milo9:
Good morning gurus, please, what’s the recommended engine oil for Toyota Camry 08/09

milo9:
Good morning gurus, please, what’s the recommended engine oil for Toyota Camry 08/09

Grupo:


If it's not broken, don't fix it.

Mrford:


A good brand of 5W30 oil viscosity.

olumzzz:

Did you get it as toks or 9ja used?
What's the service history?

autologic:

That is not applicable in every instance o cos if u wait till u it broken,fixing might not be possible again .

Grupo:


Ah!

All the times I disobeyed that rule, I paid for it.

Well, may not apply to everything.

But are you encouraging indiscriminate changing of gear oil knowing that something could go wrong if not done well.

milo9:
Got it as toks

autologic:

Not Indiscriminate but scheduled change of oil ,refer to as maintenance.

Grupo:


Most car manufacturers recommend GEAR OIL CHANGE after 50k miles.

Many people in Nigeria just change gear oil like they are changing engine oil.

That's why I referred to it as indiscriminate gear oil change.

You will have to drive a normal private car for close to 5 years before you cover 50k miles.

Nexttpage:
There’s this stupid mecho of mine that always tell me to change gear oil, I always wonder what is intentions are, when I heard the price of the oil it got dawn on me he’s just after the money.
Car wey never reach a year ah

Grupo:


The issue is, if you just give him money for original transmission fluid without monitoring the exercise, he may end up pouring abro into your gear box. And pocket the rest of the money.

Thereby end up damaging your transmission.

Fedrams:
Good evening. I just bought a Nigerian use Corolla 2005. I observed I used 30liters for 314 I'm in the city. Is tge fuel consumption ok

olumzzz:

Ok...you can use 5w30
Contact gazzuzz

GAZZUZZ:


First time car owners....


You have an engine misfire.

Check plugs , injectors and sparkplugs .

Etizz:


Sir, I cleaned the injector head with fuel and it worked, I have not noticed it....thanks u very much Sir.....


Please Sir, what is actually the meaning of this symbol on my dashboard, is it dangerous to my car? How can I solve it.....

GAZZUZZ:


looks like the knob to control dash brightness

Originakalokalo:
Hello gurus in the house.

Please can I change my transmission fluid from Dextron to Honda DW1 without flushing the transmission?

Flushing will cost much..... Can I just drain and replace?

GAZZUZZ:


You can, but you should not. Flush system via the heat transfer lines

Tunesh:
Good Morning,

Corolla 06 jerks repeatedly, and Temperature rise

Mechanic said I need to change Radiator and Cylinder/gasket.

Please I need advise if this could actually be the cause.

Thanks

GAZZUZZ:


I thought so too.

Let's start with how these things work.

Your engine if it is a 2zr-fe is equipped with dual Variable timing actuators , these are attached to the ends of the cam shafts.

These parts work with oil pressure and are driven by 2 variable timing solenoids A and B.

This design is not full proof and tends to fail. When it fails, the camshaft actuator is unable to hold engine oil and it drains back into the the engine after sitting for a long time.

When engine is started up it rattles until for a couple of seconds (2-3secs) until the actuator is filled with oil again and everything runs normally.

Note that initial sound though annoying does not indicate engine failure.

This is where we have a problem. You take your vehicle to the mechanic to fix that annoying sound and instead of tackling the original problem by replacing the actuators with new ones, he welds or opens the actuators up and makes them permanent.

You now have the camshafts in fixed positions, noise gone, new problem created.

Engine looses power, looses efficiency you are now back in 1984.

To fix this problem is easy, replace both camshaft actuators again.

Nexttpage:
What should I look out for in Toyota Camry solara 2008 convertible?

raphieMontella:

I have a similar problem on my 2gr -fe engine...

Same solution?

And a whole lot of codes that I don't know where to start from...

The auto technician at the place I scanned said the codes tagged as current are the ones faulty presently...

Scan result attached below...

Cc gazzuzz
Kingreign

kingreign:


Where is your location?
What type of car do you drive?
These things require a competent technician to handle. Also, require your pocket sha.