₦airaland Forum

Siena:
[color=Blue]Santa Mariá! You take a high-tech Hybrid to a roadside mechanic??

Honestly, you MUST enjoy the issues you're having. Why else would you keep making the same mistakes? Dude, take your car to a certified Honda-Hybrid shop, or at least an independent who knows one end of a spanner from the other. Quit being mean and penny-pinching.[/color]

Siena you really cracked me up with this post

guyla:
not scanned and yes the mechanic i use is a roadnside can you recommend a better option
thnkd and waiting for your reply

If in Lagos, seek Gazzuzz. Gazz I trust you dey tackle hybrid?

IdaraCHODB:
I am beginning with replacing my transmission and modifying the ATF cooling system to include aftermarket transmission temperature gauges, dedicated ATF external cooler running in line with in-radiator cooler and factory installed auxiliary cooler, dedicated temperature controlled fans for the external ATF oil cooler to regulate ATF temperatue between 188 and 195 degrees, as well as a thermostatic kit with a thermal bypass to cater to concerns over overcooling while providing adequate cooling for extreme circumstances, near total cooling system overhaul to coincide with new transmission installation, i.e., new single cell radiator and new factory OEM auxiliary cooler as well as a hydraulic filter with a bypass valve for the ATF.

The job is too delicate for me not to be personally involved.

Going forward, if I have an engine failure in the future I will replace it myself. Same goes for transmissions replacements going forward.

I have bought all the equipment to hoist the vehicle off the ground so I can do serious DIY.

So that is what I have planned on the cards

I got the manual ones for now, but before long, I intend to go automated, by getting automated hydraulic lifts.

That's quite some work indeed. All the best

I sight you Lomomike, cool stuff.
How you dey manage with rain at your location? Where I stay I can only try this during the dry season.

IdaraCHODB:
Am about to do major reconstructive surgery on my vehicle, did you get those in Nigeria or from the U.S? If Nigeria what source? The kind that causes one to get down and dirty.

Got from the UK. What major surgery...ears tingling...

In addition to Honmusa's comment, trace all coolant lines and inspect their clamps. You could be having subtle leaks from weak clamps which the hot engine evaporates.

I once had such shorting from a weak clamp.

Raymie:
At the risk of derailing, (forgive me Piyke) I want to ask, what chemicals do we need to detail those black plastic areas in car interiors to their original blackness? Mine is graying like harmattan hit it.

Siena:
[color=Blue]Back-to-black. It comes in an aerosol can.[/color]

Thanks Siena for coming to the rescue. Haven't really had experience with restoring blackness of interior fittings (My car interior isn't black). Recently got a Shield product for vinyl. Its my first and I'll start by testing it out on a portion before going full scale. I guess it should work for black vinyl as well.

FlyboyZee:
You are on point here. Just add Toyota Sequoia to the mix and you are home and dry. However, I think I have seen a couple of Toyota Corollas (First Lady) in that awkward position too. It is not limited to the Hondas only...

I've seen at least more than one Tacoma with this as well

Siena:
[color=Blue]The Latex gloves I mentioned are indeed the sort used in hospital. There are also latex-free ones, like Nitrile, which are tougher than Latex versions, and primarily designed for those with an intolerance to Latex.

Kitchen rubber gloves are also good, I use them occasionally when I run out of Nitrile or Latex work gloves.[/color]

Finally got me some Nitrile gloves and they are indeed stronger than latex ones. I even get to wash and reuse if it doesn't get torn. Thanks again.

Spyder880 I just had a brainwave on the inclusion of estate rules in the deed. I guess this is the plan right?

The problems with this may come from the fact that the laws are subject to review every 3 years. With any review that means our deeds Wil be outdated and need review as well.

I guess to get around this, we may choose to have the estate rules as a separate document, but categorically state in the deed that all subscribers must abide by laws as contained in the estate rules document. You may also list the consequences for offenders in the deed.

What do you think?

adanny01:
GAZZUZZ, you swear for my car?

I had thought my problems were mysteriously over until i closed from work about to take off for my village where my grandma's grave will were a new look.

