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CityNG:
So I had a brainstorm today to save money, instead of paying the driving school to yeah the Wife to drive I would teach her myself.
15 minutes later we have both decided that it's probably better for our marriage to have a neutral party be the teacher
My life flashed before my eyes like 10 times.
So how did your Spouses learn how to drive?

5 years ago honda accord 1990 model manual transmission, darling left is clutch center is the brakes,right is the gas pedal...... You press the clutch down before you engage the first gear, you relase the clutch gently while applying a little pressure on the gas pedal and the car will move I was really boiling after the car had stalled liked 100times , I never allowed my life flash b4 my eyes all was field work till the day I said ur ready go on your own may the lord be with u I created a large Lunatic sticker sorry learner pasted it on the 4 sides of the car and waved her bye bye

She's a great driver now cause I drilled her really well b4 letting her go off on her own, but there were times I couldn't take it any more and she would wonder what all the fuss was about at the end I'm happy I taught her. CityNg give it another try.

inze:

200km a day is no biggie but consistently doing 1000km a week and 4000km a month stretch

that's not healthy . . .

I spend max 3hrs driving every day, ask lagos and abuja peeps how many hrs a day they spend crawling in traffic? That is not healthy.

inze:
Tell me you're Joking

Not joking..... Between 6-8am this morning I covered 116km I'm home now but I guess I'm over 200 for today, where I live we have good roads With no traffic and my work demands I move arround a lot.

9icetoo:
The 2az fe or 1mz fe in the toyota camry calls for 5w 30 or 10w 30. 5w 30 is preferred though. it is quite difficult to find dyno oils in this weight ratings here in Nigeria. The popular lube makers still favor the 20w 50 and sae 40 weight ranges. You will agree with me that these are not suitable for the camry. Mobil 1 and total quartz 9000 though expensive and synthetic are closer matches to the spec demanded. Qaurtz 9000 is 5w 40 while Mobil 1 is 0w 40. the interval between changes in synthetic makes up for the initial cost. let me do a small analysis. Mobil XHP is N3,000 and if u go with the every three months rule as propounded by naija mechs, that's 4 changes in a year which is N12,000. Add the cost of labour and filters (N1,000 for labour x 4 changes = N4,000), (N1,500 for filter x 4 changes = N6,000). Total is N22,000. this is for the dyno oil. For Mobil 1; Mobil 1 is N8,000 filter is N1,500, labor is N1,000. For two changes in a year, it will cost you N21,000. u spend less time at the mechs shop, u spend a bit less money and u run ur car on a synthetic oil for peace of mind. Running on synthetic will not burn a hole in ur pocket as u believe. Some people actually use their synthetic oils for a year based on miles covered. The average Nigerian drives about 5,000 miles a year. CityNG, the OP is in Nigeria so i was replying with the Nigerian context in mind. There are very few choice of dyno oils here in Nigeria and adulteration is a big issue as well. I am not saying he must use Mobil 1. It just happens to be that it is popular brand here whose quality can be attested. I have come across Toyota branded dyno oil with the 10w 30 weight but it was still as expensive as the synthetic oils. Same price exactly which made me opt for the synthetic oil. I use Total quartz 9000 by the way.

I do 200km a day, 1000km a week, 4000km a month minimum, can't even think of using mineral oils.

Not worth it, don't ask me y but not worth it.

ninovandross:
700k untop golf, she dem swear for me, when cars neva finish fr mrket

9icetoo:
Na una type dey buy Toyota camry pencil light or honda baby boy for 400k come get more mechanics as contacts than business partners. Still on peeps. Slightly negotiable though. Please contact 07038943996 or add 2bc1d914

ninovandross:
bro calm down na joke I dey joke na

9icetoo:
lol. okay. Still available

Very mature men

Airport road abuja.

Driving into abuja from gwagwalada.

3rd mainland bridge lagos.

Engine braking and the use of parking brakes have been extensively treated on car talk.

kablooee: You have been credited.

