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Car Talk / Re: 2002 Hyundai Santafe Issues And Solutions by Thickson(m): 7:20am On Jul 31, 2013
nissparts: Excellent trouble shooting.
I sure hope the car looks good enough for you to have bought it with these issues, or you bought it extremely cheap.
The truth is I knew next to nothing about cars when I bought it. This car took me to school.

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Romance / Re: Why Guys Don't Like Good Girls by Thickson(m): 8:02pm On Jul 30, 2013
I think first things first u gat to know what u want, why u want it and have the courage to be honest about it without apology. U gat to know when good works, when to switch the flip and go bad and what goes with who, and when. I've seen good girls get married then complain that that hubby isn't hitting it right at all!! Good girls or not, when the clothes come of you better suck every suckable and stroke every strokeable as thoroughly as you can manage. If you dey do goody when you suppose be bad nigga.. U'll have yourself to blame.
Romance / Re: Why Do Men Like Sex by Thickson(m): 7:40pm On Jul 30, 2013
Men like sex because it is who we are. We are created with a hormone that gives us not just our physical appearance but also powerful psychological drives. This hormone called testosterone is what makes us Hot. Women have it too but not in the same quantities as men but women who have a lot of it are more hairy, have larger clits,coarser voices and are a lot hornier than average. However, things like homosexuality and pedophilia are not products of maleness but of environmental exposure to like ideas and beliefs. Some men believe that shaging a voluptuous woman is the height of pleasure while others believe that lepacious girls are more enjoyable. Some want a responsive assertive partner while others want a docile submissive mate. There is no empirical proof that one is better than the other. It is simply subjective so gays and pedophiles are simply acting out an idea of pleasure that has taken root.
Car Talk / 2002 Hyundai Santafe Issues And Solutions by Thickson(m): 6:39pm On Jul 30, 2013
Please feel free to relate all your 2001-2006 santa fe problems and how you solved them.

I own a 2002 santa fe 4wd 2.4L I4. It came 2nd hand with a lot of issues but he worst was the poor engine power output and hiigh fuel consumption (about 8mpg city; 10mpg hgwy). Even more bizzare was how the power output kept fluctuating while driving. The first time I took it out of lagos trailers were overtaking me on steep grades. I tried changing the nozzles and after changing out several sets including a very expensive set I bought on ebay for 27k I finally got the message- it wasn't my injector nozzles.

Next I focused on the exhaust system and the first thing I found was that it didn't come with any O2 sensors. Instead it had an air-to-fuel ratio potentiometer which the computer used to calculate the mix. At the same time I had noticed that the engine sound was realy poor. Closer inspection revealed that most of the exhaust system had bbeen swapped out and replaced with old mecedes benz ehhaust mufflers most likely by the mechanics who had kept the car befor it was sold to me. So instead of just buying a tokunbo exhaust, I decided to do a tune up. I replaced the rear muffler with an original tokunbo santafe muffler but decide to replace the middle pot with a brand new high performance cherrybomb muffler. Since I wasn't sure that the potentiometer was still functional, I decided to buy a brand new O2 sensor which I wired in to my car computer using the potentiometer circuit. The difference in performance was almost instantaneous and fuel consumption improved but was still hovering around 12-13mpg, nowhere near the manufacturers touted 21mpg for my 2.4L engine. Besides power output was still fluctuating and acceleration was very poor.

After several months of managing it like this I decided to do further research which prompted me to clean up the hydraulic valve lifters and recalibrate the timing belt. Still no improvement. I read somwhere that faulty throttle and MAP sensors could cause the symptoms I was encountering so I had all of them changed including the crank sensor, all to no avail. I had changed all myy spark plugs, intake and exhaust valves so I decided that I was definitely looking at an electrical problem.

