eph12:
Good day everyone. My eod battery runs down if I leave it for some hours. I’ve had some mechanics check it but they can’t find any electrical fault. How can I resolve this please?

I suggest you consult an electrician not a mechanic!

Did you change belt recently?

Please help me.
Car is Honda Accord 2007. DC.

Gear forcefully enters gear 2 atimes.

Atimes,it causes rpm sudden surge before entering the gear.

I have serviced the two main solenoid switch (gear sensor) on the transmission

Should I service them again, buy new solenoids or buy a new transmission entirely.

Please help me.

Good evening, I wanted to ask if adding "oil treatment" during an oil change on a car with over 200,000 mileage with an engine that has been rebuilt before (due to smoking) is a good idea?.

It's a 2005 accord running on 20w50 engine oil.

KelvinCoaster:

I suggest you consult an electrician not a mechanic!

Did you change belt recently?

No I didn't.

Thanks I'll get an electrician

Originakalokalo:

Please help me.
Car is Honda Accord 2007. DC.

Gear forcefully enters gear 2 atimes.

Atimes,it causes rpm sudden surge before entering the gear.

I have serviced the two main solenoid switch (gear sensor) on the transmission

Should I service them again, buy new solenoids or buy a new transmission entirely.

Please help me.

you should also do a transmission oil drain to see if it helps, note, use honda Dw1 transmission oil for this.

osato45:
you should also do a transmission oil drain to see if it helps, note, use honda Dw1 transmission oil for this.

Thank you.

Originakalokalo:


Thank you.

run a scan or diagnostic to pull up any code and see if they are related to your transmission.

Please help me.

Honda Accord DC 2006.
I removed the battery and after I connected it back the radio shows CODE.

I enter the code and the radio works.

Few mins after the security alarm was triggered continuously. No remote to turn off

What I have tried .....
- Iremoved the battery terminal overnight
- Lock the door and unlock with key

Please what do I need to do. Thank you in anticipation

osato45:
run a scan or diagnostic to pull up any code and see if they are related to your transmission.

This is happening to my baby boy too.
Done oil change, service the gear sensor.

Run scan but no code pop up.

Please I need help don't have money for new gear now.
Any other possible solution.

Originakalokalo:

Please help me.
Car is Honda Accord 2007. DC.

Gear forcefully enters gear 2 atimes.

Atimes,it causes rpm sudden surge before entering the gear.

I have serviced the two main solenoid switch (gear sensor) on the transmission

Should I service them again, buy new solenoids or buy a new transmission entirely.

Please help me.

osato45
petrusevents

https://www.nairaland.com/996664/maintenance-tips-honda-cars/342#112199773

nitt:
Good evening, I wanted to ask if adding "oil treatment" during an oil change on a car with over 200,000 mileage with an engine that has been rebuilt before (due to smoking) is a good idea?.

It's a 2005 accord running on 20w50 engine oil.

Why do you want to add the oil treatment?

Is it still smoking a even a little even after the rebuild? What type of engine is in the bay?

Bigsunny01:






Good day Oga Gazzuzz and all car expert in here.

I drive Honda Civic 08, the fuel pump and filter have been changed, i have also changed the air flow meter, upstream oxygen sensor and coolant temperature sensor.

The worst part of it though is that after i changed the above mentioned the engine still shutoff while trying to accelerate in idling, with the dashboard lights coming on. The car can be restarted immediately though. It normally occurs when the Air Condition is on, and i also notice my D(dive) green light blink at times when driving

The car is an American spec

Your advice will be highly appreciated

Thanks.

Scan your car

ThatIgboBoy:
Good evening guys. I drive an Acura tsx.
I have some check signs on my vehicle instrument cluster.
How do I go about them please.
I have check TPMS
Check ABS
And check DRL.

Any advice please
Luvinghubby and Gazzuzz

Your TPMS module has issues, it’s for monitoring your tyre pressures on all four wheels

Your abs system has an issue, might be sensors

Your daylight running light is working well

Scan your car to pinpoint your issue

Conner44:


Why do you want to add the oil treatment?

Is it still smoking a even a little even after the rebuild? What type of engine is in the bay?

No it's not smoking anymore.

I'm just seeking guidance if adding the oil treatment will help the engine or not.

It's a 4 cylinder engine

Conner44:


Your TPMS module has issues, it’s for monitoring your tyre pressures on all four wheels

Your abs system has an issue, might be sensors

Your daylight running light is working well

Scan your car to pinpoint your issue

Okay. Will scan. I am a newbie when it comes to owning cars. Took the car to my mechanic on Saturday and he checked the abs at the back with his multimeter and they were working well. He cleaned and put them back. Said he will check the front ABS when he is a bit free.
Secondly, how do you handle a check emission system prompt?
Should I just change the o2 upstream and downstream sensors?

