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Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 12:31pm On Apr 10, 2022
I observed my car started smoking and shortens oil about a month ago. After servicing I thought it Wil be fine but nay it got even worse. As at last week it went down to consuming a 4litre of oil in three days.

So my mech said engine wears and ringing it could be best option until I'm ready to buy a new engine.

So I approached another (reliable) mechanics for comparative opinion. Then he told me ringing engine is only good for a short time& in essence a waste of time money & resources.

So he advice I better look for money to get another engine.

So he suggested I add oil treatments & STOP SMOKE to the oil that it will reduce d SMOKE & shortage for now. So I did with my last kobo.

Just about 20km from his workshop (on my way home) d car started jerking badly. Called him & he Said I should check fuel filter since fuel pump is new.

Got home & took it to another mech around & d sad news was broken . The STOP SMOKE treatment worsen d engine conditions.

The new mechanics suggest I just have to get another engine.
MY DILEMMA
#I tested it yesterday & d jerking was worse & it begin to STOP/ off while driving.
# tried it this morning & it's not even starting at all. Though engine roll & all lights on.
#I am stranded now as it's this car been putting food on my table
# I make a weekly contributions from it & that's on halt now, don't even know how to go about that ... (though next three weeks is my turn & it solve halve of the engine prob)
# my wife is eight months down & we need to start arranging for baby stuffs & delivery session ( d car is our only source & d weekly contributions was our initial plan for this)
# my two days at home helplessly is already devastating.
# car guru pls what can I do ?
#how much is d likely price for d engine , even though I don't know how to source the fund yet?

Pls all suggestions & ideas are welcome. I'm depressed.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by greggng: 1:21pm On Apr 10, 2022
Cutelincon1:
I observed my car started smoking and shortens oil about a month ago. After servicing I thought it Wil be fine but nay it got even worse. As at last week it went down to consuming a 4litre of oil in three days.

So my mech said engine wears and ringing it could be best option until I'm ready to buy a new engine.

So I approached another (reliable) mechanics for comparative opinion. Then he told me ringing engine is only good for a short time& in essence a waste of time money & resources.

So he advice I better look for money to get another engine.

So he suggested I add oil treatments & STOP SMOKE to the oil that it will reduce d SMOKE & shortage for now. So I did with my last kobo.

Just about 20km from his workshop (on my way home) d car started jerking badly. Called him & he Said I should check fuel filter since fuel pump is new.

Got home & took it to another mech around & d sad news was broken . The STOP SMOKE treatment worsen d engine conditions.

The new mechanics suggest I just have to get another engine.
MY DILEMMA
#I tested it yesterday & d jerking was worse & it begin to STOP/ off while driving.
# tried it this morning & it's not even starting at all. Though engine roll & all lights on.
#I am stranded now as it's this car been putting food on my table
# I make a weekly contributions from it & that's on halt now, don't even know how to go about that ... (though next three weeks is my turn & it solve halve of the engine prob)
# my wife is eight months down & we need to start arranging for baby stuffs & delivery session ( d car is our only source & d weekly contributions was our initial plan for this)
# my two days at home helplessly is already devastating.
# car guru pls what can I do ?
#how much is d likely price for d engine , even though I don't know how to source the fund yet?

Pls all suggestions & ideas are welcome. I'm depressed.

How do you intend to get help when what u only posted is the car engine .. we don't even know the make and model.

If you get a good mechanic , it can be ringed with good material and it will serve you better. But the best option is to replace the engine . You can sell the old engine to cover some expenses involved .ie labour and oil.


Meanwhile , add engine flush to the engine . Allow engine run for 10 mins ..drain every oil out of it . Visit a total or mobile filling station to buy oil from them . For total try quaz 5000 and for mobile try hxp1000 ....I am not total sure of the mobile . Both oil ate good oil . ..don't just buy fake oil and expect your car not to smoke.
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 1:41pm On Apr 10, 2022
Cutelincon1:
I observed my car started smoking and shortens oil about a month ago. After servicing I thought it Wil be fine but nay it got even worse. As at last week it went down to consuming a 4litre of oil in three days.