I tried to start and there was no kick. Tried a couple of times and finally it started. I was like what just happened. I had to eat 1st so i stopped for some food but the key would come out from the ignition or move to 0 position. I now tried to start, but not kick. I tried to remove gear shifter from park after depressing brake but it wont move. I looked up while the ignition was on but no gear position lights. I fiddled shifter a little and the P light flashed. In the same process i did and the car started but gear wont go out of park so i did manually. Reverse didnt activate until i move the shifter repeatedly until it engaged. I drove gen

I was able to get to a mechanic workshop where they changed the park/neutral switch for a trial. It didnt inprove. Mine was returned and voila, its working again. I will be lost if it happens again.

Cars can be funny sometimes. I think a new switch is still iindicated. Maybe the one used for the trial was bad as well, or should I say 'badder' than yours

Siena, I really rep your attention to detail. Very impressive. Keep it up!

spyder880:
I particularly like this your post, because it will allow me shed more light as to the location of this land, and explain what I had been saying from the first page. Ugwuomu Nike is a town at the fringes of the state capital, a full 17 minutes drive from the gates of the international airport at Emene, pass through Orie Emene and drive up rehab road, up to Caritas university, pass it and head for Godfrey Okoye university permanent site. At Ugwuomu, this land is location is behind the location where the villagers currently live, they have their farmlands around this land where they have now sold to me.

As regards development, this land has potential to develop, and its what we make it that it will become, but it is still in a secluded location now, there are no houses around this land for about 1 kilometer radius. We are going to be here alone for now, although all the lands around this one are either sold to other bodies (like the UNTH doctors) or individuals.

My point is that we cannot plan and build high-end rentage apartments NOW on this land and expect high paying tenants to come and live there NOW, so we should make our choices with the present realities on ground.

My hope, which I have seen play out so many times around Enugu, is that, since Ugwuomu is a university town, and since people are pouring into these villages searching for lands, the development to city standards will not be far, maybe 2-3 years. We can also decide to speed up the development, when people see developments, they usually react by moving close and starting another development close by.

Thank you Spyder for this critical update, considering the time to development and time to this land location being livable, I am of the opinion that monthly payments and employing people now isn't the best. I think our efforts should be concentrated on fencing the land and planting the Royal palm trees. Flowers can wait for now as they would need more tender care, they can be started down the line.

I understand that the sum we paid covers the culvert, bulldozing and grading of roads, this can start now.

So I think we should rather be talking about a levy that would fence the land and perhaps any other needed task we deem fit for this stage. The sum for paying security men during this construction period would be part of this levy.

Following fencing and planting of the trees, we can still allow identified villagers farm the land and task them that they secure and tend the Royal Palm trees as their fee for using the land. We may decide to make the initial bulldozing of the site somewhat partial, just enough to plant beacons and grade the estate roads. This will also mitigate against erosion. Spyder do comment on the feasibility of this. Meanwhile I suggest we plant the trees in a flower bed, made of blocks for protecion and easy identification.

Just curious as to when the planned payment of 3k or 5k or whatever we finally agree would commence. Anybody?

kaeforum:
Good maintenance was carried out on the car. Keep it up.

Thanks

Also considering that we still have other developmental levies to pay, I think the 5k security fee is on the high side

spyder880:
Rule 10. That all cars must be parked inside each compound. All vehicles left outside on the roads or sidewalks for more than 24 hours will be towed away and the cost of towing borne by the owner of the vehicle.

I do not see any problem with residents parking cars outside the compound if need demands, once it is in front of their own house. What I am opposed to is people parking their cars in front of other people's houses. This is also why I think there's need to restrict number of flats to 4 per building so that we don't come to the point where a flat has so many cars that occupants need to park their cars perpetually in front of people's houses.

adanny01:
lomomike and yourself are correct. Our cars 2003 accord has an Air fuel (A/F) ratio sensor on B1S1 and Oxygen sensor on B1S2. Our V6 counter parts have B1S1/B2S1 as A/F ratio sensor and B1S2/B2S2 as Oxygen sensors.