Conner44:


osato45
petrusevents

https://www.nairaland.com/996664/maintenance-tips-honda-carso/342#112199773

Thanks so much for the info.

Please can you recommend any technician who can do it for me in ib

Conner44:


Scan your car

After i did a scan dis is what i get

Can dis be de reason i experience what i'm experiencing now?

petrusevents:


This is happening to my baby boy too.
Done oil change, service the gear sensor.

Run scan but no code pop up.

Please I need help don't have money for new gear now.
Any other possible solution.

Na so the thing waste my money until it finally packed up. Tokunbo was around 140k. I just gather courage say make them convert am to manual. Sold my spoilt gear for 20k, added 40k to purchase a manual tranny with accessories. Kazeem collected 12k.

I was hinted the tokunbo auto I intended to buy might be a rebuilt. Na so I lock up for auto tranny o.

Bigsunny01:




After i did a scan dis is what i get

Can dis be de reason i experience what i'm experiencing now?

As I said, it’s your sensors that’s your problem.

Change them with good units and your problems will disappear

petrusevents:


Thanks so much for the info.

Please can you recommend any technician who can do it for me in ib

No I can’t recommend anyone. But if you locate a gearbox specialist/repairer in any major auto parts market or garage around you and direct them on exactly what to do they will be able to do the work for you.

nitt:


No it's not smoking anymore.

I'm just seeking guidance if adding the oil treatment will help the engine or not.

It's a 4 cylinder engine

What parts of your engine did you rebuild before? What and what parts were changed?

I personally recommend any one of the below engine oil additives for any vehicle that is experiencing leaks or smoking.

Liquimoly Ceratec or Liquimoly Mos2. You can get them online on Jumia/Konga or you can go to oyingbo or ladino in Lagos to buy any of them.

ThatIgboBoy:

Okay. Will scan. I am a newbie when it comes to owning cars. Took the car to my mechanic on Saturday and he checked the abs at the back with his multimeter and they were working well. He cleaned and put them back. Said he will check the front ABS when he is a bit free.
Secondly, how do you handle a check emission system prompt?
Should I just change the o2 upstream and downstream sensors?

It’s not accurate using a multimeter to generally check if sensors are good. Most sensors operate between a specific range and if it’s off that range by even one volt it’s spoilt.

Concerning your emissions problems you can’t just rule out your oxygen sensors or catalyst just like that. Even a slightly smoking engine can trigger emissions codes on vehicles while every system is working well.

Get a scan to pinpoint your problems.

Conner44:


As I said, it’s your sensors that’s your problem.

Change them with good units and your problems will disappear

Ok

Thanks bro

Conner44:


What parts of your engine did you rebuild before? What and what parts were changed?

I personally recommend any one of the below engine oil additives for any vehicle that is experiencing leaks or smoking.

Liquimoly Ceratec or Liquimoly Mos2. You can get them online on Jumia/Konga or you can go to oyingbo or ladino in Lagos to buy any of them.

I can't recall the exact parts that were changed outside the necessary piston rings et al.

I'm not in lagos but will search jumia for those recommendations.

Hello gurus. I want to get a tokunbo 2009 honda pilot. Kindly advice. Thanks

Conner44:


I don’t know how to get a video out for you but I can direct you here with little directions. To do this easily you’d have to bring down your gearbox but if you can’t then try the below steps:

Drain out all your gearbox fluid

Get two jacks

Use one to jack up your car at the front drivers wheel and the other one to jack up your gearbox from underneath the engine bay (place flat wood in between the jack and your gearbox)

Remove your drivers wheel

Remove the rubber sand guards/protectors you see there

Take off the black rubber housing covering your transmission range switch and remove the switch itself

Remove the top and bottom gearbox mounts (you’d have to take out your battery, battery tray and intake air filter housing to easily reach the top one)

Lower the jack holding the gearbox from underneath the vehicle so the engine drops down a bit to give you a little clearance

Now undo all the bolts holding the side gearbox housing (on the side where you removed the transmission range switch facing the drivers wheel) I have forgotten exactly how many bolts they are but when you’re in there you’d easily see them

you can also remove all your suspension components on that side like the hub, linkage, shock etc to make more space for you to work

Slide the gearbox cover out from underneath the vehicle to expose the interior part of your gearbox where all the other 3 solenoids are plugged in place by their own bolts)

Undo the bolts for each solenoid, unplug their switches and remove them from the gearbox

Use carb cleaner to blast them clean and make sure you focus on their filter screens/plunger

you would not be able to clean your main transmission filter because that one is located in the interior chamber of your gearbox where the fluid is being circulated proper, hence the initial recommendation to take down the entire gearbox

