₦airaland Forum

ajoks533:
So Hyundai vs KIA... Comparison, pros and cons. Elders in the house plz speak for the young ones are listening.

dru23:
Baba you are rebuilding engine? Me I can't never rebuild any engine o. . Unless I can get the rebuilt kit from the USA.. ..which can be very expensive, so in essence if you are rebuilding you need to get the full rebuild kit. ..there is no point doing a job half done or half bake.. Also 80% of rebuild in Nigeria will not last up to 1 year. This is due to fake parts and mechanics that are not competent enough to do the job right.. Unless you want sit down and baby sit the mechanic as he is doing the work. Or better yet unless you want do the rebuilt yourself.. Even if decide to rebuild it yourself.. How much of experince do you have? When was the last time you rebuild an engine, and how long did the engine last... If you can truly answer this questions truthfully , than you can go ahead and do the rebuilt yourself.
But on a wiser note ,baba it is better you take that your 4runner drive down to Ladipo and buy new engine .. We have competent mechanics that will help you pick a good engine at ladipo.. They will even help you load am inside your 4runner. And than back to Ibadan you go , am sure there at least 1 or 2 mechanic in the whole of Ibadan than can help you with the new engine.. Since you are now using Forte oil , I dont want you to go on a suicide mission with these ur project o .. .. You lived in America (allegedly ) for long time.. Let us use what we learn overseas to better ourselves and teach new skills to people around us..

PS.. This is not shading you sir, just want to offer my two cents

Inception:
lol..I know it is difficult to believe.

But guess what . It is true because i once drove one. Gazzuzz abi i dey lie

If you like, disconnect the ECU the check engine light will not come on

Nigeria is really a dumping ground. The Kia optima in question has only 2 airbags(driver & front passenger) , only ABS( no stability control) and no cruise control(wtf?!)

the KIA equivalent in North America is faar better equipped with respect to active safety.

This is why i will continue to buy Toks instead of the ripoff called brand new in Nigeria. More value for your money.

legalwealth:
Lol!

You are seating on the fence already and failed to answer my straight question which says alot about you! !!

That the auto and car talk sections you are mostly active and well known in are full of scammers and fraudsters with "people" covering their
fraudulent acts that I did bought cars from with pure mind and ended turning out bad made you to conclude that I run into bad deals. They are not actually bad deals so to say but lessons which ended helping me to know lot of thing in the automotive industry.

For your information, I've done uncountable deals with people which went smooth in and outside this business section that I'm well known in. Don't as well forget that I've shipped severally with SGK since 2014 without issue until 2016 when I noticed that their customer service is getting worse and I called their attention to it. If you check one of the reviews on google that I brought to this page up there, you will see where someone is talking about how they have "changed". That is what we are talking about to the extent I (Adesida Olusegun) as well gave them review on google back then with the hope they will make use of that to put themselves on track.

I since then carefully continued doing business once in a while with them until I stopped. This is 2019 that I decided to do business with
them with the hope that they would have improved on their customer service; it is not a bad try/check using that small package and your ways are not new to me.

Thanks and you can then crawl back to your auto and car talk sections to continue while you leave the business section for us. The image attached shows what a woman finally said on the autos section after carefully observing how you all handled my case against calculusx who took advantage of my pure mind of trust and sold lemon car to me.

alfa0:
Ok,ma.
Please why did you advice ,so

Thank you.

pope191:
Appeal to riders:

1. Please stop shifting A/C vent to drivers when its getting too much for u, no one plans to d*e young.

2. Stop eating fried rice and chicken in front of drivers that are yet to have combination of breakfast and lunch.

We too will b human being, what's good for the goose is also good for d gander

donfortune48:
You know say women get wahala.

alfa0:
Thank you.

My engine is in top shape. By my judgement.
It's my wish to switch to 5w 40 because i want my engine to run smoother, more quite and more lubricanted and am very sure it won't degrade the performance of my engine as well.

What am not too sure is the product to use.
Though I am leaning towards Total hence my question here.
1 or 2 persons here have given their reviews on Total which is not bad nor far from what others said outside this forum.

I follow my services religiously,so am very sure my engine will still be in top shape of years.

legalwealth:
Lol! !! Like you are saying that what they are doing is very right?

Like I said that I've been using them earlier and their minimum is 20$ if equivalent when calculated amount based on weight is not up to 20$. I wasn't expecting them to charge me more than 20$ as per their term. I'm also wondering how on earth they will suddenly change my address to Abuja not to talk of supposed extra 40$ they added on it.

I just saw that they've got lot of bad reviews on their google business page so that it won't be like my own is always too much or I'm the only one complaining about them. The earlier the better they greatly step up their customer service, the better it will be for them.

Inception:
Eh, actually most vehicles today are installed with such bolts(the corolla being referred to definitely has ). However some vehicles manufacturers ( e.g Toyota) does not stipulate it as a requirement, but rather state that bolts must be measured(with a vernier caliper) to ensure the bolt stretch does not exceed a threshold. If it does, you must replace because desired clamping force may be compromised.

Honda ( particularly for the K-series engines) require bolt replacement whenever a cylinder head is removed.

9icetoo:

So what next? Any other way?

legalwealth:
I know their normal charge which is 5$ or so per lbs and it seems they are even doing promo of 3.something$ per lbs at the moment. The way they operate is that they state their cost per lbs, you ship to them and get cost of your shipment when it gets to Lagos.

