eyinola:
I hv been using mobil xhp right from time immemorial and when i started using the car for ehailing i started changing d oil every month due to what i learnt here abt xhp, as at then i make enquiry if i can change to synthetic but i was made to understand it's better to continue with d mobil but service regularly which hv been doing tho its tiring. After dec hustle i went for general servicing and we discovere they were sludge in d top engine so it was removed and cleaned with fuel with d sump, copled back, as we hv clean the engine na i decided to start using gastrol synthetic but it keeps showing oil light so they said d oil is too light for my engine, we flush it out and went back to my mobil and d light went off car went back to normal but the only thing i noticed after d clean up was dat my oil reduces doesn't get to dat second top gauge after some days replacing oil unlike before my oil never goes past d top gauge, fastforward to this incident car was running fine and smoothly until i saw d oil light blinked on 3rd mainland bridge before d car went off , we checked n oil was inside.. mechanic said d oil pump was damaged and couldn't pump oil again dat i could hv stopped immediately i saw d light blinking

This is explicit.
@Black bishop
@gazzuzz
@autologic.

Please can u give us some insight from your wealth of experience what might have gone wrong and what owner should do now. Thanks

emadamysy:
Not that I am trying to invalidate your comment, How many jobs has those benefit you mentioned(gratuity, health insurance, pension) in Nigeria currently, unless your speech/comments are far from reality.

Yeah, I know there no jobs out there that's why most of us are doing this to keep body and soul together. But the question is would you choose ehailing driving hustle over a banking managerial position if the opportunity presents itself?

Show me a beautiful woman and I'll show you a thousand man tired of fun.cking her.

If you understand that adage you won't castigate those of us complaining about the poor state of living of an average eahiling driver.

Let me shock you, do you know that most danfo drivers weather on a daily delivery or full ownership are far better than an average Uber driver? Their earning from 5am to 7-8pm a day is the Uber driver's earning of 2/3days of 5am to 12midnight.

If no be say danfo driving hustle raze a lot of office workers for don wee on their booses heads

rapheal5:
Hello comrades in the house, if u have any passenger in Abeokuta going to lagos tomorrow morning am available..

Baba want to have his cake back after eating it oga do sole 1k per seat come back jor... No do no do you charge 25k going there so why can't you do charity coming back

Crvrider:


Please kindly keep us posted here regarding this issue if and when it is solved as I am currently facing similar pr
oblem.

In my case: car temp goes up when ac is on but normalizes when off. Radiator reservoir dries up and once the water level goes down the temp starts to rise. I've had to change 2 radiator caps and a head gasket change with the hope it will solve the problem but no luck.

So, finally I was able to locate the agbede people that I was adviced I take the radiator to; this will be done on Monday...fingers crossed. However, if this doesn't solve the problem then water pump will be changed next.

...changing the radiator for me will be the last resort.

U still having the issue?
Why do u prefer to change water pump rather than radiator. If water pump is bad u will not even drive for upto 1km before engine starts to overheat.
If water is drying up in ur radiator then u don't need a soothsayer to tell u either ur radiator is bad and leaking or the pipes are bad or water is leaking from engine. So if u change radiator and fix d pipping and problem persists then ur engine is g***.
If overheating is connected to putting on AC then it's a fan problem, but if and only if water isn't reducing from d radiator.

By the way, I tot u said it's only when u accelerate or climbing a hill that the engine overheats?

IMO.... that Driverpreneurs engine is g***.
He has changed top cylinder gasket, changed to double cell radiator, added extra fan, and added coolant still yet.

kanuisagoat:


Here sir

012279179

Thanks. I just spoke with support. According to the man, my account is not blocked. It is active. But he said he noticed it is placed on hold. He promised to escalate it to the technical unit. He asked I call back after 24 hours if not yet resolved.

Felicity0001:


Baba want to have his cake back after eating it oga do sole 1k per seat come back jor... No do no do you charge 25k going there so why can't you do charity coming back

lol, I actually live in Abeokuta i only come to lagos to hustle 3 to 4 days every week

Pearl1910:

IMO.... that Driverpreneurs engine is g***.
He has changed top cylinder gasket, changed to double cell radiator, added extra fan, and added coolant still yet.

That guy don suffer for ehailing hand.
3yrs on the platform, yet nothing tangible to show for it.
The Honda civic he managed to buy is not even helping matters.

He was even driving A Benz before joining e-hailing.
But now, baba can't even afford one, even if na Nigerian used of Felicity001's type of Benz.

