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aieromon:
I am quite familiar with the shopping mall. The shop number or business name will suffice, thanks.

+234 814 199 3203. That's the number of the shop.

Does not matter if its a Pilot, Civic, Fit or Accord, same procedure applies.

I can't say for Hybrids

The troubleshooting & fix on YouTube...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQHYEAvduBw

I was having these 4 symptoms combined.
While some may occur individually, combined means something.

Here's the tetrad:

- No remote start
- Answer back not working
- Car locks but lights don't flash. They only flash when you unlock the doors
- Anti theft light doesn't blink...

Can happen on Honda with remote start (2016 and up)

aieromon:
I believe the company is responsible for the Mannol range of products as well.



Please share plaza name and number or contact details. Thanks

Mate, so sorry for the belated response. Started a response way back and thought I hit send.

Yea. Their lubricants section does mannol. It's the OTO shopping mall. Gudu parts(2nd plaza on the left when entering from Oladipo Diya Road). Ask for Ifeanyi. He is the only distributor for SCT and Mannol lubricants there. I'm just seeking his permission to post his contact on the net. If he declines, I can can send to you by pm.

adanny01:
So am about to change some A/C parts in my car. I got the oil recommendation from the service manual shown below.

From the recommendation and the parts i am changing, a total of 70ml is what is recommended to be added for

Condenser 25ml
Dryer 25ml
Line 10ml
Leakage 10ml.

My leak is on the discharge pipe from compressor to condenser. I recently started to notice oil on the pipe and had been losing gas. The last recharge didn't last a week and the pipe is completely wet will oil.

I am just a little scared knowing that too little oil risk the compressor seizing up while too much oil reduces cooling.

I am tempted to put 50 or 60ml instead of the 70ml. What do you think? In fact, i want to settle for 55ml. Neither full nor short.

Leak - 25mls.
Dryer 10mls
Personally, will put the total as recommended.

Limited bottles available.

First product.

1. Turtle Wax 53410 Hybrid Solutions Ceramic Wet Wax - 769ml bottle

- Wash car, spray on wet surface, and dry for an amazing shine and durable protection
- Super hydrophobic and SiO2 polymers deliver instant water repelling and chemical resistant protection

Price: N8500
- Delivers superior shine, high gloss, and enhanced depth of color with a simple wipe and dry

Lasts for months. Very easy application. No buffing required.

Kingdemu:
We don't want.

Lol

OfficialDJ:
no thanks

You dey fear?
This cracked me up.

Just in case you want the blue smoke experience
I have a few bottles to spare which I can sell. I'll open a thread in Autos.

I am still on the tank of Gumout fuel, but the smoke has now totally stopped. The smell is gone too.

It's said that the smoke shows the product is working

I forgot to mention that the water that usually drips from the exhaust now turned black.
This is explained by the carbon being cleared from the engine.

The water is no longer black too

The culprit... Google is your friend

I took to the Web. Turns out that certain fuel system cleaners can cause bluish/greyish smoke as well as strong odours when used. Especially in the morning.

It was then it clicked. I added the Gumout product below to my tank some days earlier...

The product has Gumout's CarbonClear proprietary tech which has PEA as well as 2 other cleaning agents.

I checked the dipstick, it was low. However, I was parked on an incline, so measurement won't be accurate anyway. Also, I didn't have a CEL. On this Honda, you should get a CEL from oil starvation of the VTEC solenoid when the oil goes low.

It was the suddenness that baffled me the most. Could the engine actually be worn? Maybe I've been puffing bluish smoke gently without noticing?

I know I have an oil leak from the mating area of the oil pan. Could the oil have gone so low that the engine wore?
A family member had been using the car for the prior 4 days. I began to run permutations...

It was a sad discovery.

The smoke ranged greyish to bluish while I had my foot on the gas. When I let off, it became an effortless plume of bluish smoke with the horrible smell.

I was numb. When, how, from where?

I woke and started the Accord. Got out of the car to round up a few things. When I got back, there was an offensive odour from the tail pipe. I couldn't also tell if what looked like steam from the exhaust was mixed with greish smoke.

I decided to give it a little gas...to confirm.

captainking:
Drcoolxxxxx should come and learn

Well done boss. You know this table could lead to many things. Let's just keep it...cartalk

This experience really shook me and left me
It was my tested and trusted 03 Accord. There's nothing I didn't think of!

Will be updating and getting to the culprit in subsequent posts...

ugo4u:
Pls how much does it cost to get a clean tokunbo accord btw (2017 to 2010) in your location and also cost of shipping same.

