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Richhard:
Tonnes of products on there, any recommendation for a product that you've used/ know about?

Nah not in Nigeria though. But just check the specs to see what fits into what you want, some even record unto cloud

curiobling:
I have not been using tap water before o my brother, but because of his proven analysis and how he said he's been using tap water from Nigeria to mix his UK purchased concentrated 20LTR coolant got me tempted to

Use clean tap water. Mix with concentrate, nothing do you.

Richhard:
Any recommendation for a dashcam? And most importantly where to get it?

Try temu.ng

9icetoo:
No mechanic will take you serious. Bring your motor make I sell for you too.
Just don't bring that your converted range rover.

And you didn't answer my question on the toyota and yaris. Do they or do they not need programming after replacing battery?

Oya, run off to Google and copy and paste another useless link that does not speak to the question i asked.

Do I need torque wrench to tighten my coolant reservoir cap?

Battery terminal nko? If I don't use torque wrench, the voltage will read less than 12v?

Rest.

I am pretty sure you got the gist. I am not a car mechanic, however I'm a DIY enthusiast and a Fluid Engineer. If you have even a basic Scan tool that can program, you will notice there is a battery and BDM programming. The thing is people like you don't listen and don't learn and everything is a joke to you. Now you are trying to sound sarcastic when you aint even remotely close.
To your question Every car that has a smart charging unit should be programmed if not the charge unit will charge the New battery as if its the old one, this is the simple reason you should.
Personal Experience's cars need a full charge of 12,50 plus V to enable programming fru the OBD port, if your formal battery can only reach 12.10V which is Ok to drive ,your smart charging unit is learned to charge to just that. When you eventually buy a newer battery, its still gong to be charged up to12,10v,so OBD programmer needs minimum of 12.50 Volts to do anything, at this point you wont be able to do anything.
But anyway what do I know sef.Guy good luck

jceesquare:
Stop trying to sound right.
Is torque wrench important for an engine rebuild, YES. Can you rebuild an engine without it, a resounding YES.
If torque wrench were indispensable as you're making it look, then no one would be changing their tyres without it when it's flat as the wheel nuts are tightened to a specific tension; but an experience hand knows when to apply pressure to the nuts and when not to.
[b]He also asked if all cars from 2015 needs their batteries reprogrammed when replaced as you've boldly claimed and you stylish avoided his [/b]question.

If you bothered to read my respond instead throwing your dummy outta the Pram you would have seen two well Enlightening links that warns about what will and can happen if you do not re program your car ECU after replacing a battery.It might be new knowledge to you.

jceesquare:
Stop trying to sound right.
Is torque wrench important for an engine rebuild, YES. Can you rebuild an engine without it, a resounding YES.
If torque wrench were indispensable as you're making it look, then no one would be changing their tyres without it when it's flat as the wheel nuts are tightened to a specific tension; but an experience hand knows when to apply pressure to the nuts and when not to.
He also asked if all cars from 2015 needs their batteries reprogrammed when replaced as you've boldly claimed and you stylish avoided his question.

Ok well done Engineer with Torque wrench on hand. I wont advice or take any car of mine to any mechanic without
1 Torque wrench
2 Car scanner
Unless its purely a mechanical problem that has nothing to do with pressure or seals. I would be worried about the un uniform pressure both bodies produces .In the case of valve cover and its gasket etc. Not everything is expensive ,its all about doing stuff the right way.
DO I need a torque wrench to tighten my Wheels on maybe not, but we al know its a 100 foot pound. Its a high torque that we hardly achieve with our bare hands. Do I need a torque to tighten my head bold between my Engine block and Top cylinder head, hell yeah and in the sequence designated in the workshop manual.The torque wrench is not the most expenssive tool, 9ja mecho have far more epenssive tools.

9icetoo:
The irony here is you are talking to someone who uses torque wrenches.

Do you reprogramme a 2015 toyota Highlander to accept a new battery?

Do you reprogramme a 2015 toyota yaris to accept a new battery?

We do not live in a ideal world. Our mechanics do not have a lot of tools to rebuild engines as it should be done but they do just fine with what they have. Those that need the services of mechanics who possess such tools and can afford them, use them.

The fallacy of generalisation is a major flaw you have in your submissions.

That, and your penchant for throwing around outlandish claims.

I suggest you tone down on those.

There are people here who know a whole lot more about how these things work than you can ever know. And there are people here, who know that you don't also know the head and tail of what you speak about.

