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mike070:
@honmusa can u recommend any mechanic in Benin??

SamAfoo:
I have a 2.4L Toyota Rav 4, 2006 Edition. I started to notice since Tuesday that my car cooling system was faulty and the problem is that each time I topped the water in the reservoir, it will go down to the bottom of the reservoir at fifteen (15) km distance and there is no leakage anywhere outside the engine. The radiator ha's been steam-washed at carwash and the problem still persists. Please what could be causing this problem? Your help to this problem will be appreciated.

Elektra008:
Awww too bad. I stay in Ile ife. Can u recommend any body for me in Ile ife or its environs?

Raptureminded:
Hello please my uncles car(opel omega) is faulty. The car refuse to start when ignited. Before the problem start the car was overheating... He consulted two electrical artisan (Rewire) They condemn the brain box and the brain box was working when tested... though the brainbox indicator on the dashboard was blinking (before the fault) and that is why they condemn the brainbox.... Engineers in the house pls ur help is needed...

Greyowl:
How can I locate the honmusa can u drop his phone number for me n I hope the guy is in lagos

Greyowl:
How can I locate the honmusa can u drop his phone number for me n I hope the guy is in lagos

dancok:
i don't think i have a blown bulb because everything can't blown at once,it just stop working since morning. pls car geeks.

cyborg123:
OP, what do you mean by hybrid?

Anyway, check distributor cap, rotor and plug wires. I just hope your timing has not been messed with.

mikotek:
I'm considering buying a car with a swapped engine, so I'm seeking advice from professionals here in NL.
For example, I've seen a Volkswagen passat (2.5L, V6) being swapped with a Volkswagen golf 3 (1.6L). What are the advantages and disadvantages?
To me I think the weight of the Passat would drag the small golf 3 engine, making it to work harder, thereby making it to consume more fuel than normal.
Please I would really appreciate professional advice and experiences.

DECOtech:
...but I know this guy oh. his grandfather is a native doctor so he got the old man to conjour a bluetooth scanner into his anus

ivoryhouse:
I quite agree with the Op. Honmusa has tools for almost everything and is patient enough to check till he finds out the issues. He worked on my 2006 jeep commander, work is till ongoing and I will refer him anyday

Mrdigitech:
Hello guys, I got a Toyota Camry recently and previous owner removed the thermostat because he was told it wasn't meant for Nigerian weather. The Vehicle was guzzling so much fuel like crazy. At first, I coped for the first few weeks. Latter, I started feeling the financial impact the vehicle's excessive fuel consumption had on my pocket. I decided to research online where I saw some threads about thermostat removal and its relation to fuel consumption. I decided go with the recommended guys ( not Kazeems ) on this forum. One said that he can replace the thermostat but I needed to verify from the previous owner if the Vehicle had overheating problems in the past. I did and the previous owner told me no. I didn't believe him though, but I decided to research a little more about a car's overheating problems till I came across Honmusa's tread. I decided to contact him and he explained what needed to be done. I discovered that he uses a cooling system test kit which presurizes the cooling system to expose leaks. So he was the right choice for me. He presurized my cooling system and a exposed a hidden leak on the pipes (thank God it wasn't Radiator) I sighed. We fixed it and pressurised it with his kit and it was peefect. However, a Kazeem (Toyeeb actually) worked on my alternator earlier in the day and didn't fix the wires properly. This disconnected my instrument cluster and power windows. All the guages were dead. I was wondering how I would be able to drive home without seeing the cluster guages. How do I know the car's temperature was rising beyond the accepted level? But Honmusa assured me that no overheating situation would occur. I took his word and entered heavy traffic. No overheating and I switched on my AC non stop and it didn't cause any problem. I drove 30km home and back to his workshop without issues. Guys! Honmusa is the REAL DEAL when it comes to vehicles. He has tools and kits for almost everything. The Kazeem (who worked on my alternator in the morning) I took to see Her Honmusa was just surprised. He cleaned up his mess and I went home happy. The Kazeem I took was very ignorant and boastful that he doesn't need to scan anything. That he has lots of experiences. That good guys don't need to scan anything them will just see the vehicle abd know. I looked at him and saved my breath. Guys, take your lovely ride to Honmusa and stay a 1000 miles away from Kazeems, Toyeebs, alfas and Kazeem's distant relatives, they'll wreck you...

0b100100111:
Thanks!

Also, I happen to run a Mobil1 synthetic oil but hardly drive the SUV, I have not covered a thousand miles in 16 months, is it advisable I flush out oil?

Thanks

0b100100111:
Chairman! But the early morning steam(pure white smoke that comes out exhaust is not a problem? It only happens in the morning at start-up. Please enlighten me.

Also, I happen to run a Mobil1 synthetic oil but hardly drive the SUV, I have not covered a thousand miles in 16 months, is it advisable I flush out oil?

Thanks

MaziOmenuko:
Pls ooo, I have been using water on my radiator all these while until last weekend, I did routine servicing and decided to give my car a threat, drained the water and replaced with abro coolant. Now I am noticing high temp on temp reading of over 100 degrees. The funny part is earlier when I was using water, once the temp is above 90, my fan will kick start and the temp will reduce to somewhere around 85 and then it will start rising again and the cycle is repeated. Now, the temp keeps rising above 100.

