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You would recall I had my car baked earlier this year; https://www.nairaland.com/2863254/paint-job-diary-respray-03-accord

I took down my rear bumper a week or 2 ago to replace a tail light and on reassembly noticed flaking paint in an area of the bumper that was flexing during re-installation (see attached pic). It seemed the flexing made the paint come off.

Question: Is this cracking/flaking of paint due to poor quality paint or poor application technique? I didn't use Sikkens (didn't know about the brand at the time).

Does Sikkens do this? or is it more of poor workmanship

Emperoh:
Gurus in the house,

I have been noticing of late, increasing cases of failed catalysts and clogged CCs of late. In fact i have witnessed 3 cases in the last three weeks or less. First time I experienced this was with my brother's 2003 VW Passat; in 2012. Unit almost caught fire on the highway.

Can we discuss this and find out possible causes and probably preventive maintenance techniques to adopt to prevent this.

One of the main causes i know is the poor quality fuel we use in Nigeria, which has very high lead content. The lead degrades the catalysts and also poisons most 02 sensors causing sensor failure.

But I do love to hear from the experts.

Gazzuzz, Kingreign, Piyke, Bravolad, Siena Cecegorz, Ikenna can we all jawjaw on this?

Thanks Honmusa for the lucid reply.

I just want to stress on the impact of running rich. If you have a flashing check engine light, its not something to ignore. A flashing CEL means a misfire so bad that unburned fuel in getting to the catalytic converter is occurring. The unburned fuel will raise the temperature of the CC above limits leading to melting of the internal honeycomb structure of the CC and subsequent blockage.

They are a couple other things that degrade CCs. I did a detailed post on sometime back; www.diyautoworksng.com/things-that-damage-catalytic-converters/

ivoryhouse:
It flows a bit faster than the basic ones in the market, in Nigeria. Check GAME, you will see alternatives that will work as well.

Many thanks!

sultaan:
No better than any other sprayer in the market the performance is determined by your water pressure

Thanks mate.

Has anyone used this before and is it any good?

Considering getting it for washing my car. I am not expecting the jet from a pressure washer, just need something that would keep me from using the regular garden hose (since it wastes water a lot).

9icetoo:
the pressure on the low side fluctuates BTW 65 and 70 psi.
the gauge on the high side was not functioning.
will get the pressure from another Ac tech later.
one thing I noticed was that when the Ac tech let off some gas from the low pressure pipe, the Ac started cooling but was still working intermittently.
I know we put in a can and half (estimated) of harp gas in the system after replacing the compressor two months ago.
is it overcharged?

my system calls for 550 grams of gas and a can of harp gas weighs 340 grams.
I plan to evacuate the whole gas and use a weighing scale to weigh the gas I put in next time.
will schedule a meeting with piyke to use him vacuum pump before that though.

Low side pressure of 65-75 if the compressor is engaged is quite high. I can't say if its over charged because there's no high side reading. My advise will be to have the pressures of both sides read. With the 2 values the problem would be clearer. Also minimise the use of the AC for now, just as a caution to prevent compressor damage

OP is your brake pads AutoBoss brand?

I don't believe in hand-held car vacuum cleaners (although they are probably good ones).
I use my household vacuum cleaner which has loads of suction power . I just find the best adapter from the several it comes with for the crevice I want to clean.

IdaraCHODB:
Dearest friend



I think the sections of the road that are bad along the Ajaokuta route are lesser than the sections of the road that are bad on the Lokoja Okene route.

However, the Ajaokuta route has more twists and turns but the Lokoja Okene route has more straights.

But the Ajaokuta route has fewer terribly dangerous potholes and the Lokoja Okene route has more than a fair share of terribly dangerous potholes so it cancels out. Especially around Okene and some parts of Edo, well I do not remember the name of the places.

If you can do as F1 drivers do, pin it down on the straights and do it safe and slow on the twists and turns, given the bad nature of major sections of Edo and Lokoja Okene routes, it is technically possible to get to abuja faster with the Ajaokuta route.

You are less likely to lose a tire on the Ajaokuta route due to bad roads and more likely to lose a tire in Edo route due to terrible roads

Now assuming you like to keep it steady at 120 - 140 km/hr, then you can do that for hours on end on Ajaokuta route but with the Lokoja Okene route, you will have so many instances of dialing the speed down and then having to pick it up again and before you know it you will have to slow down again in an almost unending cycle on the Lokoja Okene route, not so for the Ajaokuta route.

It just depends on the driver and the car.

Do me a favor, please bring along your A/C kit. I have been planning to visit Owerri because of you, but you are coming to Abuja, please bring it along and give me some professional A/C love even if I have to pay.

Safe trip

Hello bruh, noticed I omitted a response to the bold in error. My bad. Still setting up my place so may not be able to attend to fixes till next month. I'll let you know once I'm good

Respect! Spyder ibu akpu nwa!