Nah you don't, you talking BS, you just went to do the research and realize the importance of the torque wrench is and you came back trying to be smart, Nah we not having that, Stick to your conventional ITK and crack on.Oga stick to the cars people give you to sell and stop deriving into stuff you know next to nothing about plz.
Now you are here talking about me saying reprograming of car after change of battery, Is this the level you are with> really? or you never got the time to google this or did you run outta data?You like to talk big on cars and you know nothing next to the tech of cars, answer to your question is [b]YES [/b]Only Quacks don't, once again I stand to be corrected, I challenge any Auto Electrician or Mechanic to prove me otherwise.Since you are too lazy read here
https://batteryspotlight.com/do-i-need-to-reprogram-my-car-after-battery-replacement/
and
https://batterytools.net/do-you-have-to-reset-car-computer-after-replacing-battery/

9icetoo:
Inukwa?


Oga, so it can be done but it makes the person a quack?

There are literally hundreds of thousands of engines running around this country that have been rebuilt without torque wrenches. And they are running just fine.

Are torque wrenches a nice tool to have when rebuilding engines? Yes.
Can an engine be rebuilt without them? Yes.

Stop capping and rest.

I guess my generator mechanic will need to come and rework my gen with a torque wrench cos he didn't use it when he rebuilt it three years ago.

And if you couldn't find logic in my other post, then you may have to read it again but this time slowly.

Check engine ko, yearly service ni.

From all these you haven't got a clue about Engines. I stated there Boldy That any mechanic that opens and close an Engine without a torque wrench is a Quack, Do you see any of them saying anything??
I don't think you have ever held or seen a Torque wrench.it goes beyond belief that you are engaging in these conversation you know next to nothing about. A torque wrench cost less than N30k in todays money. All cars have torque specifications. Lazy mechanic fail and wont learn how to set a torque wrench. This is the case for smoking Engines and braking studs.
If you insist someone should rebuild an Engine without a torque wrench that I insist you stop commenting on Cars.
You talking about running just fine on more than 100s of cars rebuilt, I laugh. Why do you think people complain that their cars consume so much fuel and are looking for fuel efficient cars when in turn they don't even know what that means. People who belong to same school of thought like you are the ones who will buy a new car battery into their 2015 car and wont bother to reprogram the car to re configure that charging ability. Look I have met a lot of mechanic who actually know what they are doing. The have the required tool like that young man who came to free my range rover in 2018 when I got stuck in shagamu on here .Check rad autos on here, there are few good Auto techs on Nairaland.
For enlightment purpose, your car Engine is meant to be tightened to its torque specification and in a sequence. If you do that ,your Engine compression will go back to factory spec.

wow

cutefy:
Wike... Wike... Wike...
The way Tinubu and ApC will dump you after you've been used to destroy ur kinsmen enh... Your eye go clear.

Ask Amaechi and other personalities who ApC used to betray Jonathan.

As e dey sweet u now, e dey pain ur people.
Kwantinue

Make we watch, dis one go tuff pass Chinese film

TimeManager:
https://punchng.com/scourt-clears-efcc-to-probe-odilis-tenure-as-rivers-governor/

E don start, but wetin dem wan do to him ??

jceesquare:
So you're saying it's absolutely impossible to rebuild an engine without torque wrench?

ANSWER IS OVERWHEMLY YES
Any one who rebuilds an Engine, Any sort of Engine without a Torque Wrench is a Quack, I challenge any Mechanic on Nairaland to prove me wrong.

jceesquare:
Oh I see.
So not necessarily because there's a check engine light?

Like I said Earlier, you are over flogging this check Engine light issue hence I said no logic in this convo.

jceesquare:
Because you don't align with his thoughts?

Not at all, I prefer logic.Im one of them people who will agree ASAP with someone else's opinion once it flows with logic.

Kingpele:
putin is laughing his best laugh now

I swear down ahaha

bobbiiee:
India too.

E don start

Pathokpo:
Will the American economy be able to withstand these sanctions and counter sanctions. E just dey obvious say Donald Trump just come for vendetta for this he second tenure.

No they wont, they already revers sanctions to Canada I think

Gajagojo:
Why does Nigeria not export peanut butter?

No one has the ability to grind peanut yet ahahah

9icetoo:
And we don't need such certificates in nigeria?

So an engine with worn out camshafts, lobes, cylinder walls or sleeves, worn piston rings or pistons, worn main bearings, journals etc is still a sound engine?

