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Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 8:26am On Sep 04

Before I pay ke?

You dey whine naija mechanic?

chillex8:
And they confirmed that the torque converter seal is leaking?
If they are 100% certain, let them bring down the transmission and fix the leak before you pay.

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Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 7:16am On Sep 03

Took it to 4 different workshops and it was the same diagnosis after they inspected the leak. 4 of them confirmed that the gear has to be brought down. I also checked in with chatgpt and it confirmed that the torque converter seal indeed leaks and can only be reached by bringing down the transmission.

chillex8:
The honda 8th gen transmission atf can leak from one of these three seals.
Right and or left inner CV joint seal
Gear Selector cable seal.
Trace the transmission oil along these path and confirm which is leaking
I have never heard or seen a honda transmission leak atf from the torque converter area.
Any oil leak from that area is always from the rear main seal.

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 11:07pm On Sep 02

The location of the leak matters, the leak is from inside, they'll have to bring down the gear. It's called the torque converter seal. Thanks

Kaymaxi2222:
they can fix it without them dropping the gear just that it can be stressful cos the place is tight

Car Talk › Re: Tell Us Your Car Faults. Let's Assess And Fix Them by macuwon(m): 11:05pm On Sep 02

The location of the leak matters, the leak is from inside, they'll have to bring down the gear. It's called the torque converter seal. Thanks

3kay945:
I dont think this should be a problem.. they wont open the transmission. It is the seal that would be changed. Just stay with them throughout and monitor each wires that is my style anyway.

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 12:10pm On Aug 31

MOTIONTECH:
hmmmmmm.......where are based in Lagos

I dey Mainland, dopemu side, location does not really matter unless na ikorodu or badagry or lakowe😄

Car Talk › Re: Where Can 02 Spacer With Built In Catalyst Be Gotten? by macuwon(m): 9:40pm On Aug 30

Buy one on temu

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 9:36pm On Aug 30

Please who knows a gear master that is very good to seal transmission oil leak on my Honda civic 8th gen in lagos. The leak is from inside where the transmission meets the engine, so it requires the gear to be brought down, I am very skeptical about the fix and I've been buying 1ltr of transmission fluid every month, the car is still tokunbo and I don't want to invite problems for myself by giving someone who would bring down the gear and would create a new bigger problem for me.

Car Talk › Re: Tell Us Your Car Faults. Let's Assess And Fix Them by macuwon(m): 9:31pm On Aug 30

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 9:30pm On Aug 30

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 7:46pm On Aug 24

flootintin:
Kindly assist with the contact of the electrician at oyingbo.
My evil spirit always goes limp mode when I engage drive, codes shows shift solenoid B. I have changed the solenoid 3 times, still same. Now, ABS/VSA light is on too.

Ola, he is under under that bridge that links 3mb at oyingbo.
+2349065481549, he is young and attentive and uses a scanner first unlike those older baba way dey do itk.

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Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 8:36pm On Aug 19

Aspireahead:
I need some help diagnosing a problem with my 2009 Honda Civic 1.8L automatic.

The car intermittently goes into limp mode. When this happens, it gets stuck in one gear and won’t go much above about 40 km/h. If I switch the car off and restart it, it may drive normally again for a while. I’ve also discovered that disconnecting the battery for some time temporarily helps , but it eventually returns.

I scanned the car and got these codes:

PGM-FI / Engine :P2185 — ECT Sensor 2 Circuit High Voltage

P0606 — ECM/PCM Processor Malfunction

The scanner showed each of these twice.

There are also ABS codes:
• 11-19 — Right-Front Wheel Speed Sensor Malfunction
• 13-19 — Left-Front Wheel Speed Sensor Circuit Malfunction
• 15-19 — Right-Rear Wheel Speed Sensor Malfunction
• 31-01 — ABS Right-Front Inlet Solenoid Valve Malfunction

The electricians I’ve spoken to are suggesting that I replace the brainbox. However, want that to only be my last resort.

Don't be quick to change your brainbox, same thing mine was doing and I avoided all the mechanics that said i should change because I was scared they'll put a wrong one. I took it to someone in oyingbo I felt was a bit competent and he fixed it in 20 minutes without changing the brainbox, the issue is around the brainbox. The exact Fault Code-P0606

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 7:40pm On Aug 02

Please who has a plug for sandcover for front tyres for the civic 06-11, just the drivers side. Lagos

Politics › Re: Kwankwaso Will Destroy Your Presidential Ambition – Primate Ayodele Warns Obi by macuwon(m): 1:31pm On Jun 07

Wetin you smoke😂

LexFlex10:
I tell you this for free that this man is talking the truth believe me or not let me break it down for you

The only mistake Peter Obi did was picking Kwakwanso a his running mate which means and shows that Tinubu will win his reelection wether you like it or not but things can still change of Peter decided to advice he’s self before time

