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8starmember:
since you don't believe that there's genuine people there remain in your house...nobody is forcing you to go there...but I can assure you that most of my customers are here and they believe in me...

Exactly my point, maybe it's because a majority of the traders there are uneducated, you for instance did not even understand what i wrote and already being passive aggresive.

Fact is there is no way a young woman can go by her self to a place like Ladipo without getting ripped one way or another.

Dalohad:
Whenever my car gives me issues, I research about it on YouTube and tell the mechanic exactly what to check.

If he tries to deviate, tell him to do as you have said or leave it. Mechanics yapa.

It works most of time.

Any mechanic that tell you, forget YouTube or Google, is a clown and wants to scam you without regulation. Those types of mechanics no dey ever get better diagnostic tools or working equipments.

They depend on trial-and-error and it will be at your own cost, when they cause further damages to the car.. Na you go buy any parts wey dem go spoil.

Run from kazeems and Monsuru mechanics.

God bless you , after buying a car part of 50k to fix something that was just 4k that was the day it dawn on me, I turned a mechanic, currently I have all the scanning tools I fix my car myself, if it’s a heavy lifting job I give it to a mechanic with intense monitoring and I even give them directives.

Greenodds:
Exactly my point, maybe it's because a majority of the traders there are uneducated, you for instance did not even understand what i wrote and already being passive aggresive.

Fact is there is no way a young woman can go by her self to a place like Ladipo without getting ripped one way or another.

I understood you perfectly ,how can you say we all behaves in the same manners....is it only ladipo market have uneducated people...the truth is that you people have so much hatred for people trading there...bad and good people are everywhere just pray to get good ones

Every market get their cons and pros. Cons plenty for all market oooo. Lazy people don't want to work. In Lagos Island somebody want to lead u to where u will be pay more for cheap cloth. I want to

Freshandfitpod:
Which way Nigerians, is that how we want to build this nation, with lies and criminality?

As much as I am not justifying the acts of nigerian mechanics, we have to be Frank with ourselves on one thing.

Labour is ridiculously cheap in nigeria.

These mechanics know that Nigerians don't have the culture of paying decent fees for labour, so they have also developed a culture of budget padding.

Like, there's no way a mechanic will give you a quotation and not add his own. In fact, if you want to make it impossible for him to add his own, he will rather tell you to go buy by yourself.

And the moment you fall for it, he will make sure the repair doesn't yield result just so he can fault your decision to buy spare parts yourself.

But really, you can blame them as long as they don't over do the padding.

Whenever I use the services of a mechanic, I feel guilty paying them small money for all the labour and going under the car, getting dirty and all.

The same thing one would pay heavily for in developed countries.

It's a dicey game between car owners and mechanics. U need frog eyes.

Oh, poor lady. She should have gone with someone (man) who knows these things.
SMH

Many of these guys, especially the young ones can be very wicked and heartless.

I remember the day I took my car there, there was this man they were fixing his car also beside me. The mech guy went to buy a part, he came back saying the price was 28k. The man paid him. Later , another mech there went to buy the same part for 14k. I could remember some senior mechs there almost beat that young mech for that wicked act. The funny thing is, the guy stood his ground and said "na business."


My advice to anyone going to fix their car at Ladipo, do not go there if you don't know anyone there or recommended to someone there.

Nowadays, I prefer not to go there at all.

Stomoney:
Naso I wan buy tokunbo power bike. After payment, I and my bro drove to get fuel inside the bike tank so we can take our journey back home but the bike refused to start.
We reported to the seller and sent someone to toll the bike back to his workshop.
A month the dealer didn't fix the bike, wanted to add money so as to pick another bike he said no, to return money he no gree.
Laslas na Lagos state CID help me pick up the guy and I was refunded but police commot 10%

Ladipo is a house full of scammers

Ensure you have a good and reliable source before buying things there

They're simply go to the west sort damage and abandon vehicles on scrap yards, bring it to Nigeria and fixed for temporary use, then sell it to Nigeria... Hence you'll be lucky to have whatever you bought from works for a month

RealityKings1:
You should have gone with your brother or boyfriend

Her type no dey trust brothers or boyfriend. But she'll trust the mechanic who is doing his own business.

The rule of the game remains that you invite the mechanic to come inspect the car in your location. He will bill you, call the market in your presence without negotiating, the material he will get in the market for 10k after negotiations, he will collect 20k from you. But your best bet is that you pay him the 20k for the material, pay him transport to the market and still pay him his workmanship after he finishes the work.

He will surely rip you off some thousands. but trust me, he doesn't want you to have issues with that fixed stuff so you don't end up seeing him as incapable.

But if you choose to either buy material for him, or follow him to the market, he will double the ripping. Trust me, I've dealt with them and I'm speaking from experience. 95% of them are like that.

Not every mechanic or engineer is truly skilled. Some people may take advantage of you simply because you own a car. That is why you have to be very careful about the mechanics you entrust with your vehicle and not assume that everyone has your best interests at heart.

