NewStats: 3,261,643 , 8,174,628 topics. Date: Thursday, 29 May 2025 at 10:02 PM 3ry6l

ticker:
My Honda Accord 2003 AC is contaminated with virus and I want to change everything pls which compressor is better and won't affect the car engine. Automatic or manual compressor

For your peace of mind, replace exactly what you removed. Don't say we didn't warn you.

Cryomancer:

You even have time to respond to people whose brains still lives in 2002.

Once anybody talks about Honda pulling legs, I just intentionally ignore such a person because he/she lacks knowledge, and there's no amount of explanation that can help him/her out of his ignorance.

It's really annoying. We all claim to be "car guys" but we know nothing about cars. The double wishbone is one of the main things I love about the Accord and I'm not happy they removed it in recent models.
People talk about stability and good handling of Honda, but they don't know the suspension they hate so much is to be thanked for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbU269DsMyM?si=Xn3LTQ3JLsuAhZMf

2cribz:
Dont forget crosstour is the remodified accord 08 model,and its still prone to ball t failures esp drivers side. Ive seen almost 4 of it on the road.

I've been driving accord for more than 10yrs and I've never had a ball t pull. Do your regular maintenance. Change your ball ts once a year or longer if your are using new OEM.
The thing is that most of you do not appreciate the double wishbone suspension on Honda Accord. Just do a small research on the benefits of double wishbone suspension. It is better and even more expensive than Mherson struts used in Toyotas. Honda is not stupid, you know. All it needs is regular maintenance due to our bad roads and ball ts are not expensive. And if he hates spending money to maintain his car, then he shouldn't be buying Honda to begin with.

Androidking:
Good Evening everyone, I have Honda Cr-7 2007 I parked for a long time almost a year , without warning

I want to warm the car again , what I and what must I do , considering the fact one of the front tire by the right Is flat , for like 6 months

Just throw in a new battery and crank it up. It's a Honda, nothing will happen. But change the oil before driving.

chrisatah94:
Hello everyone,

I drive a 2009 Honda Civic and I’ve only used it about four times over the past month and a half due to frequent travel. Lately, I’ve been experiencing a starting issue — the car won’t start unless I jump-start it using my neighbor’s battery. Even after driving it for several hours, once I park it overnight, it still won’t start the next morning.

I’m unsure if the battery is completely dead and needs to be replaced, or if there might be another underlying issue. If it’s likely a battery problem, I’d appreciate any recommendations on a good replacement battery to buy, including price if possible.

Thanks in advance for your help!

I don't think anyone in this group will be interested in giving you price of items, that's what the market is for. At this point, I won't suggest buying an expensive battery till you are sure what is going on with your car. Just check your current draw when car is asleep. YouTube will help you.

MajorB009:



Update, had to get the OBD diagnostic tool and the fault code displayed one of this

P2185 [0x2185]
Engine coolant temperature (ECT) sensor 2 - circuit high
Status: Confirmed

Could this be the likely cause of the increase in temperature while the AC is on?

If so how do I resolve this pls

You are lucky your engine is not overheating even without AC. Any problem with your ECT2 means your fan is not coming on, unless some kazeems have found a way to "nigerianize" your cooling system. Id suggest returning everything to factory and making sure your cooling system works as designed with no error codes.

Taalent:
Hello 👋 Guys, its urgent.

Can you help me choose the best toks car in of reliability between the 2019 Honda Accord Touring and 2015 Honda crosstour. This is my first car.

NB: I don't really care about fuel efficiency and my budget is from 18m to 30m last.

I await your replies bosses!!!!!

You mentioned reliability, you mentioned this is your first car and also that you don't care about fuel efficiency. With these in mind, I would go for 2015 crosstour V6.
My reasons: The V6 engine in the crosstour is a very robust, powerful and unstressed engine, unlike the turboed engine in the accord (I hate anything turbo). You don't have to worry about your turbo failing. Any turbo engine is an engine under stress. The oil helps it stay afloat, therefore you have to be extremely careful with your oil. Any mistake with the oil and your pocket will feel it .
The 6 speed trasmission in the crosstour is good enough. I don't need no CVT or a 10 speed transmission to complicate my life further.
If you intend to drive the car on Nigerian roads, I think you will benefit from the ground clearance if the crosstour.
The cabin space of the crosstour is also much more than the accord
These are just my opinion. You decide what you want.

jceesquare:

Confirm your exhaust is not clogged.
A clogged exhaust would cause same symptom and might not throw codes.
Modified: Is your exhaust tip clean? I believe you know an oily or greasy exhaust tip means the engine needs attention right?
Also confirm what your fuel trims are reading. A rich condition would make the engine struggle.
You can hit me up on 07089030689 let's brainstorm on it. I happen to have similar situation with an EOD I'm rebuilding the engine. This also had zero power train related code but engine had worn out and I suspect that was what happened to it.