So my mech said engine wears and ringing it could be best option until I'm ready to buy a new engine.

So I approached another (reliable) mechanics for comparative opinion. Then he told me ringing engine is only good for a short time& in essence a waste of time money & resources.

So he advice I better look for money to get another engine.

So he suggested I add oil treatments & STOP SMOKE to the oil that it will reduce d SMOKE & shortage for now. So I did with my last kobo.

Just about 20km from his workshop (on my way home) d car started jerking badly. Called him & he Said I should check fuel filter since fuel pump is new.

Got home & took it to another mech around & d sad news was broken . The STOP SMOKE treatment worsen d engine conditions.

The new mechanics suggest I just have to get another engine.
MY DILEMMA
#I tested it yesterday & d jerking was worse & it begin to STOP/ off while driving.
# tried it this morning & it's not even starting at all. Though engine roll & all lights on.
#I am stranded now as it's this car been putting food on my table
# I make a weekly contributions from it & that's on halt now, don't even know how to go about that ... (though next three weeks is my turn & it solve halve of the engine prob)
# my wife is eight months down & we need to start arranging for baby stuffs & delivery session ( d car is our only source & d weekly contributions was our initial plan for this)
# my two days at home helplessly is already devastating.
# car guru pls what can I do ?
#how much is d likely price for d engine , even though I don't know how to source the fund yet?

Pls all suggestions & ideas are welcome. I'm depressed.

As rightly said by your mechanic, ringing will only last you for a couple of months and you would discover you have wasted the money spent on ringing and the car is back to its weed smoking state (laughs).

As a maintenance person, this are my cost saving advice for you.

Automobile engines has components which is not possible to go bad all at a time. The most like problem with smoking engine is either failed rings or worn engine blocks.

Most of those new engines sold around in the name of 'standard engine' have probably been opened and fixed the component having issues in them.

If you engine has not been worked on before, get your mechanic to open it and confirm condition of the engine block, the Crown shaft metal, the crown shaft itself and rings. If you have some maintenance OT, mere looking through the engine block down through the pistons, you would see if there are gaps between the piston and the block, which sometimes makes the rings visible, when this happens, it means the engine block is worn and easily give gaps for oil to pump up to the top of the engine.

If you confirm your engine block is worn but the crown shaft and the metal are still in a sound condition after opening the engine, dont panic, simply tell a good mechanic to get you a good engine block, I actually dont know the model of your car, but this is applicable to all automobile engines including some heavy duty generators.

How to know a sound engine block
Look thoroughly through the inner wall of the engine block and observe some lining that looks like pattern inside the engine block. You may not be able to know by rubbing hands through the inner walls of the engine block, but a lay man can spot the inner lining im talking about. A good engine block must not have scratches or rough inner layer..

For most Toyota engines, the engine block, the crown shaft and crown shaft metal, piston and good rings are the secret of the entire thing called engine.

All these can be reconfigured and give your car an excellent performance just like it was when u bought it newly.

I dont know the make of your car, so I cant tell your engine block price range.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 1:44pm On Apr 10, 2022
greggng:


How do you intend to get help when what u only posted is the car engine .. we don't even know the make and model.

If you get a good mechanic , it can be ringed with good material and it will serve you better. But the best option is to replace the engine . You can sell the old engine to cover some expenses involved .ie labour and oil.


Meanwhile , add engine flush to the engine . Allow engine run for 10 mins ..drain every oil out of it . Visit a total or mobile filling station to buy oil from them . For total try quaz 5000 and for mobile try hxp1000 ....I am not total sure of the mobile . Both oil ate good oil . ..don't just buy fake oil and expect your car not to smoke.

Thanks so very much for your attention, the car is almera tino 2002 brand.

As for d run & drain advice... the car is not even starting for now. Any suggestions?