One of the first things I'd noticed when I got the car was the degree of rewiring that it had undergone with many loose wires and extraneous relays lying around. I decide to download the schematics from www.hmaservice.com and do a careful re building of the engine electrical system. While doing this, I found a loose wire in the engine compartment fuse box that had been cut and rerouted. This single wire was the signal from the ecm to the ecu relay that controlled the timing of fuel from the nozzles. It had been rerouted to get power ddirectly from the ignition lock. I restored this connection and found that my engine would crank but no longer start. In other words, the part of the computer responsible for fuel management was not functional. The onlyy way to find out why was to have the car scanned.

To my surprise, the tech who scanned it said there was no response from the computer (ecm) and that he couldn't access it. We were both puzzled and had to get down to the innards. We finally found the answer at the ignition lock. There is a small antenna in the ring arround the ignition lock that activates the chip in the key and then transmits the code released from the key into the immobilizer chip in the ecm. If the code corresponds to the ecm programming, the immobilizer releases the fuel management and/or ignition systems and permits the car to start. This antenna was completely missing from my car.

Without it there was no way the ecm could give the signsl to the nozzles to release fuel and start the car so some smart rewire simply cut the wire and got the signal directly from the ignition. Unfortunately in doing this the car no longer had access to signals from the throttle, crank, MAP and MAF sensors all of which are important in helping the ecm calculate efficient utility of fuel and ensure smooth output of power.

I am now waiting for him to buy the antenna and fix it. Hopefully, this will solve the problem. Will keep u updated.
Foreign Affairs / Re: The African Union Should create One United Army Of Africa by Thickson(m): 4:24pm On Jul 26, 2013
If we cannot organize our country into a progressive developed society, how are we going to organize the continent into anything at all.
Romance / Re: How Do You Handle A Nagging Bf by Thickson(m): 4:08pm On Jul 26, 2013
A guy who nags is either insecure or immature; perhaps both. If u put up with it then there must be sumfin u enjoy in the rshnshp. The only 2 ways is to communicate or disconnect.
Dating And Meet-up Zone / Friendly Mature Lady Needed In Ibadan by Thickson(m): 12:29pm On Jul 26, 2013
Hi. I'm new in Ibadan and would like to make 'friends'. So if u're big, beautiful mature independent and 'friendly' lady who needs a tall handsome independent guy to 'appreciate' you regularly, u can drp me a hint on k.okoduwa@hotmail.com. I stay at akobo area.
Romance / Re: Sex Before Marriage What Is Your Take by Thickson(m): 12:53pm On Jan 07, 2011
I ain't gonna preach the bible and condemn alla y'all to hell fire, HELL NO!!
I'm just gonna give you the benefit of my looooong experience.

A wife is a much much bigger deal than how hot she can make you cum after 30mins of bleeping. MUCH MUCH BIGGER. So if sexual compatibility is your only measure. You gonna be shortchanged dude. Same goes for the chics here.

Some things can be learned. How to shine congo, hala kpakus, or whatever u wish to call it CAN be learned. By anybody without ever touching a woman or a man. The first time I ever handled a woman (luscious, big breasted, broadhipped sultry thing she was), she accused me of lying to her that it was my first time. My secret? I did my ground work first. I made sure that I knew where all the hot spots were and how to hit them just right (it was like doing course work) and it paid off. The agra or konji or whatever you call it almost undid me but I managed to hold it together just long enough. Same goes for the ladies.

Those of you who claim that you gotta taste before you sit down to the meal are just lusty, selfserving people who wanna catch as much fun as they can before settling. Unfortunately, you may miss what's really important about a relationship. I'm not condemning u. Just giving u a heads up.

For those of you with you numskulls buried deep in the bible while ignoring reality. All I feel for you is pity. God made sex and He made it to be gloriously, luxuriously, erotically, deliciously enjoyed to the fullest extent possible by the partaking man and woman. At least, do your future spouse a favor. Learn all you can hold about it so that you'll perform adequately. You don't need to touch a man or woman to know how give them an unmatched bleep. It all begins and ends in your head.

Finally, a mature open mind cannot go wrong in this world, regardless of the principles and strictures u subscribe to.

I'm out. cool

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