There are 2 types of oxygen sensors that i know; normal oxygen and A/F ratio/Lambda sensors. Newer cars like ours have A/F ratio/Lambda sensors as precat and oxygen sensor as post cat. The 2 dont function exactly the same way so the scanner wont mistake one for the other. However, as long as you are on closed loop, the A/F sensor is fine. One other thing i have noticed is that i have live data on O2S1_WR_lambda Ratio and O2S1_WR_lambda I. So check for other sensor parameters other than oxygen sensor, you'll definitely have live data.

Take a look at the first parameter in the first sc shot, it says Oxygen sensors present, the number seem to be 1. The A/F sensor may function as a Lambda sensor but definitely not like an oxygen sensor. O2 sensors are displayed live by OBD II devices in voltages while A/F displays in Lambda = 1 for a perfect stoichiometric ratio. Lambda above 1 is lean and below is rich. The second data is live current data which is zero at stoic, lean when positive and rich when it shows negative. The A/F is a modification of O2 sensor. Thats why your scanner wont see your A/F sensor as an oxygen sensor. The O2 sensor is a narrow band and the A/F ratio/Lambda sensors are wide band O2 sensors. The latter is more accurate in reading oxygen contents than the former.

Thanks Adanny, it now sinks in, guess I also missed the point Lomomike was trying to make earlier. I'm not seeing O2 B1S1 because the car doesn't have an O2 sensor in that position. I know there's one other output pertaining to the AF sensor. would check it out on my next scan. Thanks guys.

lomomike:
CityNG deactivated long ago... Some cars have only 1 pair of emission sensor B1S1, B2S1 some have 2 pairs B1S1 B1S2, B2S1, B2S2... Those with 2Pair ars consisting of one A/F sensor and one O2 Sensor per bank, when you do the math, you'll discover its 2 o2 sensors and 2 A/F sensors in all which are kept in pair for each bank. Those with 2 pairs are for Cities with strict emission laws and these sensors in conjunction with other components qualifies the car to be a ULEV or SLEV vehicle.

Yea. But I know this car has an AF sensor aka B1S1. Didn't know CityNG had deactivated, hope it was in good faith? Calling more Honda warriors for more responses; Adanny01, Abatically...

One thing I would like to sort out on this ride. Its been there ever since I owned it or got my scanner I should say... There are no readings on the O2 B1S1 when running livedata. On my own scanner, the O2 B1S1 output doesn't not show up let alone having readings. I only see outputs for O2 B1S2. On a different scanner I tried, the O2 B1S1 didn't have readings. So its not a scanner thing. My scanner has access to engine, SRS, ABS and transmission. Car moves fine, no check engine lights.
Haven't really seen much on this online. I'm beginning to think it has to do with the OBD II port

Siena, Gazzuzz, CityNG et al I need your help

NB: 2.4L 4cyl 2003 Accord LX. Auto transmission.

oktawian:
I'm using synthetic base greese for caliper pins and it's works just fine.

DO NOT use copper greese cos after some time it will block pins !

Many thanks. Do you have a name and where did you get it? Sorry Gazzuzz for derailing

@Gazzuzz please can you recommend any locally available high temperature grease that can be used on brake calipers? I fear to use a brand that would degrade rubber boots. Need to lube my caliper pins.

While this is a welcome development, what has been done to check the financial recklessness of these affected governors? Misuse funds and get a bail out

adanny01:
Thanks so much. If only our mechanics can have access to service manuals, they will be better. I remember the mechanic who worked on the crankshaft struggling to align the intake and exhaust camshafts. I suggested the process in the service manual and he ignored me. I allowed him suffer as long as the end product will be the same. Surprisingly, when he had to reset the timing after taking the chain off, he followed my advice pinning the two camshafts in position at the camshaft position sensor side. He didnt know that the holes provided there were to fix them exactly in position while chain is being installed. Am sure he learned.



Thanks again. With regards to the cost of the engine job, it is relatively cheap except for labour especially the Abuja one. Whole camshaft plus VTC actuator is N6,500. Other ones are silicon gum and fuel while labour was N10,000.