I pray God elevate him through his YouTube channel and his other endeavors.

Pearl1910:


U still having the issue?
Why do u prefer to change water pump rather than radiator. If water pump is bad u will not even drive for upto 1km before engine starts to overheat.
If water is drying up in ur radiator then u don't need a soothsayer to tell u either ur radiator is bad and leaking or the pipes are bad or water is leaking from engine. So if u change radiator and fix d pipping and problem persists then ur engine is g***.
If overheating is connected to putting on AC then it's a fan problem, but if and only if water isn't reducing from d radiator.

By the way, I tot u said it's only when u accelerate or climbing a hill that the engine overheats?

IMO.... that Driverpreneurs engine is g***.
He has changed top cylinder gasket, changed to double cell radiator, added extra fan, and added coolant still yet.

Thanks boss for your concern. The accelerating issue has stopped remarkably so, but currently, the problem at hand now is that the radiator reserve container dries out after driving several km and this drop in water level does not happen in the radiator.

Now, this is another aspect that confuses me. Even when the reservoir is full, when the ac is on the temperature starts to rise and it doesn't go down until I put the ac off.

In summary:
Reservoir dries up after driving several km, provided I fill up, car temp remains below half mark on the temp cluster.

Temperature rises above the half mark the moment I turn on the ac and drive for several km even if reservoir is full

No sign of visible leak as radiator remains full even with all the above stated issues.

Crvrider:


Thanks boss for your concern. The accelerating issue has stopped remarkably so, but currently, the problem at hand now is that the radiator reserve container dries out after driving several km and this drop in water level does not happen in the radiator.

Now, this is another aspect that confuses me. Even when the reservoir is full, when the ac is on the temperature starts to rise and it doesn't go down until I put the ac off.

In summary:
Reservoir dries up after driving several km, provided I fill up, car temp remains below half mark on the temp cluster.

Temperature rises above the half mark the moment I turn on the ac and drive for several km even if reservoir is full

No sign of visible leak as radiator remains full even with all the above stated issues.

For the 3yrs I've been using my car, I can't remember ever adding anything to my reservoir.
Both water and coolant.
It has always been dry.
And I don't experience any overheating.

The only time my car overheated last yr, just the Fan engine was changed (cos the fan stopped working) and car got back to life.

donfortune48:


For the 3yrs I've been using my car, I can't remember ever adding anything to my reservoir.
Both water and coolant.
It has always been dry.
And I don't experience any overheating.

The only time my car overheated last yr, just the Fan engine was changed (cos the fan stopped working) and car got back to life.

@the bolded. Boss you drive a peculiar kind of car o. Na still you drive without stabilizer rod and linkages without noticing any change in drivability.

BAZ001:


It’s better you focus on your electronic business and drive for 2days, once you get comfortable driving especially in Lagos your brains will not work well again.

If Na lie look at donfortune48 & gentlelife50 post on stabilizer linkage dem resemble person wey still normal ?

By d time Lagos kazeem and olosho riders finger ur brain you will need rehabilitation like CheerfulGiverr to come back to ur senses.

The only people that still confuses me are Felicity001, pope191 and pearl1910 they can act normal today and abnormal tomorrow.

But others like yeyegbami, donfortune48, Gentlelife50, and some others wey fear no go make me mention are no more normal... cruise all the way

Na whisper I whisper to u alone no loud am

I don dey reason, make I try know how I take offend you.
You just dey group me with trenches people.
Continue.

Sha try settle on time, I get Business deals wey we go run for California.
Perfect if na Los Angeles.

eyinola:
I hv been using mobil xhp right from time immemorial and when i started using the car for ehailing i started changing d oil every month due to what i learnt here abt xhp, as at then i make enquiry if i can change to synthetic but i was made to understand it's better to continue with d mobil but service regularly which hv been doing tho its tiring. After dec hustle i went for general servicing and we discovere they were sludge in d top engine so it was removed and cleaned with fuel with d sump, copled back, as we hv clean the engine na i decided to start using gastrol synthetic but it keeps showing oil light so they said d oil is too light for my engine, we flush it out and went back to my mobil and d light went off car went back to normal but the only thing i noticed after d clean up was dat my oil reduces doesn't get to dat second top gauge after some days replacing oil unlike before my oil never goes past d top gauge, fastforward to this incident car was running fine and smoothly until i saw d oil light blinked on 3rd mainland bridge before d car went off , we checked n oil was inside.. mechanic said d oil pump was damaged and couldn't pump oil again dat i could hv stopped immediately i saw d light blinking

Warning!!!