Recived

Its a lack of trust not jealousy work on your self or get out of the relationship.

kablooee: Since nobody has an idea, am going to let go, Nairaland is really a place to learn, the answer is even here
https://www.nairaland.com/47124/soup-benue-state
So I'll give the money to the owner of the that thread.
If you're still on Nairaland pls contact me.

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The guy was last seen in 2009 drop another question let us chop this 5k

kablooee: Since nobody has an idea, am going to let go, Nairaland is really a place to learn, the answer is even here
https://www.nairaland.com/47124/soup-benue-state

So I'll give the money to the owner of the that thread.

If you're still on Nairaland pls contact me.

Still awaiting my bonus, my number is 08023251039 airtel

kablooee: Bonus question goes to GAZZUZZ.

What's happening? U guys don't know our country soup?

Yes o! Finally winning somthing........ More questions kablooee

lomomike: Good to know my oga can cook too.


@ bridge, its Niger bridge located on the boundary between Asaba And Onitsha.

the love of 5k u know as e be nah!

Old benue bridge connecting makurdi, has a railway track in the center. road rail bridge was built in 1932.

This bridge crosses the niger beside the benue bridge its the old bridge that was used before the new one was created.

Yam and fresh fish pepper soup. Ingregients: 150grams Yam (you can use the hard sweet potato as a substitute)
- 500 grams Fresh Fish(You can use Catfish, Conger eel, Tilapia or any tasty fish of choice)
- 1 tablespoonful Ground Crayfish
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1/2 Scotch bonnet Pepper( atarodo) (chopped)(use ground chili peppers as substitute)
- 1 tablespoonful pepper soup spice mix
- 1 tablespoonful chopped uziza leaves or Basil leaves (known as scent leaf,efirin or Nchuawun
- 1 seasoning/stock or Bouillon cube
- Salt to taste

Yam/cocoyam peper soup.

sleekpro: I have thesame car, but green in colour, it has thesame problem to, mine packed me @ ajakuta on my way from kastina state to enugu. I was stop at a police check point, after checking my pepers, and I was ask to go, that's when the car refused to start, thee police directed me to a mechanic workshop were the car was leter towed there, after a series of scan, I was ask to change the crank shaft sencor, I did but to no avail, they leter said ignation, I did but to no avial, now they said its now brain box, and to get all thjis parts, I've to travel to onisha from kogi state. Now the parts seller has to come for my rescure, he now toke me to a nissan specialist who said my brain box is ok, that even if I change the engine, it will still not start, that all I have to do is to bring the keys for reactivation, that it has expired, and that's exactly what he did and behold my car is sound and good to go!
Praisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss the LORD!

The person who did the original scan did not detect and immobilizer code? It would have saved you all the stress.

rickkid: Stiff when driving. Especially when the engine is hot or the AC is on.

Dat one is not a diy, your money must be choped these are your likely culprits [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYthHiFQdcZpdMqSnhWHX-X5sv1beLQq7G41hB7pktuuUG4iy4Ic9AmZc_[/img]

Preasure plate and clutch disk, I usually just change the material on the worn out clutch disk (costs me 800naira) and buy a new pressure plate, tokumbor cost me 3k don't know how much a new one costs. But don't buy anything untill the whole thing is checked by a qualified technician, these are just my views of what could be bad.

I'm rulling out a stiff leaver and lack of oil in the gearbox because u said its stiff only when driving.

rickkid: You are awesome
I don't need to spend nearly as much as I first thought. Just checked and it's as you say. The fuses are gone. Altogether won't cost up to 3k to fix everything up. That just leaves the stiff gearshift. You wouldn't happen to know what oil to buy and how to use it would you? I mean since God sent you my way this morning I might as well ask away

Stiff when driving or stiff at all times?

rickkid: Actually this is exactly what seems to have happened. So what needs changing? Both fuse and alternator? And when you say damaged radio, does that mean it needs to be replaced outright? :/

Radio fuse check, if you replace it and it blows again, then the protective diode in the radio must be replaced for it to work, if you were good at DIY this would cost you (10naira) for the alternator it is possible its still working fine get a multimeter and set it to DC volts 20 then start the car, if you get 13-14 volts it might be working well also check if the battery icon is displayed on the instrument panel while the engine is running if this is happening the alternator is faulty and should be replaced. Above all the fuse sparky replace with a wire is 125a it carries very heavy current and might be broken again, please remove the wire and search for the fuse should cost less than 200naira. If the fuse is blown the alternator will not charge even if it is working or not.