I have been using them then since 2014 but I stopped using them since 2016 or after I experienced their deteriorating customer service and I as well frankly told them to their faces.

I've always been picking up in Lagos and I don't know how they decided/managed to put Abuja on my address without my consent. And when I mailed them regarding the 60$ showing on my waybill and 63$ in the text I received from them plus the fee is outrageous, they only responded that minimum outside Lagos to other cities is 60$ and that the 3$ is for 5% VAT.

I know their maximum to Lagos to be 20$ and I don't know about their 60$ maximum to other cities plus I was never told. But why is Lagos to Abuja which I didn't even tell them to ship it to costing up to extra 40$? I even got to know that they use ABC transport at Jibowu for dispatching to somewhere in Abuja where someone will also have to go and pick it up.

What a nonsense hidden and outrageous charges?

legalwealth:
You are just writing cock and bull stories to cover up their poor customer service and hidden charges tactics.

If you can still read this update, kindly justify reason they are billing me 63$ for that small package which I bought for 100$.

Fiyinfoluwa20:
Abeg guys, my car has refused to start, key won’t turn, tried to move steering to the left and start the car to unlock, but steering don hook.

Called a re-wire, guy doesn’t appear to know his onions, he unscrewed all the steering and some parts around it and said we need to take the key case to Ladipo for it to be replaced which I think is absolutely ridiculous.

Please kindly recommend someone that knows his stuff to me.

lanre2009:
good day guys, i had some issues with my car radiator and i had to replace the radiator with a new one (double cell), i didn't bypass the thermostat based on the advice i got from here. The problem i noticed some days back is that the car vibrates when IDLE or on low motion, i had the nozzles serviced but the vibrations persist. The engine mounts are also ok. I scanned the car with a DIY scanner and got the following codes....

P2185

P0135

could these codes be the reason for the vibrations and how do i go about resolving this problem......The car is 2006 honda accord...thanks

Inception:
This implies that the cylinder head must be installed with Torque to yield bolts?

EgunMogaji2:
Maybe it’s to bring in USA gasoline and windshield washer fluids for sale

You know because your car will just explode if you use any other product.

9icetoo:
Knock knock.
Auntyradu, did it arrive?
Make I show come pick am?

dru23:
Many are mad, few are roaming... just because a person does not look Hiv positive, does not mean they don't have it .. That your 4runner ,am sure will not pass safety test on most international road. You claim to have stayed in the USA for a long time before moving to Ibadan.. Whether na true or not ..Only God knows.. You claim to be some sort of engineer .. Sometimes your reason at times are of a person that has not lived in a foreign country..... Which is understandable.. At times when am in Nigeria for months at a time .. I start to think, talk and act Nigerian , I now become a product of my environment.. Than I have to catch myself and say ,no this is not how to do things..

olumidyy:
Please house, I need advice of which car to get between Toyota Camry 2010 LE/XLE and Lexus ES 350 2010 model. Someone advised me that Camry always have shock absorber issue and he advice I go for Lexus but my issue is I don't really have enough info to guide my choice between the two cars in terms of fuel consumption, maintenance and reliability. This will be my first time of using a car and I need advice. Thank you all.

amdman:
2009 Toyota Corolla

Needs head gasket replacement from overheating (not starting)

109k miles

N1.9m

k12cambel:
Hello Gurus. Thanks for creating this section. Please i have an issue that have been giving me sleepless nights. I have a toyota corolla 2009, 1.8ltr with 89,000 miles. The car works perfect and the engine is very neat however i recently changed the gasket due to overheating that was caused by a leaking radiator. Now i hear a grinding sound when i start the car first thing in the morning and also when i accelerate as if the timing chain wants to pull from the bottom of the engine. The car doesnt smoke but it sometimes lost power alittle when i drive. Also i saw tiny pieces of metal today in my oil filter.

I was told to the engine has to be taken apart for them to view the crankshaft and metal.
NOW MY QUESTION IS THIS.
1) will the engine remain the same is any of this is changed or should i start looking for money to get a new engine
2) is this something i can possibly manage for a while.

3) i was told that once an engine is open, the engine is half gone, please how true is this?

The car was a direct toks and its barely a year with me. Also i will appreciate if i can get referrals to a good engine mechanic in lagos as long as i can have peace of mind.

timilehing:
@ radautoworks

I got this 2012 Kia Optima in August and my only concern is the acceleration
Sometimes,, the vehicle stalls when on 80km/h for like 10-15s until I floor the accelerator then it picks up like a turbo. This only happens at 80km/h
The other one is this jerking sound from gear 2 to 3 or 3 down to 2 a times. Sometimes it stays longer in a particular gear with high revolution enough to engage next gear but it won't until I take off foot from the accelerator and press again. What could be wrong please?

Contumely:
locomotive1
motorguru
radautoworks
autojosh

amdman:
2004 Toyota Sienna

Body a bit rough, reverse fails sometimes

195k miles

N1.2m


@radautoworks... cost breakdown to fix transmission?

fohia:
Screenshots of my dashboard

jvmum:
Good day @ radautoworks, could you please avail cost of power steering pump for Ford Edge 2007 and service rate as well. Regards

Crvrider:
She did the drafting. She complains that I have more s-e-x drive than an uber driver.

Smartchoiice:
Or O2 sensor.... And I'll be in love with you.