Long read.


https://www.nairaland.com/4656373/when-it-time-return-factory

Crvrider:


@the bolded. Boss you drive a peculiar kind of car o. Na still you drive without stabilizer rod and linkages without noticing any change in drivability.

Lolzz.
Shey I be wako like this?

Driving without sterilizer have no noticeable sign bro.
Only that your steering will be freer. And quite easy to turn and better handling.
I don't know for other cars apart from matrix and corolla.

To bust your bubble....
If my car have ever used coolant, na for USA e use am, before coming to naija.

Crvrider:


Thanks boss for your concern. The accelerating issue has stopped remarkably so, but currently, the problem at hand now is that the radiator reserve container dries out after driving several km and this drop in water level does not happen in the radiator.

Now, this is another aspect that confuses me. Even when the reservoir is full, when the ac is on the temperature starts to rise and it doesn't go down until I put the ac off.

In summary:
Reservoir dries up after driving several km, provided I fill up, car temp remains below half mark on the temp cluster.

Temperature rises above the half mark the moment I turn on the ac and drive for several km even if reservoir is full

No sign of visible leak as radiator remains full even with all the above stated issues.

Do you notice any drag on the engine when you turn on the AC?
Have you changed or worked on your compressor before?

Crvrider:


Thanks boss for your concern. The accelerating issue has stopped remarkably so, but currently, the problem at hand now is that the radiator reserve container dries out after driving several km and this drop in water level does not happen in the radiator.

Now, this is another aspect that confuses me. Even when the reservoir is full, when the ac is on the temperature starts to rise and it doesn't go down until I put the ac off.

In summary:
Reservoir dries up after driving several km, provided I fill up, car temp remains below half mark on the temp cluster.

Temperature rises above the half mark the moment I turn on the ac and drive for several km even if reservoir is full

No sign of visible leak as radiator remains full even with all the above stated issues.

Combination of issues.
Take it one at a time,
1. find out where the water is leaking from. U can leave the engine on in one spot, if it's not dropping from radiator or hose then it's evaporating from d engine side. If that's d case then there is no remedy, (Am assuming original top cylinder gasket was used when u changed it) Engine is worn out.

2. Overheating when AC is put on even when there is water in radiator
Either fan isn't blowing at optimal speed, radiator cannot carry d load or engine is worn out.
Change both fans (motor) to a Tokunbo one and check d fan fuse, make sure it's working properly. If problem persists, Change radiator to a new double cell one. If that doesn't solve the problem then (assuming top cylinder gasket was original) Engine is worn out.

Personally, I don't have strength for overheating problem, as soon as engine starts that nonsense and I am sure fan and radiator are good I just change top cylinder to original one, (no compromise on that) and check thermostat, If that doesn't work..I replace d engine. No time for wasting of money to be doing buckle bom buckle bom

GAZZUZZ:


Warning!!!

Long read.


https://www.nairaland.com/4656373/when-it-time-return-factory

before December i will finish reading

deedee44:

Do you notice any drag on the engine when you turn on the AC?
Have you changed or worked on your compressor before?

If by drag you mean engine sound? Yes. There's this heaviness about the engine as soon as the ac is turned on.

I haven't worked on the compressor per say, though I remember changing compressor pulley and condenser but that was a long time ago

donfortune48:


Lolzz.
Shey I be wako like this?

Driving without sterilizer have no noticeable sign bro.
Only that your steering will be freer. And quite easy to turn and better handling.
I don't know for other cars apart from matrix and corolla.

To bust your bubble....
If my car have ever used coolant, na for USA e use am, before coming to naija.

I once drove mine with a broken rear stabilizer rod and the impact was felt immediately.

donfortune48:


I don dey reason, make I try know how I take offend you.
You just dey group me with trenches people.
Continue.

Sha try settle on time, I get Business deals wey we go run for California.
Perfect if na Los Angeles.

As agbawo trenches wey we be abi.

Crvrider:


If by drag you mean engine sound? Yes. There's this heaviness about the engine as soon as the ac is turned on.

I haven't worked on the compressor per say, though I remember changing compressor pulley and condenser but that was a long time ago

Your compressor may be overworking the engine, it has happened to my yaris before. Car would be driving smoothly without AC but once you turn on the AC it would be as if something pulled the car back and engine would then be working grudgingly as if they were forcing it to work. If this is the case, your compressor may be the culprit.