Also I was always using mobile super 1000x1 20w-50 oil up until last month that I had to switch to almasco because of the bill of buy 9k Mobil oil every week. By the time I switched to almasco it already deteriorated to one gallon oil in three days.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 1:45pm On Apr 10, 2022
greggng:


How do you intend to get help when what u only posted is the car engine .. we don't even know the make and model.

If you get a good mechanic , it can be ringed with good material and it will serve you better. But the best option is to replace the engine . You can sell the old engine to cover some expenses involved .ie labour and oil.


Meanwhile , add engine flush to the engine . Allow engine run for 10 mins ..drain every oil out of it . Visit a total or mobile filling station to buy oil from them . For total try quaz 5000 and for mobile try hxp1000 ....I am not total sure of the mobile . Both oil ate good oil . ..don't just buy fake oil and expect your car not to smoke.

If you like, buy Jesus or Muhammed oil, it's a matter of 2 to 4 days and the entire oil would be channeled to your exhaust. When your car smokes, na your wonderful oil e dey push out for you. I think it's better to solve the problem once and for all..

My little advice if you dont mind.
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by greggng: 1:52pm On Apr 10, 2022
surgevessel:


If you like, buy Jesus or Muhammed oil, it's a matter of 2 to 4 days and the entire oil would be channeled to your exhaust. When your car smokes, na your wonderful oil e dey push out for you. I think it's better to solve the problem once and for all..

My little advice if you dont mind.

I had a personal experience with my car . I took it to a mechanic that adviced me to use the recommended oil written on the engine cap. I have 15k for the oil. The movement he removed my oil and pour the new oil , my engine that has not been smoking ...started smoking. I took it to another mechanic that added engine flush and removed the oil and poured total quaz5000 . Till date I have a sound engine . .

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by greggng: 1:55pm On Apr 10, 2022
Cutelincon1:


Thanks so very much for your attention, the car is almera tino 2002 brand.

As for d run & drain advice... the car is not even starting for now. Any suggestions?

Also I was always using mobile super 1000x1 20w-50 oil up until last month that I had to switch to almasco because of the bill of buy 9k Mobil oil every week. By the time I switched to almasco it already deteriorated to one gallon oil in three days.


Where is your location ?
The problem is with the oil switch . Flush that engine and go back to your Mobil...
The engine will be fine. Get a good mechanic to look at why is not starting . Let them check the electrical component and kick component. A good mechanic should get that car running.
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 2:04pm On Apr 10, 2022
greggng:


I had a personal experience with my car . I took it to a mechanic that adviced me to use the recommended oil written on the engine cap. I have 15k for the oil. The movement he removed my oil and pour the new oil , my engine that has not been smoking ...started smoking. I took it to another mechanic that added engine flush and removed the oil and poured total quaz5000 . Till date I have a sound engine . .

Smoke has colours and the colors gives you an idea what is wrong.. A car can smoke due to bad or substandard oil used, and the moment you replace the oil with best match, the smoking stops. But in an obvious indication confirmed through consistent wetness of plugs and shortage of oil and by extension sight of heavy smoke through the exhaust chamber, my brother. That is a case of engine problems.
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 2:09pm On Apr 10, 2022
surgevessel:


As rightly said by your mechanic, ringing will only last you for a couple of months and you would discover you have wasted the money spent on ringing and the car is back to its weed smoking state (laughs).

As a maintenance person, this are my cost saving advice for you.

Automobile engines has components which is not possible to go bad all at a time. The most like problem with smoking engine is either failed rings or worn engine blocks.

Most of those new engines sold around in the name of 'standard engine' have probably been opened and fixed the component having issues in them.

If you engine has not been worked on before, get your mechanic to open it and confirm condition of the engine block, the Crown shaft metal, the crown shaft itself and rings. If you have some maintenance OT, mere looking through the engine block down through the pistons, you would see if there are gaps between the piston and the block, which sometimes makes the rings visible, when this happens, it means the engine block is worn and easily give gaps for oil to pump up to the top of the engine.