All of this was plan and stage tye man Kwakwanso is only here to destroy Peter obi ambition of being president and they know the political game

Listen carefully if Peter obi wanted to win this election without any doubt the best and only candidate for be he’s running mate is Nasir El-Rufai so let me explain why I said so

Here’s the game plan
Kwankwaso vs Nasir El-Rufai who is more to a terrorist group, answer that yourself

Recently the United States restrict some individuals from coming to America because they believed their working with terrorist group e.g Kwakwanso

Northerners will never never ever vote a peter obi - Rabiu Kwankwaso candidate because they don’t eat po-rk🐷 ( Peter obi / Rabiu Kwankwaso) so it will be difficult to ever happen

But we Nigeria APC give us HOPE to vote for them but when we did they only gave us HARDSHIP so now the only thing that could save us is to remove the HARDSHIP by bringing Peter Obi / Nasir El-Rufai so here’s how it work

The best way is to use our phone to do this by taking out the HARDSHIP from our phone that’s the only way this can ever happen so here we go

If you remove H from PHONE it will automatically be PO-NE which is Peter Obi / Nasir El-Rufai I saw this revelation in the dream and when I woke up I meditated on it and see more reason this could only be the way

Right now Nasir El-Rufai is in the prison so if Peter Obi decides to give him the opportunity of being he’s running mate believe me the northerners will vote for Peter without thinking twice because history will be made a northerner very prison to being a vice president is something big for them so that’s the calculation from my side

I want everyone to think properly about what I just say and thank me later because we can only make this work since everyone has a phone take away the hardship from your phone and believe me Nigeria will be better because Nasir El-Rufai is more trusted than Kwakwanso 100% fact so that’s the only game Peter needs to play to be able to bring out the sitting president out of office the Northerners has the highest vote to give Peter Obi so if he can use this calculation only then can he win the election

Technology Market › Re: The Xiaomi Thread Store by macuwon(m): 6:47am On Mar 23

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Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 10:33am On Feb 27

chillex8:
Both fans ideally blow at different speed and cycle.

Replace the radiator cap.
Make sure the pressure rating on the replacement is 1.1.

Okay thanks

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 10:01am On Feb 27

chillex8:
Pressure rating is ok.
Tell us more about the cooling fans. What speed was it set at ?
Are both fans even blowing at the recommended speed ?

How is the speed checked or set? The rewire that bypassed the fan said the speed was okay and he put a nylon in front of the radiator and it sucked it in.

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 10:55pm On Feb 26

chillex8:
Snap ur radiator cap.
R-18 rarely blows it's head gasket.

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 9:24pm On Feb 26

chillex8:
Did you bleed the cooling system ?
Any coolant leaks ?

Bled it several times, also switched from red coolant to water, no luck, no coolant leaks. But when it's overheating, the reservoir is always full and as if it's boiling

Car Talk › Re: Tell Us Your Car Faults. Let's Assess And Fix Them by macuwon(m): 9:20pm On Feb 26

nurey:
The funny thing is that your issue could actually stem from a faulty radiator cover that just cost only 2k sef.

But make dem dey diagnose dey go sha eventually they will hit "Eureka"

Funny enough I've tried replacing it several times but bought wrong ones that don't fit, plus everybody that checked the current radiator cover says there's nothing wrong with it, but I'll change it regardless

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 9:17pm On Feb 26

chillex8:
To what level ?
The temperature gauge is supposed to be @ 9 bars no matter the weather.
If you have removed the thermostat you will get varying temperature readings.

It crosses the middle, i also have a scanner, the temperature reads above 100 when overheating , from 103-120. I removed the thermostat just to see if it was clogged or bad.. But the overheating continued

Car Talk › Re: Tell Us Your Car Faults. Let's Assess And Fix Them by macuwon(m): 7:48pm On Feb 26

Good day house. Please I need the input of Honda gurus and experts in the house before mechanics start using my car for trial and error.

The Car:

2011 Honda Civic Sedan (1.8L R18 Engine, Auto)

True mileage is over 230k miles (US auction car, had a front-end collision before it was imported late last year).

The Main Problem:
The car runs fine in the morning and at night with or without AC. But during the hot afternoon after continuous driving like 30 minutes or high revs with AC on, the temperature gauge starts rising dangerously high. If I turn off the AC, the temp drops back to normal.

What Has Already Been Done (The Diagnostics):

Cooling System Alterations: Mechanics have already removed the thermostat and wired the cooling fans directly. I have also had the radiator flushed. It is still overheating despite all of this.

Pressure Test: We did a cooling system pressure test, and it passed. Mechanics are now blindly suspecting a weak water pump or a warped head gasket, but there is absolutely zero evidence to back that up (no milky oil, no bubbling coolant).

Next i want to inspect the condenser for bent fins or blockage, but who knows who can patiently diagnose the entire cooling system to find the exact fault in lagos, not trial and error. These mechanics lack patience, they just guess the problem and ask you to buy a new part that wont solve the problem.