The alternator should be arround 5-7k for tokumbor (it might be less) just judging by the price of the entire engine (70k)

I have a kia rio 07 model and I'm guessing a few of these things might have happened to your car. Someone might have swapped the terminals of the battery which would result in a damaged radio and possibly a damaged alternator. Luckily you didn't damage your engine computer, the first thing you would notice is a blown 125A fuse in the fuse box which your sparky would have joined using a thick copper wire, unfortunately your battery might continue to deplete cause of the faulty alternator. These are my thoughts I might be wrong.

Siena: [color=Blue]I could have sworn a '99 Camry had a hydraulically-operated clutch. I may be wrong though.[/color]

You are very right.

Iv inspected and bought cars for less value, any intersted buyer should go and inspect, bargain based on faults noticed, e.g remove the price of engine and labour costs in fixing a new engine dass all.

P.s there are times when you have pressing issues and the easyest thing to let go off is a car, (assuming you have more than one) you don't expect a person with pressing issues to start spending another 200k on replacing the engine on a car he intends to sell to solve a problem? Meanwhile nah market op never stated it was his last price who knows he may sell for much less

dadalicious: @ GAZZUZZ you are really trying.
please looking at getting a low budget car.
what make is easier and cheap to maintain.
your advice will be greatly appreciated

What's ur budget? E.g 400-500k 500-700k? I love toyotas, easy to maintain and quite rugged let me know ur budget so we can narrow it down.

Raymondenyi: bro; give me suggestions nau! Dats why I came here; what's all these smiley u using, its not mature or deserving @ all!!! I came here for answers n u making a mockery of my predicament; its not mature aat all...

Not making mockery I actually have a truckload of suggestions for you but I was dissapointed when I saw what you intend to do with cityngs solutions (check bolded)

Sorry no pun intended.

Raymondenyi: . D car is not a salvage vehicle ( I ran an autocheck on it) b4 importation, although ; it is an accidented vehicle (minor accidents though) n d autoicheck score was high!!! So it is very fit, however; I think d best option will be taking it to d mechanic to look under; n I'll also suggest to them; what u just wrote her too, tnnx 1ce again....

Still need more responses pls!!!

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fsb: Dear NL motor enthusiasts,

I have this 1997 Toyota camry, automatic tranny. In the last few months, it developed one problem. The car vibrates while idling and the gear is in 'Drive' mode. As soon as the gear is shifted into 'Neutral' or 'Park', the vibration/rough idling disappears totally.

Anyway, a few months later, a failed oil pressure switch plus leaking oil destroyed the engine. Both the engine and gearbox were replaced. Sadly, a few days of driving the car and the same problems returned.

What could be wrong here? Any ideas would be helpful. My friend's Honda Accord 2008 developed exactly the same problem and the mechanic was thinking it could be as a result of a bad gear mount plus his lower control arm bushing.

Anyway, any ideas would be appreciated.

1st the ideal thing to do is to run a scan, it will norrow down your issues, 2nd thing is to eliminate the possible faults, what is constant in your vehicle. That could cause rough idling? assuming all the sensors on the new engine are ok,
1. Fuel pressure
2.Ecu
3.Harness (wiring)
4. Oxygen sensors
5..Map sensor
So what parts did you reuse? And what parts did you replace?

Please run a scan and post the codes here for better analysis of your problem.

Okorocha and amechi to follow same route very soon