If you confirm your engine block is worn but the crown shaft and the metal are still in a sound condition after opening the engine, dont panic, simply tell a good mechanic to get you a good engine block, I actually dont know the model of your car, but this is applicable to all automobile engines including some heavy duty generators.

How to know a sound engine block
Look thoroughly through the inner wall of the engine block and observe some lining that looks like pattern inside the engine block. You may not be able to know by rubbing hands through the inner walls of the engine block, but a lay man can spot the inner lining im talking about. A good engine block must not have scratches or rough inner layer..

For most Toyota engines, the engine block, the crown shaft and crown shaft metal, piston and good rings are the secret of the entire thing called engine.

All these can be reconfigured and give your car an excellent performance just like it was when u bought it newly.

I dont know the make of your car, so I cant tell your engine block price range.

Wow, can't thank u enough,
1... since I bought it Nigerian used last year I do observe it's engine top oily ... MY mech first said it was nothing but later told me it's the oil seal & he changed it.

2 .. right until the day of it's pack up ... MY CAR engine always sounds good & everyone have always have good recommendations of it .. I do feel confident of it even when travelling a long distance. E.g. I was in Benin last week & my only problem is the oil shortage when ever I use it, near or far.

3 .. car is Nissan almera tino 2002.
Thanks a tonne
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 2:14pm On Apr 10, 2022
greggng:



Where is your location ?
The problem is with the oil switch . Flush that engine and go back to your Mobil...
The engine will be fine. Get a good mechanic to look at why is not starting . Let them check the electrical component and kick component. A good mechanic should get that car running.

God bless u my brother
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 2:19pm On Apr 10, 2022
Ona osa, lakowe, lagos is my location
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 2:24pm On Apr 10, 2022
Cutelincon1:


Wow, can't thank u enough,
1... since I bought it Nigerian used last year I do observe it's engine top oily ... MY mech first said it was nothing but later told me it's the oil seal & he changed it.

2 .. right until the day of it's pack up ... MY CAR engine always sounds good & everyone have always have good recommendations of it .. I do feel confident of it even when travelling a long distance. E.g. I was in Benin last week & my only problem is the oil shortage when ever I use it, near or far.

3 .. car is Nissan almera tino 2002.
Thanks a tonne

Most cases, when the plugs are soaked with oil, it cut off spark for ignition process to take it's cycle. A car could manage to start if 1 out of 4 it's entire 4 plugs got soaked with oil. But when 2 or 3 plugs are wet at a time, this might prevent your car from starting.

Get your mechanic to check all the plugs and clean them up and blow the plug chamber by starting the car and leave the plug point open. He should do this for each of the plug port while having 3 other plugs fixed to start the engine.

This will flush off all the oil that has deposited on the top cylinder and the engine will be relieved.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 2:43pm On Apr 10, 2022
surgevessel:


Most cases, when the plugs are soaked with oil, it cut off spark for ignition process to take it's cycle. A car could manage to start if 1 out of 4 it's entire 4 plugs got soaked with oil. But when 2 or 3 plugs are wet at a time, this might prevent your car from starting.

Get your mechanic to check all the plugs and clean them up and blow the plug chamber by starting the car and leave the plug point open. He should do this for each of the plug port while having 3 other plugs fixed to start the engine.

This will flush off all the oil that has deposited on the top cylinder and the engine will be relieved.


Pls can I know ur location and possibly your phone ps
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by EnbestWork: 3:57pm On Apr 10, 2022
surgevessel:


Smoke has colours and the colors gives you an idea what is wrong.. A car can smoke due to bad or substandard oil used, and the moment you replace the oil with best match, the smoking stops. But in an obvious indication confirmed through consistent wetness of plugs and shortage of oil and by extension sight of heavy smoke through the exhaust chamber, my brother. That is a case of engine problems.
This is exactly the same issue I am facing with my 04 Corolla. It wet 2 plugs (adaptors) had to be put on the two plug caps that wet oil.

