₦airaland Forum

9icetoo:
I guess the reason is higher average speeds. During the rainy season, there are more gridlock and people generally drive slower cos of bad and uneven roads. And roads are worse during the rainy season.
That's a guess sha. The only other reason I can think of is lower relative humidity during the dry season. I wonder how that affects what goes on in the engine.

captainking:
nice.. I remember it now... I can't really speak much on that.. Just that I noticed my honda accord 05 transformed from negative of about -15 STFT and LTFT to positive of about 0.00 to 0.1 and above.. I gave my brother my car.. And he took it to a mecho who serviced it.. And I guess the mechanic must have cleaned some areas that made reversed the trims.... My experience...

captainking:
which scan app is this pls. I used to have it. Kindly remind me it's name

Odirahc:
You need a drink, where in Abuja are you let me buy you a drink?

nwanneni:
oops!sorry abiut it but a c class would have stopped before impact.talking from experience

rainmaker12:
Oga every car has breaking distance. Do you know the distance he saw the bump? Even if na Lamborghini, if you pass your breaking distance, you go uproot the bump. The accord and your cclass has almost the same from 100kph which 130ft. Anything shorter, you are hitting that object bro, if you like use hydraulic press apply pressure..same same.

Since we dint know what distance he reacted, you car cclass can't be better. Except you have performance brakes with 8piston and carbon ceramics rotor, then I can give you hand. 100ft stopping distance ......just 1 ft to impact is a major deal

lilkech:
You’re lucky you didn’t make my kind of mistake by attempting to dodge the pothole.

I was once on a high speed ‘one way’ road going at 120kmph, ascended a hill, on the crest spotted the pothole in my lane, looked ahead and no oncoming traffic from the other lane, tried to dodge pothole by tilting steering just a tiny fraction and . . . BOOM! Car spun out 3 times flew into the bush.

Passenger was asleep during whole saga and only awoke when we’ve landed in the bush. I came out, kneeled beside the car and gave thanks to God for our lives while my passenger was still in the car looking around bewildered as to how he was seeing tarred smooth road a few winks ago but now surrounded by thick bush.

I called tow truck and they came, I told them I want to continue my journey but they laughed and said my car isn’t going anywhere lol. I entered and checked it out and the only damage I sustained were destroyed front and back bumper, a broken fan case and radiator (battery jumped out of it’s sitting and damaged them in the commotion), then the car stopped entering 5th gear from that day. They pulled the car out of the bush and I got the radiator sealed and continued my journey. The car was looking very unique for the rest of the journey that all police had to stop and me just to say sorry on behalf of federal government for their stupid road.

All of you carrying Toyota Matrix and Corolla forming Louis Hamilton ehn, better shine your eyes oh. This happened to me using 4 plugs EOD at 120kmph.

Since that year i NEVER exceed that speed on any road NO MATTER THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD. If you trust your car good, but be very wary trusting the road ahead of you on high speed.

cluewebhost:
Pictures nko

weyreypey:
So you ignored a very obvious road sign?

And you still came to make a thread about it without any remorse?

I can only sum you up as an illiterate. You just went to school but got no education.

Piyke:
After the impact there wasn't any obvious damage. I continued driving and made it safely to Abuja.

This morning I started the car and noticed a noise that rises with engine speed from the serpentine belt area. I took off the belt and narrowed it down to a damaged power steering bearing. Spinning the PS pulley by hand there was some noise only when spun clockwise. No other pulley had any noise or abnormal movement. I also started the car without the serpentine belt to rule out the crankshaft bearing; no noise. Phew!

This means I will have to change the PS bearing. I had done that before when I rebuilt the pump some years ago. To be on the safe side, I will order a rebuild kit and replace the seals. This is to mitigate any risks of leaks after taking the pump apart.

My advice, if you are driving the Lokoja to Abuja road or any other just respect road signs even when you can't spot the danger. I have learnt.

uboma:
@ Piyke,


Interesting read. What car is it?

GAZZUZZ:
unna de commot from closet 1 by 1

adanny01:
I want to do this but am really scared.

I saw a video of Eric the car doing this by pouring water bit by bit. Is steam a safer way cause my engine makes the knocking especially during harmattan season?

What about the CAT converter, does it not clog it?

If i do the steam, for how long should one do it?

I am thinking of boiling water from a kettle with a pipe connection to intake.

GAZZUZZ:
When it's airborne it's a bigger problem




https://www.wheninmanila.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/10-Ways-to-Survive-a-Flying-Cockroach-Flying-Ipis-Attack-WhenInManila-5_thumb.jpg

adanny01:
I hope you had them align the big one it well. The bushing has a particular alignment if not it will cut in no time. The few times i changed the bushing, they didn't align it to its proper position causing it to cut in no time.

adanny01:
Secondly, after they removed mine twice via hitting, by the third time, the circular shape got distorted and probably enlarged. Another bushing never sat perfectly again. The third bushing was pulling out almost freely.

I had this problem only on one side after removing the oem.

adanny01:
I hope ur replacement is oem, else this replacement dont last.

com1234:
Please can i have you contact. I need your opinion in smth related to your post. Thanks.

SerPounce:
Yes I made the trip last Saturday. The roads were slightly better than I expected, given the rainy season. Bad roads between Owerri and Okigwe but there's an alternative route through Anara.

Since you're going to Enugu, the rough spots I noticed were
1. The road just on the outskirts of Nsukka along the Enugu - Makurdi road.
2. The Ajaokuta road.

Nothing too terrible though. I barely felt any scrape on the underside of my vehicle.

captainking:
does removing thermostat cause the car to run rich?? With high negative long term trims??

SerPounce:
Good evening Piyke, have you by any chance done this trip again recently? I'll be driving to Abuja from Owerri by this weekend, and would have loved to know the current state of the roads. Especially this rainy season.

I last did this trip in February (Abuja to Owerri). The roads were relatively OK then. Will like to know the current state of the roads and the best route to take.

Anyone with info kindly help out.