This is very good news!

adanny01:
I traded off my old battery for 3k discount on the new china battery.

That means they've been chopping me I'm now wiser. Thanks.

GAZZUZZ:
OP answer the question, I have a room filled with them

I usually sell my old Korean batteries for 1500, so I guess you're sitting on some cash

hope16:
Hi,am a British citizen but has lived in Nigeria since I was 2 years.I ve got kids and I want to apply for their British passport.Was told I passed the citizenship automatically to them,but am confused as to whether I can apply for them with their Nigerian birth certificate (they were born in Nigeria)and are still living in Nigeria.I only have my British passport and birth certificate to show on their behalf,my husband is not British but Nigerian.Thanks

All you need to know is here;
Bbbbb.https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y/nigeria/applying/child/united-kingdom

Study it well. Remove the Bbbbb-I'm afraid if spambot

There are some parts I only do brand new OEM, ball joints are one of them.
This is my 8 year owning a 2003 Accord. When over 2 years ago I had the classic rusted hinge sound from worn ball joints I went in and changed them(the right was worn, but it's good practice to replace as a pair) to an available chinko ball joint and immediately placed an order for OEM ones.
As soon as the OEM came in I slapped them in. Its been more than 2 years now. Alhtough the OEM cost me 30k at the time, it's far better than using substandard ball joints and swapping them every 6months.
Working on ones suspension that often, in this environment may even increase the chances of something going wrong.

Sylvaxxl1:
Bros no more Jeremy o they've changed them and it looks Wack now

Jeremy and his team are floating a new car show that would be on Amazon prime. This was the last development I heard. Also there are 17 seasons or so of the old Top Gear to make your pick from.

As I have said previously on some thread...I believe the show should feature stuff that will help middle class car drivers. At the moment it's targeted at Bentleys, Mercedes, Range Rover etc.

How about educating Nigerians on why thermostats shouldn't be removed? Or episodes around proper maintenance schedules and not just oil&filter changes as the majority of Nigerians define "servicing"? Episodes on high end cars can still feature but I think there is more room for local context; things that will touch base with more Nigerians. The truth is if it's performance reviews I'm looking for, I'd rather watch Jeremy Clarkson of Top gear.

In summary, great show with lots of potential, but needs some change in strategy. I also don't think increasing time slot is the basic issue here.

kingreign:
Next time, stomp hard as soon as you pass the Lokoja bridge. wwhen you get tobyour comfortable speed, let the cruise control do its own. (Do not fall asleep or get distracted during this crucial time).

Thanks Oga King. One more reason why I didn't do this was I noticed that this road although good had many sections where the road surface was warped. Since it was my first time doing the road I decided to go manual.

BTW the best road in Nigeria I have driven on is Warri- Ughelli - Patani road. Ibori through Setraco really did a fantastic job there

emmaak2:
WOW CONGRATS
WHAT WAS THE MODEL OF YOUR CAR?

2003 Accord LX, 2.4L

dumo1:
Piyke thanks for the few beautiful pictures. much appreciated and we also thank God for safe arrival at your destination.

Thanks mate!

noxide:
Nice one Piyke. Glad u arrived safely

It seems the Enugu-abuja route is smoother than Okene-Abuja route . . . truly the potholes (and armed robbers) no dey look your face , in fact two cars were robbed on my first trip. Our bus had to wait for police to turn up b4 we continued.

For a moment I was happy not to drive

Thank God your trip was safe as well. All the best

Lovely...

adinoyiM:
Congratulations on the safe trip.

Thanks.

Noxide report o

adinoyiM:
This is the Murtala Muhammed Bridge. Right over the confluence of the Niger and Benue rivers.

Thanks a lot. Actually called it Abuja bridge in my mind

Although I saw that route on Google maps, don't know anyone that has used it. Have you?
I did use a bit of cruise control but I enjoyed stomping the pedal myself while on that clean stretch

At final destination. Arrival at 1530hrs, 395.5miles (633km) over 8hrs.

On one of those bridges after Lokoja on Lokoja-Abuja road

Finally Lokoja. At the waterside.

Took the turn at Otukpa and ended up at the bridge over the Niger abi Benue

Next was Geregu power plant... and the journey continued...

At Obolo afor. Opi junction to Obolo afor and co is a bit rough but nothing to worry about

My target speed was 120-150km/hr, more around 140km/hr. My mental rev limiter always kicked in at 160km/hr.

Speed depended on smoothness of road, How far ahead I could see and traffic.

I was at Opi junction at 10:04am...

It was nice coming into Enugu. Couldn't resist the temptation to get a pic of Honda place!

Continued to Abakpa junction and headed towards Nike Lake resorts. Was surprised that the whole of the road leading to Nike Lake resort was now tarred solid

I used Google maps in combination with a drawn map which a friend helped me with. In fact they almost a perfect match