Right now I have saved up 300k. Hopefully before this month runs out I will have enough to get a Tokunbo engine.

My next problem/ worry is now how to get a good engine that has not been worked on
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 4:19pm On Apr 10, 2022
EnbestWork:
This is exactly the same issue I am facing with my 04 Corolla. It wet 2 plugs (adaptors) had to be put on the two plug caps that wet oil.

Right now I have saved up 300k. Hopefully before this month runs out I will have enough to get a Tokunbo engine.

My next problem/ worry is now how to get a good engine that has not been worked on

If the initial engine has not been tampered with, there chances your engine is still in a standard state. What I mean is the three phases of engine adjustment (Standard, O10 and O20) standard is your crown shaft has never been cut and modified, O10 has been cut and modified to second grade standard performance, O20 is the minimum grade of performance adjustment. Any crown shaft that has been cut to O20 has gotten to the lowest and can not be further ringed or adjusted to perform.

Get a mechanic to check your crown shaft condition, it's metal and your engine block. If these 3 are in good condition, I assure you you can still make as much as 100k from that engine. Just move close to a well experienced and truthful mechanic..
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by EnbestWork: 4:28pm On Apr 10, 2022
surgevessel:


If the initial engine has not been tampered with, there chances your engine is still in a standard state. What I mean is the three phases of engine adjustment (Standard, O10 and O20) standard is your crown shaft has never been cut and modified, O10 has been cut and modified to second grade standard performance, O20 is the minimum grade of performance adjustment. Any crown shaft that has been cut to O20 has gotten to the lowest and can not be further ringed or adjusted to perform.

Get a mechanic to check your crown shaft condition, it's metal and your engine block. If these 3 are in good condition, I assure you you can still make as much as 100k from that engine. Just move close to a well experienced and truthful mechanic..
Assuming it is in standard state, would you advise that I ring and keep using or how do I make 100k from it.

Although someone said he will ring it for me for 100k but I am not kind of cool with it due to the stories I have read about ringed engine.

And most mechanic that I have spoken to usually value the engine at 30-50k at most , although none has open the engine before

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 5:10pm On Apr 10, 2022
EnbestWork:

Assuming it is in standard state, would you advise that I ring and keep using or how do I make 100k from it.

Although someone said he will ring it for me for 100k but I am not kind of cool with it due to the stories I have read about ringed engine.

And most mechanic that I have spoken to usually value the engine at 30-50k at most , although none has open the engine before

Do not let mechanic open office for your head. Your car engine is 1ZZ, the original set of ring is not more than 15k which mostly do not come with packing-rings, a set of packing rings is 1k, get gum, preferably arsh color type, your gasket is 1500 naira, get Mobil Quatz oil for 8500 (4 litres) buy him 20 litres of fuel for washing and steaming as the car will have to steam for about an hour after coupling to align moving parts and proper adjustment.

If everything in your engine is still standard, I will advice you adopt a service of a good mechanic and get original parts yourself.

The truth is, Toyota engines are not designed to die just like that, original parts, adequate maintenance and experience mechanic is the key.

The crown shaft of that your engine alone is around 80k, mechanic might want to trikishly talk you into getting another engine knowing that 80% of your engine content are still in perfect State.

All they do is split your engine into top and bottom and sell it as skeleton for huge amount of money.

The main engine is the engine block, the crown shaft and it's metal then rings and piston.

Mostly when the rings are bad and the car start smoking, it doesn't amount to damaged engine, it simply equate to weak rings. Original rings with good mechanic can give you about 2 years of great engine performance.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by EnbestWork: 5:30pm On Apr 10, 2022
surgevessel:


Do not let mechanic open office for your head. Your car engine is 1ZZ, the original set of ring is not more than 15k which mostly do not come with packing-rings, a set of packing rings is 1k, get gum, preferably arsh color type, your gasket is 1500 naira, get Mobil Quatz oil for 8500 (4 litres) buy him 20 litres of fuel for washing and steaming as the car will have to steam for about an hour after coupling to align moving parts and proper adjustment.