Pearl1910:


Combination of issues.
Take it one at a time,
[b]1. find out where the water is leaking from. U can leave the engine on in one spot, if it's not dropping from radiator or hose then it's evaporating from d engine side. If that's d case then there is no remedy, (Am assuming original top cylinder gasket was used when u changed it) Engine is worn out.

I really can't accertain the quality of the gasket. As per leaving engine running in one spot that I have done. I have even had to remove reservoir container to examine it for leakage. Prior to changing gasket, I would notice the water in the reservoir boiling...in fact that was the main reason I changed gasket.

2. Overheating when AC is put on even when there is water in radiator
Either fan isn't blowing at optimal speed, radiator cannot carry d load or engine is worn out.
Change both fans (motor) to a Tokunbo one and check d fan fuse, make sure it's working properly. If problem persists, Change radiator to a new double cell one. If that doesn't solve the problem then (assuming top cylinder gasket was original) Engine is worn out.

Let me get the agbede guys to have the radiator washed on Monday and see if any noticeable difference. Will have no other option than to change to double cell if it doesn't salvage the problem.

Personally, I don't have strength for overheating problem, as soon as engine starts that nonsense and I am sure fan and radiator are good I just change top cylinder to original one, (no compromise on that) and check thermostat, If that doesn't work..I replace d engine. No time for wasting of money to be doing buckle bom buckle bom

Boss overheating is something you don't want to experience especially when you have a bad car battery. Imagine if rain starts proper and I can't get this thing fixed?

[/quote]

Felicity0001:


If na me self I get the loan and still wish to continue or own that car I will never pay outrightly to that devilish man the sum of 2.5m like that, say who die? How much is naija use 1st body 2010 Corolla being sold? How much did I sell the Corolla sport some weeks ago? Millage on that engine was 58k, the next day the car was delivered to portharcourt to it's new owner... 1.650k new owner paid.

How much is a direct tokunbo C200 currently being sold? 2.4-2.7m
Volvo S40 nko how much? 2.- 2.7m now, naija used for both C200/C180 or V40 is within 1m-1.4m

I can't even be paying 40k Mondays thru Thursdays for a naija used car say watin happen? My village people no wicked reach like that na...

That driver suppose collect slap I swear, I fit slap am if u c am... Even person wey smoke baba fela get sense not to sign such an agreement. That driver should go for a deliverance honestly, even the pastor or Alfa that will pray for him self will use style slap am during the deliverance season.

Shuu! I've never seen such height of foolishness ever b4.

4m for a naija used car excluding weekends

No!!!

Would have doubted the story if not that it came from an old moniker like peacefulhome because this is so unbelievable

Please don't get me wrong. Driver uses it on Monday to Thursday. Then goes back on Saturday to pick up the car to use from Saturday to Sunday. The partner uses the car on Friday ONLY.

eyinola:
before December i will finish reading

The answer you're looking for....... (copied from the story)

Now this is what happens when you pour synthetic oil into an engine with a great amount of sludge.

Full synthetic engine oils have cleaning additives, they work like detergents, and are able to break down accumulated sludge in the engine very quickly. The ability of full synthetic oils to keep an engine clean, in a healthy engine is harmless, the particles get trapped in the oil filter and after an oil (oil and filter change) drain the process is repeated again. sadly in an abused engine it is not the same. You have rapid breakdown of sludge, it overwhelms the oil filter, clogs up the strainer at the pickup screen of the oil pump, on and no time the engine is running on low oil pressure (which explains why the oil light started flickering in traffic) ultimately from low oil pressure the engine gets starved of lubrication, becomes noisy, rattles and finally freezes up.

eyinola:
I hv been using mobil xhp right from time immemorial and when i started using the car for ehailing i started changing d oil every month due to what i learnt here abt xhp, as at then i make enquiry if i can change to synthetic but i was made to understand it's better to continue with d mobil but service regularly which hv been doing tho its tiring. After dec hustle i went for general servicing and we discovere they were sludge in d top engine so it was removed and cleaned with fuel with d sump, copled back, as we hv clean the engine na i decided to start using gastrol synthetic but it keeps showing oil light so they said d oil is too light for my engine, we flush it out and went back to my mobil and d light went off car went back to normal but the only thing i noticed after d clean up was dat my oil reduces doesn't get to dat second top gauge after some days replacing oil unlike before my oil never goes past d top gauge, fastforward to this incident car was running fine and smoothly until i saw d oil light blinked on 3rd mainland bridge before d car went off , we checked n oil was inside.. mechanic said d oil pump was damaged and couldn't pump oil again dat i could hv stopped immediately i saw d light blinking

It has been said here, use synthetic oil from d beginning of your toks ownership.
If u have used XHP for more than 2years just continue using it, it's too late to revert to factory spec.
Mixing synthetic and XHP is fatal.
U can step down from synthetic to XHP after a long use of synthetic but u can't step up from XHP to synthetic after along use.