Or how is the buyer who sourced it from the scrap yard our auctioned vehicle from the west supposed to know? As if a worn journal or main bearing will throw a check engine light?

Oga, leave this matter.

Dead was a literal term. We didn't say it's an engine that can't turn over.
Let me rephrase it. Bad engine.

And e full everywhere even in the mighty "west".

Oya rest.

The proof of road worthiness is on paper only to be enforced to extort motorist. No one does the actual test, if not 60% of the commercial vehicles on the road wont be on the road.
With all this So an engine with worn out camshafts, lobes, cylinder walls or sleeves, worn piston rings or pistons, worn main bearings, journals, how can your car pass MOT? with all these you just listed ?

9icetoo:
And failing an MOT test in the "west" for having your check engine light on is not only for 2015 and above cars.

Some states in the USA require cars made way beyond that 2015 even as far back as 2001 to pass the emissions test as well as not having their check engine light on.

This ya west, you dey make am sound like say na only you dey dia.

We don hia. Oyibo engine no dey fail and them no get less than optimal engines.

Their engines no get sludge and them no dey smoke.

Engines sourced from there come with 10 years warranty.

Happy?

you are not making sense,There is no logic in what you just wrote.

spencekat:
I don't know why Tinubu is afraid to talk to Wike on this Rivers crisis.

Simple answer, He knows Wike will be irrelevant after the 4 years.

jceesquare:
Let me guess?
Presence of a check engine light?

Nop, What it means in an Engineering term is literarily, it is dead, it wont turn over ie a seized Engine is DEAD.
Things like Crack block
Broken shafts
Broken or cracked Con Rods. etc then ur Engine is dead

9icetoo:
According to you, check engine light right?

You are mostly right on topics but I suggest you let this one slide.
Let's not derail the discussion.

You are over flogging this check Engine light. All I said was a simple and short statement of fact. If your car is above 2015 i n the Uk and the rest of the west, it will fail MOT if it shows a check Engine light. So something so simple as your car out of Timing will fail your MOT.

9icetoo:
This assumption is bold. Very bold.

Without a maintenance record, you cannot guarantee that cars were serviced "every year".

And every year might not be the ideal service interval for every car. Several factors determine how often a car should be serviced.

Well, you need a certificate every year to prove your car is road worthy to drive in the west if your car is private no exception and if commercial is 6 months, No exceptions. How is this an assumption? If Nigerians as mechanics have tools as simple is torque. wrenches, Unseized Engines should be easy like ABC.If there is nothing broken inside an Engine. Then you got nothing to worry about.

9icetoo:
And yes, scales form in kettles and pressing irons and boilers over here.

Tap water over here comes from mainly boreholes and comes with dissolved minerals which precipitate out when the water is boiled and or oxygenated.

Some of the "tap" water here also have iron which leave reddish to brownish deposits when exposed to the atmosphere.

The problem is that you assume hardness only comes from treated water from water corporations.

There are places in nigeria where the borehole water is naturally hard (ebonyi, kogi etc).

Distilled water or demin water will do just fine for mixing and when in a pinch can be run straight in the cooling system. Granted, the anti corrosion properties aren't there but it won't leave deposits that will clog up the system. That's the crux of the whole discussion.

Seems you are a grad of chemistry or chem eng.

Another Assumption, The word Hard water is being used loosely here lol. I think you need to go back to my earlier explanation of what hard water means. There most be Gypsum and Limestone present. These react with natural water to form calcium /chlorine which hardens water.
I did put the equilibrium equation in my other post up there. If you are a chemistry student you can write an equation to soften the water.
Im a fluid Engineer, not a chemical Engineer.
PS, think of soapy water.

Richhard:
Good day, bosses!

I'm getting obsessed with detailing my car’s interior these days. How do I clean the dust (check attached image) in my car? Where can I get a decent vacuum cleaner for vacuuming dirt and dust in my car? And finally, what are other items/tools I can use for detailing my interior, and, most importantly, where can I get them in Nigeria?