If everything in your engine is still standard, I will advice you adopt a service of a good mechanic and get original parts yourself.

The truth is, Toyota engines are not designed to die just like that, original parts, adequate maintenance and experience mechanic is the key.

The crown shaft of that your engine alone is around 80k, mechanic might want to trikishly talk you into getting another engine knowing that 80% of your engine content are still in perfect State.

All they do is split your engine into top and bottom and sell it as skeleton for huge amount of money.

The main engine is the engine block, the crown shaft and it's metal then rings and piston.

Mostly when the rings are bad and the car start smoking, it doesn't amount to damaged engine, it simply equate to weak rings. Original rings with good mechanic can give you about 2 years of great engine performance.

Thank you so much for all the break down. I think what I will do tomorrow now is to talk with a mechanic to help me first check the state of the engine block, crank shaft. If all is good

I will follow your advice and get all the listed part myself for ringing. Then negotiate workmanship fee with the mechanic.

Atleast before it break down again, would have saved enough to get another car and sell it off or to change into Tokunbo engine later on

And the thing is that my engine doesn’t give any unusual noise or sound.

Thank you so much sir.

I don’t know if you are in Lagos and can recommend any trusted mechanic for me in Lagos too.

Imagine so all needed parts are not upto 50k

And most mechanic were billing me 150k last for ringing

Nawa o

Modified: please help me check the attached pics below sir to know if there is any parts or point I omitted. I will enter YouTube to learn more from now till tomorrow too.

Thanks in advance sir

Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by nurey(m): 5:34pm On Apr 10, 2022
Cutelincon1:
I observed my car started smoking and shortens oil about a month ago. After servicing I thought it Wil be fine but nay it got even worse. As at last week it went down to consuming a 4litre of oil in three days.

So my mech said engine wears and ringing it could be best option until I'm ready to buy a new engine.

So I approached another (reliable) mechanics for comparative opinion. Then he told me ringing engine is only good for a short time& in essence a waste of time money & resources.

So he advice I better look for money to get another engine.

So he suggested I add oil treatments & STOP SMOKE to the oil that it will reduce d SMOKE & shortage for now. So I did with my last kobo.

Just about 20km from his workshop (on my way home) d car started jerking badly. Called him & he Said I should check fuel filter since fuel pump is new.

Got home & took it to another mech around & d sad news was broken . The STOP SMOKE treatment worsen d engine conditions.

The new mechanics suggest I just have to get another engine.
MY DILEMMA
#I tested it yesterday & d jerking was worse & it begin to STOP/ off while driving.
# tried it this morning & it's not even starting at all. Though engine roll & all lights on.
#I am stranded now as it's this car been putting food on my table
# I make a weekly contributions from it & that's on halt now, don't even know how to go about that ... (though next three weeks is my turn & it solve halve of the engine prob)
# my wife is eight months down & we need to start arranging for baby stuffs & delivery session ( d car is our only source & d weekly contributions was our initial plan for this)
# my two days at home helplessly is already devastating.
# car guru pls what can I do ?
#how much is d likely price for d engine , even though I don't know how to source the fund yet?

Pls all suggestions & ideas are welcome. I'm depressed.

Ring the engine if you can't afford to buy tokunbo, you bleeped up by switching to ammasco oil.

Change pistons when necessary

Buy tokunbo crank and camshaft sensor you will need this 2 after engine has been done.

Let him change the necessary things in the engine and fix the timing chain well, I believe if not stretched no need to buy another.

Change gasket and buy 8L of oil, they shouldn't use black oil to start the car after coupling everything. 4L to first start the car and warm it up then the extra 4L to drain and refill again to guard against impurities in the engine (metal fillings)

Don't faya grin the engine pass 2k rpm and for the 1st 1k km change oil totally.