With the latest dollar jangolova, I don't even know. Dollar was 470 when I bought, just checked and its 532 for today.
I guess you can check jiji for rough estimates and possibly check out car stands near you.

Shipping depends. RoRo should be about $1000 - $1500. Those that ship regularly can update.

Conner44:
Piyke i see your thread gracing the FP on DA forums. That’s slick yo

The first forum I joined after getting my EoD! I think 2009. Knew nothing about cars then.

adanny01:
I was at Kofar Ruwa, Kano to get one of my front car speaker, i was sitting waiting for the guy to return. All of a sudden, there was a big bang! It definitely was not a gun shot, i thought what could possibly make such a loud bang in a mechanic garage. I saw people peeping and talking about the incident that happen 5m from me.

I walked up to what seem to be ground zero. It was a Canada used (my guess due to rust) 2010 Toyota Rav 4 that had its right curtain airbag deploy while an electrician was doing some repairs.

Already people were suggesting all sort of cover up. These people have no intention to fix the deployment but were doing everything to hide it from the client who wasn't there.

To some dealers, deployed airbag means more profit from an unsuspecting buyer.

Speechless.

Eldemmi:
Also update us when(or if done) you perform transmission fluid change.

Sure.

Inception:
Is it as advertised?

I find that 27 mpg city to be too good to be true

I currently have 26.7 on trip meter A. Though I must admit, I'm still doing some new car spirited driving moves . So not good time to measure mpg. I usually do not drive with ECON on except when in traffic.

Epzilon:
Yes o, we need to know... I heard that this car drinks fuel like an English man sipping boiling tea

Thanks to its GDI engine and CVT transmission combo.

If only Nissan(CVT) and Hyundai (engine) can be humble enough to learn at Honda's feet

Contrasting points highlighted. Car is much better than the 7th gen in mpg.

Modified! I get it now. As per drinking a cup of tea over an hour. Lol.

Epzilon:
Chrisfix style of presentation

Nice!

Thanks!

kelvinzino:
Tell us about the fuel consumption so far, compared to your previous car

Far better. Certain elements in the design are responsible. CVT + direct fuel injection + ECON mode... EoD has none of these.

kingreign:
Too many agberos for Lagos. It makes me really scared and weary of staying in that state. Whenever I am in Lagos, I develop high blood pressure and malaria just because of the many wrong things I see.
Sigh!

I really love and appreciate the peace and tranquility of Abuja and Uyo.

Same here. Living in Lagos takes skill.

id4sho:
chai, nawa ooooo

Very serious o. I tell you. Better not move at night. That's another lesson, though I had no choice. I wasn't the owner of the container. He was determined to offload irrespective of the time...

Morale of the story...

Accidented cars with SRS deployments can be restored to factory. You just need to know what it will take: parts, tools (if DIY), cost estimate for repair etc.

Expertise is very important for SRS repairs. Where I painted the fender, the manager told me a similar car they tried to replace its driver airbag had 2 replacement airbags blow on them. I asked, "was the SRS disabled before fitting?“ To my horror, NO, was the answer. And this was a relatively well setup place!

You need to be patient when in the market for a car, especially if you have a strict set of criteria. Don't rush into a 'bad' car because its proving difficult to find a 'good' car.

Peace!

The drive from Apapa

Road block after road block manned by agberos collecting forced tolls.
They had a tactic: "Oga I go commot this ya side mirror o"

I remember one of them who demanded 3k. The guy was already yanking the passenger mirror which has the lane watch camera. In a flash, I remembered my market survey on that part... 80k or so. I just dropped the money and moved!

When the container was opened, o boy! The loaders in the US had no joy. A fridge was on top of one guys car .

Mine was deep inside the container; on the ground while another sedan was suspended directly above. Container had 4 cars.

See how offloaders were walking on cars to do their work . I had to make noise to mitigate the evil walk before they get to the car. After the shout, I called one of them and said, “calm down I will see you after" . With that, the guy relaxed and started safeguarding my moto

However, there was one heavy carton seating on my hood , and before I could look left, an unsponsored offloader dragged it across the hood . It left clear coat scratches. Most of which I have polished off.

I saw things at Apapa...

Car was containerized via Grimaldi. While an agent was used for clearing, I decided to have the "offloading/clearing" experience for myself. I also had some other business in Lagos, so why not?

I saw things o. Container was offloaded between 8 - 10pm. Agberos everywhere.
The car battery was dead and I went with a battery. The offloaders had a battery for cars with dead batteries. Fee was 2500 I think.

The cranes are a beauty to watch while in operation