Good evening bosses.. I came across an advert online "gbovo transport limited" they said they can help me get an hire purchase car either Nigerian used or foreign... but I have to pay a sum of roughly 10k as application fee... should i go ahead ?

Can anyone please help me confirm how legit it is.. or if anyone knows how I can get any..

Crvrider:


Please kindly keep us posted here regarding this issue if and when it is solved as I am currently facing similar problem.

In my case: car temp goes up when ac is on but normalizes when off. Radiator reservoir dries up and once the water level goes down the temp starts to rise. I've had to change 2 radiator caps and a head gasket change with the hope it will solve the problem but no luck.

So, finally I was able to locate the agbede people that I was adviced I take the radiator to; this will be done on Monday...fingers crossed. However, if this doesn't solve the problem then water pump will be changed next.

...changing the radiator for me will be the last resort.

Bro I can relate with what you just explained. At some point I come dey think say na village ppl nor want make I go front in life, but God pass them

donfortune48:


That guy don suffer for ehailing hand.
3yrs on the platform, yet nothing tangible to show for it.
The Honda civic he managed to buy is not even helping matters.

He was even driving A Benz before joining e-hailing.
But now, baba can't even afford one, even if na Nigerian used of Felicity001's type of Benz.

I pray God elevate him through his YouTube channel and his other endeavors.

Who are you to say no tangible thing to show for my hard work, are you my financial manager. Please don't rub your problem on others. I am doing great and living life like its golden. Abi I Don come ask you for money before?

Edited

I see bad belle from your comment so take back your prayers I don't need it.

Felicity0001:


Yeah, I know there no jobs out there that's why most of us are doing this to keep body and soul together. But the question is would you choose ehailing driving hustle over a banking managerial position if the opportunity presents itself?

Show me a beautiful woman and I'll show you a thousand man tired of fun.cking her.

If you understand that adage you won't castigate those of us complaining about the poor state of living of an average eahiling driver.

Let me shock you, do you know that most danfo drivers weather on a daily delivery or full ownership are far better than an average Uber driver? Their earning from 5am to 7-8pm a day is the Uber driver's earning of 2/3days of 5am to 12midnight.

If no be say danfo driving hustle raze a lot of office workers for don wee on their booses heads

How much does a danfo driver make daily because a lot of unemployed graduates will close eye and join them if what you said is true.

Luxurydriverng:


Who are you to say no tangible thing to show for my hard work, are you my financial manager. Please don't rub your problem on others. I am doing great and living life like its golden. Abi I Don come ask you for money before?

Edited

I see bad belle from your comment so take back your prayers I don't need it.

I'm nobody sir.

roach:
Good evening bosses.. I came across an advert online "gbovo transport limited" they said they can help me get an hire purchase car either Nigerian used or foreign... but I have to pay a sum of roughly 10k as application fee... should i go ahead ?

Can anyone please help me confirm how legit it is.. or if anyone knows how I can get any..

Look well before you leap. No allow make them 'job' you o. If you never sign agreement papers, collect car key, no drop money.

donfortune48:


That guy don suffer for ehailing hand.
3yrs on the platform, yet nothing tangible to show for it.
The Honda civic he managed to buy is not even helping matters.

He was even driving A Benz before joining e-hailing.
But now, baba can't even afford one, even if na Nigerian used of Felicity001's type of Benz.

I pray God elevate him through his YouTube channel and his other endeavors.

Na voice note for fit this your comment. Guy who tell you say "baba Don suffer" I enjoy every single day of my life bro, every challenge is a stepping stone to greater heights that is how I have always lived my life. No regrets I just keep moving and guess what the civic has been awesome. I have feed back on my progress in fixing the car and hopefully this is the last stop. Mean while despite the overheating issues (which has finally been solved) I was still able to make ends met working strategically with the car and able to raise money for conplet engine overhual. So guy nothing spoil we move.

Luxurydriverng:




I see bad belle from your comment so take back your prayers I don't need it.

Lolzz!
Sorry if my expression was wrong bro.
I was trying to pass a message.

No one should be solely dependent on Uber/Bolt.
Everyone should have an exit plan from the onset. Cos ehailing will reck you.

I follow your handles on YouTube, and do pity you sha.