The engine should still last more than a year if you use it judiciously and don't buy all those low quality oil, stick to total quartz 5000 20w50 or Mobil xhp 20w50.

That engine is bullet proof

NOTE if the crankshaft and camshaft sensor you bought are bad, engine won't start but the timing chain is the most headache quack mechanics would face, if they don't set it well engine would crank and not start.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 3:07am On Apr 11, 2022
nurey:


Ring the engine if you can't afford to buy tokunbo, you bleeped up by switching to ammasco oil.

Change pistons when necessary

Buy tokunbo crank and camshaft sensor you will need this 2 after engine has been done.

Let him change the necessary things in the engine and fix the timing chain well, I believe if not stretched no need to buy another.

Change gasket and buy 8L of oil, they shouldn't use black oil to start the car after coupling everything. 4L to first start the car and warm it up then the extra 4L to drain and refill again to guard against impurities in the engine (metal fillings)

Don't faya grin the engine pass 2k rpm and for the 1st 1k km change oil totally.

The engine should still last more than a year if you use it judiciously and don't buy all those low quality oil, stick to total quartz 5000 20w50 or Mobil xhp 20w50.

That engine is bullet proof

NOTE if the crankshaft and camshaft sensor you bought are bad, engine won't start but the timing chain is the most headache quack mechanics would face, if they don't set it well engine would crank and not start.

Thanks for your advice too.
God bless u
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by jceesquare(m): 3:27pm On Apr 12, 2022
surgevessel:


Do not let mechanic open office for your head. Your car engine is 1ZZ, the original set of ring is not more than 15k which mostly do not come with packing-rings, a set of packing rings is 1k, get gum, preferably arsh color type, your gasket is 1500 naira, get Mobil Quatz oil for 8500 (4 litres) buy him 20 litres of fuel for washing and steaming as the car will have to steam for about an hour after coupling to align moving parts and proper adjustment.

If everything in your engine is still standard, I will advice you adopt a service of a good mechanic and get original parts yourself.

The truth is, Toyota engines are not designed to die just like that, original parts, adequate maintenance and experience mechanic is the key.

The crown shaft of that your engine alone is around 80k, mechanic might want to trikishly talk you into getting another engine knowing that 80% of your engine content are still in perfect State.

All they do is split your engine into top and bottom and sell it as skeleton for huge amount of money.

The main engine is the engine block, the crown shaft and it's metal then rings and piston.

Mostly when the rings are bad and the car start smoking, it doesn't amount to damaged engine, it simply equate to weak rings. Original rings with good mechanic can give you about 2 years of great engine performance.
Oga what is crown shaft?
Kindly explain better sir.
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by diportivo: 3:40pm On Apr 12, 2022
this thread is a joke already

someone even says oil switch grin

werey po ni ilu eko yi

engine wey don go,una dey find solution wey no go work

tueh
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by greggng: 4:43pm On Apr 12, 2022
diportivo:
this thread is a joke already

someone even says oil switch grin

werey po ni ilu eko yi

engine wey don go,una dey find solution wey no go work

tueh


He said he switched from one oil to another brand. That's what I meant by oil switch ..I am talking from personal experience . Is not my fault if you don't understand my point of view.

I am addressing this issue for the benefit of people like you that believe everything is comedy .

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by diportivo: 5:44pm On Apr 12, 2022
greggng:



He said he switched from one oil to another brand. That's what I meant by oil switch ..I am talking from personal experience . Is not my fault if you don't understand my point of view.

I am addressing this issue for the benefit of people like you that believe everything is comedy .

I didn't quote you....you really didn't have to do this

if you had just a tiny bit of knowledge about engines you will know that what the op says his engine is consuming has nothing to do with switching oils

people like you won't read thoroughly before jumping into the fray and giving hot takes that are overtly false

Read what he has posted below slowly,and see where drain and refill/engine switch will sort out the issue

If e sure for u,I will provide oil,and filter and whatever is needed make me and u bet 500k

while humour is inevitable,trying to justify and mask ur blatant lack of knowledge with my online shenanigans won't help ur cause in any way

just respect yourself as you are good at doing

the 500k bet still stands if e sure for u angry



Cutelincon1:


Thanks so very much for your attention, the car is almera tino 2002 brand.