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Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 7:47pm On Feb 26

Phones › Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by macuwon(m): 1:00pm On Feb 08

They don't have dual sims and infrared and huge batteries 🥲

tellsblinks:
I was at this point, so. I switched to pixel

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Phones › Re: The Xiaomi Thread. by macuwon(m): 6:54pm On Jan 21

these days, phones are crazy expensive and not really worth it, i remember moving from redmi 8 to 10pro to 12pro plus and i made camera my focus and it seemed like it was actually getting worse, my best shots were from redmi8 gcam lol. Now i am looking to upgrade and find it hard splashing 600k and above on a phone thats not significantly better. If older models were getting updates, i will just keep buying them. Please suggest a xiaomi phone that has a better camera than the 12pro plus and not insanely expensive.

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Car Talk › Re: My Honda Civic Is Very Thirsty, Please Help! by macuwon(m): 11:31pm On Sep 09, 2025

Please how did your solve this issue, my vehicle has exact same problem

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 11:26am On Jul 31, 2025

nurey:
Ruled out
1. Direct fan connection
2. Thermostat

Since you said the check engine light isn't on, let's rule out things that can't be scanned
1. Tire type you are using and the pressure pumped into them. Bigger tires has changed your stock setup by the manufacturer

2. Your driving pattern and habit, if you are heavy footed on the accelerator, expect higher than normal fuel usage.

3. Does the vehicle have a mpg calculator? If no, then how did you calculate the mpg.

4. What engine is in your civic or which trim LX, EX, Sir? You may have bigger engine than regular civics.

5. You said you changed the MAF, why did you change it? MAF may be letting in more air than necessary and ECU trying to compensate for that, though I believe there should be a code.

1- The tyre type is the stock 195/65/R15
2 - heavy footed a few times but shouldn't reflect to that much of a difference.
3 - it doesn't have an mpg calculator, i measure by how many liters i buy, and set the trip odometer and also check the fuel level with my scanner and then compare it when the fuel has finished.
4 - It's VP trim sir, in between dx and lx.
5 - the maf seemed to be over reporting airflow, the readings were always high, from 2.4 to 4 and above, i thought changing it would fix the issue, but the reading has reduced a bit now, around 2.0 to 2.4 with the new sensor, though the first few days after installation, I was getting maf air flow as low as 1.9
There's no fault code, it came initially with a bad downstream 02 sensor and i replaced it and the light cleared but still consuming fuel. The only other fault code it has ever shown is the p0420 (catalyst efficiency below threshold) but I've cleared the code with my scanner and it hasn't come back. Can catalyst alone be the cause of the high fuel consumption? 17-20ltrs/100km

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 11:18pm On Jul 30, 2025

nurey:
Injector width is within specs for idle. Your ltft says the engine is running rich, check your fan if they are direct and your thermostat if it is still there.

Also check your fuel tank, to ensure no leak from there.

The fan is not direct, thermostat is working

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 9:49pm On Jul 30, 2025

nurey:
1. Are sure the vehicle odometer is in km not miles?

2. Scan the vehicle, the code generated will let us know where to start your diagnosis from

Odometer is in kilometres not miles, I'm very sure. There's a button to switch between the two.

There is no fault code bro, just that from live data, long term fuel trim is -11. Injector width is 4.6ms

Car Talk › Re: Maintenance Tips For Honda Cars by macuwon(m): 9:44pm On Jul 30, 2025

Hello house,

I drive a tokunbo Honda Civic 2011 1.8L and I’ve been experiencing very high fuel consumption — currently around 17.4L/100km (about 5.7 km/l) at best, which is far above normal.

🔧 What I’ve Done So Far:
Installed a new MAF sensor

Cleaned the throttle body

Use Torque and Car Scanner apps

Got a P0420 (Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold) code earlier, but I cleared it and it hasn’t returned

Long-Term Fuel Trim (LTFT) is around -11%

MAF reading at idle is usually around 2.3 to 2.4 g/s

Despite all this, the car is still burning too much fuel.

🔍 What I Want to Check Next:
Possible injector leaks

Fuel pressure issues

Faulty downstream O2 sensor

Exhaust leak or failing catalytic converter

Full live data diagnosis beyond what my scanner can provide

Please, can anyone recommend a reliable and experienced Honda mechanic or auto electrician in Lagos (preferably mainland) who can run proper diagnostics — fuel pressure test, injector test, O2 sensor check, exhaust inspection, etc.?

Thanks a lot 🙏

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 9:43pm On Jul 30, 2025

Car Talk › Re: The HONDA Club by macuwon(m): 9:41pm On Jul 30, 2025

Thefarmer3:
Are you sure the distance covered is in kilometres and not miles?

Can you snap a picture of your speedometer and send here for us to see

It's kilometers sir.. Not miles

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