Oga Gazzuzz, kingrein nurey, mayor, should I revert to water becuase it is getting scarier?

chukel:
Lol @oga na our work be dis. We go do am. Na wetin we de do.

zevous:
Hi.. I own a Nissan Altima 1998. It's been giving me lots of issues lately. Now the car misfires when I'm accelerating on park n as soon as I put the car on drive it goes off. I have changed the brain box, Airflow meter, fuel pump.. now the mechanic is saying I should change the injector mouth.. Please I need someone who can introduce to a Nissan specialist in Lagos who can help me

AutoElectNG:
For the record

-I know what is driving you, my post that you should be open enough to try the suggestions you were given!

Romeo3:
If uber likes they should make acceptable, cars from 1987. i'll still average my 150k weekly.

it's all about me. if i have to clash uber and taxify and ogataxi and smartride and lyft and all of them, my 150k no go short.

this week i have only made about 32k on uber. the rest has been offline. my target remains the same.

i dont care about uber or taxify. i care about money. by the time you can understand that about me, you will stop stressing yourself over me.

Jamin111:
Hi guys i bought a ford fusion 2006 1.4tdci with a blown engine, reason is I live in a right hand drive country but wanted to ship a left hand car to a left hand drive country, I have since changed the engine but car will not start so got told it might be injectors which I changed but still no start after reprogrammed. Now I been told that the ecu is no good so needs replacing. My question is can i by pass the ecu and change the injectors and fuel pump to a none ecu controlled just like the older cars are. (cabled)

Thanks jamin

klarry79:
I observe high fuel consumption on my camry 96 model. I have replaced my airflow meter as advised by the mechanic but its still very high. Please advice! thanks

AutoElectNG:
There is an alternative professional opinion from a highly respected source who chooses to remain undisclosed at the moment (by that I mean I do not have his permission to disclose his identity) which addresses something I overlooked, you may observe I spent scant attention to the wheezing sound you made mention to coming from around the compressor unit or area.

It reads:

"The temperature on the condenser/radiator went to high that the relief valve on the compressor opened up ( the wheeze sound) and stopped wheezing when the pressure was within limits."

The professional opinion then recommended/concluded:

"I feel she needs a new radiator"

So that is another possibility that we might have to strongly consider.

I came to a different conclusion because I have had to troubleshoot a situation where the temperatures would rise in slow moving traffic or at speeds under 50 MPH, but then there was no wheezing sound. Turns out that the fan that cycles on with the AC compressor has stopped working, so although the vehicle had not been abused, the cooling power of one fan was insufficient to bring temperatures down. But as soon as that problem was identified and rectified so that both fans would work as originally designed, the overheating went away. The difference though is that on this vehicle there was no wheezing sound, as soon as the overheating was observed more than once, the AC was shut down and temperatures came down, the AC was no longer used until the issue was rectified.

Second scenario, different vehicle at all other times, no overheating, but at a stop or in slow moving traffic without AC the vehicle would begin overheating, once the connections were reversed to factory setting, the overheating went away.

So now you have the benefit of more than one expert opinion, so you are in good hands.

shoot me an email carelectronics (at) nichekonsult (dot) com, then I can give your other methods of contacting me if email is not convenient

AmandaLuv:
Hello my people,
Please I have a toyota siena that is guzzling a lot of fuel. This car was shipped directly from the US and has never been worked on. No issue with the car apart from the fuel ish and the check engine light on. Its bn scanned and it brought forth code
p0300
P0301
P0303
Vvt system malfunction bank 1
Please wat could be wrong?
Unfortunately the car is in the east as all d professionals seems to be based in lagos.
Please I'll need any professional mechanic in umuahia dat can fix this for me. Not kazeeem biko. Lol

AutoElectNG:
Please check if there are any codes thrown by this vehicle and report back.

I want to know what the computer sees before saying anything more.

Gourdoinc:
yes my fans are connected direct. oh? this could be what what oga gazzuz meant. cos this is the only way I can think off in which water could reach that distributor head he mentioned. how do I solve this now? tie nylon on the distributor head?

Gourdoinc:
the car goes off whenerrv it enters a pool of water. no matter how hard I try to start it. it will never start. once I leave it for a while, it will start on its own. please what's the issue. this started last year rainy season, throughout the dry season it never behaved this way. once I enter a pot hole filled with water from the right side, or a large body of water. the car goes off. and will only come on after I have left it angrily for a while.

please it's by the grace of God I survived this evening, as it stopped me while overtaking a dangote trailer on a busy single lane road. I have kazeems all around me and I don't understand yoruba enough to explain my issue. gazzuz and any other guru. please what is wrong with that car

chukel:
I laugh at you. Someone complained of an issue. Common sense would have told you simple things first, if actually u are a professional. Look at the lengthy project work you typed there to confuse the OP and drag him to your shop to collect money. Someone, a so called unprofessional just advised tightening his fuel tank cap. That just solved the problem. That brings the question of how professional you are. There are problems whose solutions are beyond DIY. That is where you come in. The DIY issue should be where u should prove your mettle. If common sense was common, you would have taken our advice quietly.

chukel:
go thru all gazzuz's thread, he has never touted "professional" yet people accord him that respect cos he has earned it. He earned it by helping people and never dragging them to his shop. Nobody is pulling anybody down. Just a simple advice to help you do well. See how you have taken it to be antagonistic. Typical Nigerian. Do you know who a true professional is? Gazzuz. A king does not need to remind his subjects that he is a king.

chukel:
autologic would have fleeced you of your money and maybe created more problem.

depair:
its always call autologic
People naturally gravitate towards solution provider.
learn to provide solution.

chukel:
it was still one of u professionals that fixed a wrong engine in a car, rushed to nairaland to show off and got hooked. Nobody is denying the fact that competent hand is good, but u guys need to reevaluate the way u rush to threads to drag people to your shop. Emulate gazzuzz. It's not hard.