Stomoney:
Naso I wan buy tokunbo power bike. After payment, I and my bro drove to get fuel inside the bike tank so we can take our journey back home but the bike refused to start.
We reported to the seller and sent someone to toll the bike back to his workshop.
A month the dealer didn't fix the bike, wanted to add money so as to pick another bike he said no, to return money he no gree.
Laslas na Lagos state CID help me pick up the guy and I was refunded but police commot 10%

Ladipo is a house full of scammers

Ensure you have a good and reliable source before buying things there

Police collected 10% from you and possibly another 10% from the seller🙄🤦. Nigeria!!!

They love it when it's moving not minding how much we put into it.

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HelenaWills:
If you know wetin good for you, just avoid Nigerian used cars regardless of how clean it appears.

I dey mechanic shop, my Kazeem dey buy me rice and mineral.

Na people wey meko don show shege go understand wetin this one mean.
Cry you no go fit cry, laugh you no go fit..

You go just dey recite Psalm 123.

Nonsense talk, as a car owner you should learn and understand the basics of car engineering, if your car is overheating you know the thermostat is malfunctioning or a water pipe is leaking, not startnig either battery or starter motor. One should understand these things so when there is a problem you know exactly what the issue and the cost of parts required to deal with it.
The problem with womenn is that they refuse to understand their cars and can easily be scammed. If the brake is not catching one can tell a woman the ECU is gone rather than just changing a simple brake pad.

uvie66:
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Nonsense talk, as a car owner you should learn and understand the basics of car engineering, if your car is overheating you know the thermostat is malfunctioning or a water pipe is leaking, not startnig either battery or starter motor. One should understand these things so when there is a problem you know exactly what the issue and the cost of parts required to deal with it.
The problem with womenn is that they refuse to understand their cars and can easily be scammed. If the brake is not catching one can tell a woman the ECU is gone rather than just changing a simple brake pad.

One of them Mekos wey no sabi work spotted.

nedekid:
Abi ohh.
Infact even if you are forced to buy naija used, first thing you should look out for, tell them to open the ignition, I assure you 99% of Nigerian used cars, the radiator fan will come on ie the ac and radiator fans have been connected permanently. Lol

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There are some cars though where the radiator fan is designed to come on once you crank.

Greenodds:
You be young girl come go ladipo of all places to fix your car, 😂🤣 your name na sorry. Ladipo wey me a full grown hunk of a man dey prepare like say I dey go war front anytime I wan go there.

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Greenodds:
Fact is there is no way a young woman can go by her self to a place like Ladipo without getting ripped one way or another.

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Sadly, this is likely to be true.

When a mechanic (whose real name is actually Kazeem) can get scammed at Ladipo, what chance does a young woman have?

Fujiyama:
^^^
There are some cars though where the radiator fan is designed to come on once you crank.

Eg?
In all my years of driving all sorts of cars, I have never seen one that works like that from factory.
Yes some cars, if their factory setting has not been tampered with will automatically turn on the fans even if the engine is off, the keys out of the ignation. This happens when the system detects over heating. The fan runs and then goes off automatically when the engine cools. But where you will open ignation and fan immediately turns on is a sign of kamoru, Ayo, Lateef Rewire.

HelenaWills:
One of them Mekos wey no sabi work spotted.

...so weytin you don yearn here

It’s good to know about cars so no mechanic can deceive you. Also buy a small obd scanner to scan your car for basic error codes

No mechanic can deceive me like this.

Codes151:
It’s not by driving car.

Know a thing or two about it.

Drove my Lexus for 6 years and never went to mechanic for anything.

Every 6 months I drop top cylinder and do my servicing.

Every 3000 miles I change oil.

All the Fuses and electrical I know

Make we relate when I wan buy my Honda CR-V 2011 naija used next year May 2027.

bmd1010:
One Repair After Another: Lady Breaks Down in Tears at Ladipo

This babe took her car to Ladipo for repairs. When the guys started working on it, they kept removing one part and putting in another, piling up expenses she didn’t expect. Out of frustration, the lady started crying seriously. Ladipo mechanics can be wicked.

As a materials seller, I would advise anyone who wants to do any project never to follow artisans to the market to buy materials. Because if he was going to eat ten naira from, following him to the market will make it triple. If you cannot afford the service of any artisan

Bunch of criminals, Nigerians are bad people that’s the reason god punished us with bad leaders and bandits.

If you go ladipo them go remove the one wey good for your motor put the one wey no good con still sell am for you.

“Anytime you fix my car, it keeps breaking down. One problem gets fixed and another one starts. The moment I leave here, the car will break down again before I reach my destination.”

-Lady lamented at a mechanic in Ladipo Market, Lagos, expressing fr√stration over the repeated… pic.twitter.com/noTTAfuFeL

— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) June 10, 2026

A whole Toyota fa

nedekid:
Eg?
In all my years of driving all sorts of cars, I have never seen one that works like that from factory.
Yes some cars, if their factory setting has not been tampered with will automatically turn on the fans even if the engine is off, the keys out of the ignation. This happens when the system detects over heating. The fan runs and then goes off automatically when the engine cools. But where you will open ignation and fan immediately turns on is a sign of kamoru, Ayo, Lateef Rewire.