The 2nd job was outside abj but the part was sourced in Abj. Crankshaft and bearing N25,000, silicon gum, fuel and labour N5,000. Labour was cut low because the whole job was considered unsuccessful and a mere waste of money and energy. This once suffered more since the took down the engine twice and worked even on sunday. I guess if they did set the oil pump well they would not have droped the engine the second time and would have earned more than what they got with better client and labour satisfaction. I will call and let them know of their mistake.

Put the total at N65,000 including yesterdays oil pump bearing, silicon gum, fuel and labour. Its acceptable compared to the N300,000 dealers have quoted for the engine.

So great to hear!!! Guess a lot of changed engines could be salvaged by persistence

adanny01:
Its been long since i wrote an update.

We are at a point where we are all lost including the mechanic. I feel like i let my friend down.

The car was with a mechanic since Friday till yesterday tuesday. In the period the engine came off the engine bay twice and the engine was openned thrice.

Let me review the chain of faults from begining. 1st problem was Camshaft noise at cold start. It was changed then a new sound that was mildly there became louder. Crankshaft noise at 2700rpm and above.

It took 2days of serching to get an unworn crankshaft in Abuja. The old crankshaft was guaged and the new one too. The new one had all main bearings journals same guage and cylinder journals also same. The old one had cylinder journal 1, 3 and 4 less than 2.

New crankshaft was installed but after timing was set and everything was ready to return to engine bay, one last engine free rotation was ran but it failed. The process went backwards head cylinder removed this time. Alot of carbon was cleared. After coupling and installing. The engine started at first kick with a smooth run devoid of noise from either the crankshaft or camshaft. However, there was a new tapping sound as if 2 rotating parts that are not suppose to meet are touching each other. The sound is constant from idle to the highest rpm you can get. The sound is constant in intensity but increase in frequency directly proportional to rpm. Check engine light was misfire P0303 and P0304, cylinder 3 and 4.

For the misfire, i felt it was loss of compression in those cylinders due to exhaust valve leak as a result of carbon build up. Or, the carbon build up in one valve may have contributed in the valve not closing all the way making contact with piston.

From here i left for work till yesterday evening. They claim to have dropped engine again, attempted to change gasket but later didnt and grounded valves. We were happy after start with no sound at idle, after a drive around the sound came back fully.

We are now confused and mechanic is exhausted.

Can you pin-point where this sound is coming from? You may need a car stethoscope to this or improvise with a piece of tubing (the type you use for putting petrol in a gas tank); one end near your ear while the other end is moved round the engine until you get where the noise is loudest.
From what you've described (sound increasing with RPM), try to rule out a worn bearing eg in the power steering pump or any of those parts connected to the serpentine belt.
The engine misfire may be unconnected to the noise.

spyder880:
I went and had a look at this land today, rains still falling this morning. The good thing is that governor Ugwuanyi have started doing projects. I noticed that the central road in Emene is being reconstructed, drains, culverts etc going on today.

This is in line with my earlier calculations about what will drive heavy development to Ugwuomu. I am expecting the construction of the road starting from Orie Emene to Ugwuomu area to begin. This is what will raise the value of these lands.

This is a very welcome update!

Burger01:
I've seen Benz of 750k kilometers

* Spreads mat *

That's cool, guess not in Nigeria. Or was it?

chukel:
Pyke, please what are the recommended plugs and ATF for 2004 accord

ATF is Honda DW1

plug are:
NGK: IZFR6K-11, Denso SKJ20DR-M11

Some models use NGK:IZFR6K-13, Denso:SKJ20DR-M13

Stancity:
bro how many mileage on your ride now?

203,000+ miles
God is good!

Gazzuzz my Oga I salute. Keep up the good work! Really feel like coming to get my hands dirty some time...
I fit apply for those your apprenticeship

chukel:
additional 3k just now? Kai, u too waka. Are u a normad?

Hehehe. I do loads of highway driving

Inception:
right now, does your transmission still shift smoothly?

Very smooth my brother.
I think over-gauging ATF is one of the major factors affecting longevity. Saw one guy adding more ATF to his already over-filled transmission. It took my advice for him not to do so. His reason for wanting to do so was because the transmission failed recently and he had just replaced it. Guess he thought more oil is good.