I guess I'm not really lucky with cars. I always run into problem with cars.

My car was working fine until one day my mechanic spoiled my car for me.

It all started one Sunday when my 2006 honda accord start missing firing. The misfiring cause some vibration and I managed it like that that Sunday until it started making a kind of noise when you start the car from a cold start.

I took the car to my mechanic who only start his guess work. From one suggestion to another, no result until he said the noise is from the Valve.

My engine has never been open before so I never wanted to open it at all until I finally agreed to do it. He told me opening the top engine is not the engine itself but I already knows that once an engine is open the life always never remain the same.

He opened the engine and said he will grind the valve. Also he said he will replace about 8 value. Total money I spent was 70k.

After he finished the car started smoking heavily. It was an heart attack to me.

They said it was because they newly work on it. That I should first use it for some time that the smoke will clear.

I burnt full tank driving the car in town yet the smoke didn't stop.

I take it so several people some said the smoke is white so it doesn't look like a rings . Others said it's rings some said my mechanic opened the engine want it still hot.

As last result i was advised to change oil and take the car to express and march it. I did just that and took the car to express road. I use speed to tear the engine to see if it will stop the smoking. During the aggressive speed the car overheated severally before the engine knocked.

I had to tow the car and took it to another mechanic someone directed me to. The plan was to buy another engine but many people advised me to work the engine. I should first check the old engine to see if it's just ring and mental. So I agreed.

When they opened the engine. It was the mental that cause it to knock. But the problem was that it affected the crankshaft. When I saw that it affected the crankshaft I make enquiry for the crankshaft price to make my calculations but many people said I should buy new engine if crankshaft is involved. Some people also warn me to repair my engine starting that toks engine are mostly sarvage engine. And majority of them are not even direct toks but engine that they work. Because I got people that was readily available to buy my old engine.

But I have heard many stories from engine ringing how it never last beyond 6 months. So I counted my lose and sell my old Engine...

I run around to find money. I wanted to buy my engine in my start of residence because I was afraid buying from Lagos if anything should happened it will be easy to go about it here than Lagos. But my mechanic said Lagos is where I will get better one and cheaper price. The price wasn't really cheap if you factor in the transport. But I just had to go with him.

I gave him the money he contacted the person he knows from Lagos. The man also called me. I told the man to give me a good engine he said it's confirmed engine.

When they brought the engine. I saw sluge inside the engine. I was really disappointed. I was contacting the man from WhatsApp he will read my message but not reply. I called him and called him he will not pick the call.

People and my mechanic told me it's but sluge that some engine come like that and they work fine.

What can I do at that moment when I already spend over 30k to transport the engine. So I allow them to put it first. I told them I will not buy new oil. Because that my old oil I bought it that same day that my engine knocked. And because of the sluge inside the engine they should put the old oil.

The engine runs well and very silent. If you stand next to it you won't even know the engine is on. My old engine was silent too but this one is more silent.

The exhaust was throwaway smoke. But they told me to drive it that the smoke will clear. it was because of my old engine that smoke. We noticed another problem as there small oil on radiator water.

The smoke refuse to go. And engine short oil. There is oil on The bottom plate. Mechanic has trace the oil from the Valve seal between the flywheel.

The problem are
1, top gasket
2, oil seal.
This ones are minor problem but the engine will need to come down to solved the oil leaking, and the top engine will need to be open to solve the gasket issue.

The biggest problem is the smoking. The engine man is saying that I should change the gasket and still drive the motor for a while, that the smoke will stop and everything will be okay.

Even my mechanic is saying if you buy a smoking engine. The highest the seller will do is to change the rings. He said it's used engine and not new engine.

What do you suggest I do. Thanks