need to bash me for the comment.
My very close friend inherited two houses in ikorodu but stays at lekki phase 1, paying 1.250 as rent annually and drives two heavy SUVs.

TRYGO:
I'd beg to differ in my response here.
But I hope my response won't be deleted afterwards as the others.

In my experiences rebuilding engines, I have seen situations where even an imported vehicle had the valve train, and engine block totally sludged out as in your photos.

There are two scenarios to this:
1. Its either the vehicle wasn't maintained holistically from the previous owner, or...
I have seen vehicles with the so-called full or any classification of synthetic fluids, that turns out to be sludged this way.

The sludging you see, is. byproducts of oxidation, and all that.

So even the synthetic, if not replaced as f she due, would sure turned sludgy as mineral oil.

2. Mineral oil was used, but the user unconsciously decided to exceed the usual OCI for that oil. Some car owners would use the conventional oil, expecting to get more MPGs from it, hence the resultant effect seen.


Purpose of any synthetic oil is FUEL ECONOMY (LOWER EMISSIONS), and ENGINE PROTECTION (this has varying opinions though from people).

Here's how I take care of such engines, when I'm rebuilding them:

Disassembled everything, inspect any components that are worn, replaced, and thoroughly wash every engine components properly using diesel, or thinner, or petrol. Do not wash the O rings pls with the solvents mentioned above.

After rebuild, use recommended Oil, whether synthetic or ....

Almost all vehicles imported here are high mileage ones. So the synthetic people buy, I would advised should be high mileage synthetic oil, and not the regular for newer vehicles. That way, there won't be complaints about oil leaks, etc.

But if the synthetic isn't working for you, switch to conventional oil, and please ensure you replaced that oil 2-3months as the case maybe.

But remember, you're sacrificing fuel economy (emissions-the environment) in this case.


Hope this helps to this discuss.


PS: The OPs warning of problems afterwards should only apply to vehicles whose internal engine components have undergone some serious for of west and tear.



Regards,
Joseph (08066643532:call/WhatsApp)
DW Nig Ltd
Isolo,
Lagos

So what exactly are u begging to differ?
Or you read only the title?

PS - Rebuilding an engine has no relationship with what is being discussed here.

GAZZUZZ:
Read comprehend understand before posting . This is not theoretical, it is practical I fix cars for a living, I also sell full synthetic engine oil.

I learnt this the hard way!
Local kazeem was imported from Lagos to the south south to fix vehicle completely. When he was done, he specifically told me to use Mobil xhp.

After reading some stuff online, I ordered for castrol gtx and the engine never remained the same.
It was like a grinding machine afterwards, I had to sell the vehicle shortly after.

EgunMogaji2:
Honda makes cars, amongst other vehicles, but not oil. They simply rebrand oil that meets their specs.

To save money you can find the source direct.

I still say that you can use any of the locally available oils but you have to be fastidious with oil change intervals.

Please who are you?
Search*****

Abalado:
What's someone business with this now, na everybody get car? Abegi

So unfortunate that shoprite doesn't sell cars

GAZZUZZ:
flesh and blood has not revealed this to you....

It's just a shame.

Octano:
Thanks a lot. But one question. What is that assurance that the one I will be buying from a dealer or the street is not having same situation in which big stuffs were repaired to be resold.

Like the curious case of the PayPal legend?