Bross U need to start with your cabin air filter.

curiobling:
@erico2k2, reading through this link, the author keep advising the need to mix with distilled water, i beleive this is because of the type of water found in the US and UK. So how long have you been diluting your 20ltrs original concentrated coolant you bought in the UK with Nigeria chlorine rich tap water and what's the condition of your car so far

ANother assumption from you there, where on Earth did you learn that Nigerian Tap water which is rated very clean has Chlorine?
YOu seem not to Understand what Chlorine is.
FYI
Chlorine is a chemical element with the symbol Cl and atomic number 17. It is a toxic, greenish-yellow gas at room temperature and is part of the halogen group in the periodic table. Chlorine is widely used for water disinfection, helping to kill harmful microorganisms in drinking water and swimming pools, and it also serves as a bleaching agent in various industrial processes
From this knowledge upstairs you can gather that Chlorine is in the US and UK waters not your Bore hole in Nigeria hence Distilled water is advised in those place, I realy hope this makes sense.

jceesquare:
Why bring gun to a knife fight?
Would you advise anyone staying where they have larger concentration of salt water to add it to their radiator?

This was the reason I said Tap water, do you have salt water running from TAps? answer NO,
The problem with Lekki is Ammonia contamination with ground water hence the rotten Egg smell.
and to your question the answer is NO. the 50/50 ready mix is water plus concentrate, clean water.
But I'm sure you got the gist now though. In Nigeria too much fake, I will trust mixing water with concentrate in my Engine instead of 50/50 ready Mix, I don't know what Nigerians had mixed. I bought 20 ltr of Concentrate from the UK,I use it for al my car
PS regards bringing gun to a knife fight that was funny I am a fluid Engineer so this is my bread and butter if that makes any sense.

jceesquare:
I hope nobody staying on the Island in Lagos or any other place with such water takes this advice from you.

The problem with you lot is this,you assume, even when someone is trying hard to enlighten you on a basic thing as Hard water
GO AND DO THE RESEARCHAND FIND OUT WHAT hard water means.HARD WATER FORMS SCALE WHEN BOILED,
DO those living in Lagos have to Descale their kettles Bro use google man, this conversation is degrading at this point no pons meant but this is basic science.Let me help you here since you are too lazy to search

With hard water, soap solutions form a white precipitate (soap scum) instead of producing lather, because the 2+ ions destroy the surfactant properties of the soap by forming a solid precipitate (the soap scum). A major component of such scum is calcium stearate, which arises from sodium stearate, the main component of soap:

2 C17H35COO− (aq) + Ca2+ (aq) → (C17H35COO)2Ca (s)
Hardness can thus be defined as the soap-consuming capacity of a water sample, or the capacity of precipitation of soap as a characteristic property of water that prevents the lathering of soap. Synthetic detergents do not form such scums.
Hard water also forms deposits that clog plumbing. These deposits, called "scale", are composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3), magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2), and calcium sulfate (CaSO4).[3] Calcium and magnesium carbonates tend to be deposited as off-white solids on the inside surfaces of pipes and heat exchangers. This precipitation (formation of an insoluble solid) is principally caused by thermal decomposition of bicarbonate ions but also happens in cases where the carbonate ion is at saturation concentration.[9] The resulting build-up of scale restricts the flow of water in pipes. In boilers, the deposits impair the flow of heat into water, reducing the heating efficiency and allowing the metal boiler components to overheat. In a pressurized system, this overheating can lead to the failure of the boiler.[10] The damage caused by calcium carbonate deposits varies according to the crystalline form, for example, calcite or aragonite.[11]

Islie:
https://www.thecable.ng/sources-petrol-price-hike-looms-as-nnpc-halts-naira-for-crude-deal-with-local-refineries/

Now it makes sense, this is why the Pounds shot from 1900 to 2000 in one day.

9icetoo:
The absence of a check engine light does not mean an engine was well maintained.

There are lots of dead engines without check engine light.

Toks cars have been imported into this country with dead engines which "ran" on videos posted by auction companies.

There is no guarantee.

I've seen comatose engines in this country without check engine light and very sound engines in vehicles which had numerous lights on their dash.

so basically people go to scrap yards in the US and buy dead Engines right?You do realize the Engine is the most mechanical part of your car.The Engine on its own if faulty does not bring up check Engine light. Can i ask you something, Do you know what it means to pronounce an Engine dead?

9icetoo:
And he is right. Most tap water are hard water. They leave deposits behind when they evaporate. Distilled or demin water is preferred as it won't leave deposits behind which will ultimately clog up your radiator or cooling system or exercabate corrosion.

I agree with you on the coolant thing though.

In the US and UK yes we have hard water due to the treatment given to Tap water, however in Nigeria there is no Hard water from chlorine have fresh water hence we can drink it direct when its clean, In Nigeria check your electric kettle there is no scales in it that's the hardness we get in the west where you have to descale you kettle every now and then. Buying Distilled water i waste of money, if you are really kin just boil your water and collect steam condescends