As for d run & drain advice... the car is not even starting for now. Any suggestions?

Also I was always using mobile super 1000x1 20w-50 oil up until last month that I had to switch to almasco because of the bill of buy 9k Mobil oil every week.By the time I switched to almasco it already deteriorated to one gallon oil in three days
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 8:50am On Apr 13, 2022
jceesquare:

Oga what is crown shaft?
Kindly explain better sir.

Craasaaak shaft. Pardon my auto spellings, my calibrator is bad
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by jceesquare(m): 7:08pm On Apr 13, 2022
surgevessel:


Craasaaak shaft. Pardon my auto spellings, my calibrator is bad
Now you got me more confused.
Which one be Craasaaak again kwanu undecided
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by jceesquare(m): 7:14pm On Apr 13, 2022
diportivo:
this thread is a joke already

someone even says oil switch grin

werey po ni ilu eko yi

engine wey don go,una dey find solution wey no go work

tueh
Someone even suggested he checks his crown shaft and metal while suggesting engine rebuild.
Engine wey dey swallow 1 gallon (4ltrs) almost instantly is not worth rebuilding considering the cost of a proper rebuild versus getting a used one.
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Rollsnjaguar(m): 8:47pm On Apr 13, 2022
jceesquare:

Now you got me more confused.
Which one be Craasaaak again kwanu undecided

He meant crankshaft

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 6:26am On Apr 14, 2022
jceesquare:

Now you got me more confused.
Which one be Craasaaak again kwanu undecided

What exactly is your interest bro?? To tap knowledge or mark scripts. Hun??

There are two categories of people in every discussions, some engage in discussions to win, while some get involved to learn..

Back in our university days, we learnt duccess is a thing of choice, some chose to win in class, being the lead in assignment, practicals and even read beyond syllabus, putting up argument even when not necessary and missing out points that could be beneficial to them in their journey of life, while some decided to win in life, setting moderation and being focused on useful points with positive minds of retention and asimilation..

You can continue marking grammar, the choice is yours, mind you a good technirian doesn't even have to know how to write an epistle or compile a professional presentation.

I'm not afraid to commit any of those grammatical blunders, I'm here to pass information and so long majority understand what I was talking about, communication has taken effect.

When you get to your mechanic, tell him to write you an article for marking before workin on your car.

Gross misplace of priority.. Grow up!!!

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by surgevessel: 6:32am On Apr 14, 2022
jceesquare:

Someone even suggested he checks his crown shaft and metal while suggesting engine rebuild.
Engine wey dey swallow 1 gallon (4ltrs) almost instantly is not worth rebuilding considering the cost of a proper rebuild versus getting a used one.

I challenge all who have interest in this topic! Send that engine to me for evaluation and possible refix, I will fix that engine for you and give you 2 years guaranty of average performance. This is what I do for people from time to time. If you are in Abuja or Port Harcourt.

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Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by diportivo: 7:38am On Apr 14, 2022
surgevessel:


I challenge all who have interest in this topic! Send that engine to me for evaluation and possible refix, I will fix that engine for you and give you 2 years guaranty of average performance. This is what I do for people from time to time. If you are in Abuja or Port Harcourt.


bros

why average performance na undecided
Re: Help: My Car Is In Dilemma by Cutelincon1: 5:44pm On Apr 14, 2022
surgevessel:


I challenge all who have interest in this topic! Send that engine to me for evaluation and possible refix, I will fix that engine for you and give you 2 years guaranty of average performance. This is what I do for people from time to time. If you are in Abuja or Port Harcourt.

But I asked for your location and contact number your didn't answer.

I meant for us to possibly see and talk business.

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