After you’re done replace all solenoids back in the exact order you removed them

Reinstall the gearbox housing cover and bolts as you removed them in the reverse order and close up your gearbox (remember to use a silicone gasket maker to ensure an airtight fit between metal surfaces)

Jack the gearbox back up and install the top and bottom mounts

Put back your battery tray, battery etc

Put your wheel back properly

Fill your gearbox with 3.5 ltrs of atf-dw1 Honda fluid and start your engine to observe for fluid leaks

Cycle through your gears from P to D1 and back 5 times (while holding your brake) to circulate the new fluid through the gearbox valve body

Take the car for a slow test drive and once it’s warmed up gun the throttle to make sure you engage all your gears up to the fifth

Hopefully your jerk would be fixed as well as every other issues you’re experiencing with your gearbox

note that this fix won’t work if your gearbox fibers/clutch packs are already fried due to prior driving with low/burnt/dirty/fake or unrecommended fluid

The type of solenoids you’re looking to clean is below. Focus on the hole on the top of that black protruding pipe to take out all the debris blocking its free flow passage.

Bookmarked.

Nice and detailed write-up.
Thanks for this.

Good evening my Ogas, I recently changed my engine oil and in less than a month it went from 100% to 15% and now indicating the service icon on my dashboard. Please what’s the cause of this and any solution

quam9997:
Good evening my Ogas, I recently changed my engine oil and in less than a month it went from 100% to 15% and now indicating the service icon on my dashboard. Please what’s the cause of this and any solution

Are you sure your oil life monitor was reset after your last oil change?

If it was indeed reset then I hope you recorded the total amount of miles/kilometers you have driven for it to go from 100% to the current 15% today, how much did you drive?

nitt:


I can't recall the exact parts that were changed outside the necessary piston rings et al.

I'm not in lagos but will search jumia for those recommendations.

If you’ve rebuilt your k24a4 engine and it was done Right (it’s not smoking, has good compression and sound) then I’d advise you to buy the products I recommended earlier.

First use the Liquimoly ceratec, it’s in a 300ml bottle contains high doses of boron which is an additive used in maintaining the strength of metal surfaces in your engine. It’s effects last for 30,000 kilometers so you will use just one bottle now and it’s properties will remain in your engine for years even after many oil changes. You should use it for just one oil change interval of 5,000 kilometers then drain it out. Be aware that the color of this product is cream so it will change your engine oils color too once it’s introduced into your engine.

After running the ceratec for 5,000kms you should then use HALF a bottle (150ml) of the Liquimoly MoS2 oil treatment in your engine. This product contains high doses of molybdenum which is an additive that reduces friction between metal surfaces in your engine. You should use half a of it bottle for 5,000km for the other oil changes you’d do on your vehicle to keep it running smoothly and keeping your piston, rings and cylinder walls in top shape. Be aware that mos2 has a dark grey color so don’t be alarmed if it’s introduction into your engine oil changes it’s color to a dark one.

Good luck and enjoy your rebuild

Conner44:


Are you sure your oil life monitor was reset after your last oil change?

If it was indeed reset then I hope you recorded the total amount of miles/kilometers you have driven for it to go from 100% to the current 15% today, how much did you drive?

Oh he did not reset it I think cos I just tried resetting it via a YouTube video now and it’s on 100% back . That’s it right?

quam9997:


Oh he did not reset it I think cos I just tried resetting it via a YouTube video now and it’s on 100% back . That’s it right?

That’s right. Always remember to reset it after your mechanic has changed your fluid.

Now start driving it from today and change it at exactly 35% for your next oil change.

As a personal rule I don’t exceed the 20% mark on my oil life monitor. So since you’ve driven a bit since your last oil change then add the prior 15% that was showing in your dashboard to the 20% I usually do to make 35%.

So in essence I’m advising you to change it at 35% for your next oil change and then change it at 20% for every other oil change to keep your engine happy and smart.

Enjoy your ride.

Conner44:


That’s right. Always remember to reset it after your mechanic has changed your fluid.

Now start driving it from today and change it at exactly 35% for your next oil change.

As a personal rule I don’t exceed the 20% mark on my oil life monitor. So since you’ve driven a bit since your last oil change then add the prior 15% that was showing in your dashboard to the 20% I usually do to make 35%.

So in essence I’m advising you to change it at 35% for your next oil change and then change it at 20% for every other oil change to keep your engine happy and smart.

Enjoy your ride.

What is the factory oil change reminder for this model? Mine is set at 3000 miles. I feel 3000 miles is rather short for those running on full synthetic engine oil.
Assuming this car is also set at 3000 miles oil change, if he goes with your advise on changing his oil at 35%, that means he would have driven for roughly 2000 miles for each oil change.
Considering the price of synthetic oils now, that's an overkill in my opinion. A good synthetic oil should safely do 4,500 miles. No?