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Toyota Land Cruiser 2UZ FE (V8, 4.7 litre)

Toyota Sequoia 3UR FE (V8, 5.7 litre)

Both engines also have an 'auxiliary' fan between the vehicle grille and the condenser - this auxiliary fan comes on intermittently when the air con is in use. But the main fan that cools the radiator (i've forgotten the jargon used to describe it) immediately comes on and stays on once the engine is cranked. It is built that way from the factory - and Kamoru, Ayo, Lateef and Kazeem were all banned from the factory premises a long time ago so it couldn't have been them.

Olachase:
If she moved down a bit along that street there's one man doing try your luck with cards

If you Carry 1M go there nothing go follow you come back

I got my first Sony Ericsson phone in Ladipo for ₦5000 that was 2010 life was easy then tho

I wanted to purchase higher Sony Ericsson phone around 2011 from the same vendor but on getting there I was told the owner of the shop is dead his nickname (China)

China was killed in Malaysia 2011 I felt so bad
I was still very young then 16years

What killed him

Fujiyama:
^^^
Toyota Land Cruiser 2UZ FE (V8, 4.7 litre)

Toyota Sequoia 3UR FE (V8, 5.7 litre)

Both engines also have an 'auxiliary' fan between the vehicle grille and the condenser - this auxiliary fan comes on intermittently when the air con is in use. But the main fan that cools the radiator (i've forgotten the jargon used to describe it) immediately comes on and stays on once the engine is cranked. It is built that way from the factory - and Kamoru, Ayo, Lateef and Kazeem were all banned from the factory premises a long time ago so it couldn't have been them.

You need to diffrenciate between belt driven fans and the electrical ones.
Most rear wheel drive vehicles which of course use streight engines ie engines facing the radiator uses cooling fans attached to pulleys attached to the crankshaft Eg you 504, parthfinder, your trucks etc. Some are electro magnetic meaning they roll freely and use a magnet to energize the fan when the temperature rises. That landcruser is an online engine mount and uses the fans mounted in a pulley attached to the crankshaft. When you start the engine the fan rolls with the movement of the engine, for models sold in temperate regions, an electrical fan is added as a condenser fan to aid the Ac. So basically when you turn on the Ac the electrical fan comes on. Infact some of those landcrusers do not come with the electrical fan.
Now you also have vehicles with transversly mounted engines, infact most smaller front wheel dive vehicles are made this way Eg your Toyota cars, corolla, camrys, honda, Hyundai etc. Because of how the engine is installed, you cannot have fans mounted in the crankshaft, so you then have to have electrical fans, usually 2, one for the Ac and the other for regular cooling.
How this works is when you start the car both are off, when the thermostat picks the fan, or fans comes up or when you turn on the Ac it activates the Ac fan or both.
Now the abnormality which is the topic of this discussion is when your local rewire now bypass the thermostat and bridge the fans to work permanently, ie once you open the ignation, the fans comes on and works at a constant speed until the ignation is turned off. Most local mechanics will do that claiming our region is hot and it will help the cooling of your engine. Big mistake!. That is what you call a classic case of abuse. Infact most proper mechanic workshops will not touch a vehicle whoes fans have been made permanent, they will tell you to go and return it back to stock before bringing the car to them.
And yes, I own that landcrusers v8 (2UZ FE) so I know how it works, I also own a Honda v6 suv with a transversly mounted engine so I also know.

nedekid:
Most rear wheel drive vehicles which of course use streight engines ie engines facing the radiator uses cooling fans attached to pulleys attached to the crankshaft Eg you 504, parthfinder, your trucks etc. Some are electro magnetic meaning they roll freely and use a magnet to energize the fan when the temperature rises. That landcruser is an online engine mount and uses the fans mounted in a pulley attached to the crankshaft. When you start the engine the fan rolls with the movement of the engine

Most local mechanics will do that claiming our region is hot and it will help the cooling of your engine. Big mistake!. That is what you call a classic case of abuse.

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Good points.

nedekid:
I own that landcrusers v8 (2UZ FE) so I know how it works.

Now the abnormality which is the topic of this discussion is when your local rewire now bypass the thermostat and bridge the fans to work permanently, ie once you open the ignation, the fans comes on and works at a constant speed until the ignation is turned off.

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That's exactly my point.

The owners of those V8s were very concerned after reading horror stories about "fan bridging" or "direct connection" on this platform. As far they were aware, no one had tampered with their vehicles - and yet upon cranking, their radiator cooling fans would immediately come on. Something wasn't adding up.

The popular view here was (or perhaps still is) that any engine whose radiator fans come on immediately once cranked - has been abused - and that view was what got the 2UZFE/3URFE duo very worried. Whereas...there was absolutely nothing wrong. The main fan just rolls once the engine is cranked - as the wizards who designed it wanted it to.

Most owners of these specific motors don't know about the finer details of mechanical fan clutches and fans 'rolling with the movement of the engine'. They are far more likely to come across troubling stories about fan bridging and other forms of 'Kazeemization' - and panic sets in - when in reality there's nothing to worry about.