I really appreciate your offer to you for more discussion. I'll you after I do a compression test, so that we won't be brainstorming on a dead engine. I don't know how to check my fuel trim, my exhaust is definitely not blocked cos there's no cat, and the tip is not greasy.

MajorB009:


Yes both fans are working anticlockwise when facing the engine.
The leather experiment also sticked to the radiator indicating air is been pulled from the outside.

If your engine only overheats when standing but not when speeding on open road, then I'm 100% sure something is wrong with your fans.

MajorB009:
Hi guys.
I drive a honda accord discussion continue 2007
I recently observed that when driving with the AC on, the temperature guage rises above the half benchmark, but once I put off the AC, the guage comes down almost immediately.

Also this doesn't happen when I am driving at a free road, everything is fine if there is no traffic and AC is on.
But once I am in a stop and move traffic and AC is on, temps starts shooting until I switch off the AC before it goes down.
Please what could I be looking out for?
Thanks

Make sure both radiator fans are working when AC is on.

jceesquare:

I've seen the video and I don't think you have an “excessive blow by” as it were.
What's fueling that assumption that you have too much blow by?
Is your PCV clean and you still have oil stains on the neck of the intake hose?

What is fueling it is the noticeably reduced power. When climbing a hill, the car just can not accelerate. You can push the pedal to the metal and the engine will not go beyond 2500rpm. It will just climb the hill sluggishly. Worse when AC is on. Acceleration on flat is not bad as long as the AC is off.
Replaced PCV valve twice and replaced spark plugs twice with no improvement. No check engine light. No oil on the intake hose, but the intake manifold is quite greasy. I replaced the timing chain myself and I'm sure it's not stretched, but i can not vouch for the tensioner cos I get e little rattle from that end.
Outside the tensioner, I don't know what else could be wrong. So I want to be sure the engine still has life in it.

jceesquare:

Cryomancer was actually not totally wrong with what he said.
You can tell if some engines (depending on the design of the valve cover and the baffle plate in the valve cover) has serious blow by from the oil fill cap. This trick helps when conducting quick prepurchase Inspection.
An engine with serious blow by (most likely from a worn rings, piston, or sleeves) would always push the oil fill cap up when loosen compare to the suction fill you have from a supposedly healthy engine.
Though I agree with you 100% that the best way to check for compression reading is with a pressure guage, but no dealer would be patient enough to have you set that up while conducting prepurchase Inspection especially if it's a V6 engine where you'd have to take out the intake manifold to access the rear bank plugs.

The question still remains, what is "serious blow by"? How do we know serious blow-by and normal blow-by? I actually have an engine I'm suspecting of having excessive blow-by, but nobody has been able to tell me for sure if what I'm looking at is normal or excessive blow-by, at least till I get my compression tester. Mine is not pushing off the oil cap like you said. No smoke comes out of the oil fill hole.
Maybe you can tell me exactly what I have. I have a video. Take a look.
https://youtube.com/shorts/b_8_Tzl5Ukk?si=msAv5ZbJh7CXANtw

MartinsD12:

The only too better is MTN with their *121# data offers if you are lucky you get affordable 6gb for 1k for 30 days or 3.5gb for 600 but then it's not for everyone it's called smart data offer

So what you are saying essentially is that nothing is better than mtn's always on for 9k, except if you are lucky.

Cryomancer:
Well I understand your enlightenment.

Anyway if you read through my posts, you'll understand that I'm not a technician and this was just a trick that a local mechanic showed me long ago. I never said it was reliable and never advised anybody to base their findings on the outcome of this "simple trick".

We learn everyday and I've always been a vehicle scan advocate to ensure proper detection and fixing of issue.

All the same your corrections are well taken.

I may have sounded rude there a bit and I apologize.
The truth is that I am also not a technician. I just love cars so much and love getting them to work perfectly.
The problem is that most of our so-called technicians are nothing but herbalists. I am yet to see a technician so a compression test, but having researched on it, it is the easiest and most important test one can do to know the life of an engine. The tool needed is very cheap, at least on AliExpress, the process takes less than 15min if you know what you are doing. It's just funny they don't want to learn it.

post=135191976:
Good evening house, I want to change my car's transmission fluid, I have never changed it since I got it last year, but when I I checked it recently, I noticed the oil has changed color and is a bit low when I insert the dipstick. Now here is my problem, the old owner says he uses Oando dexron II on it, it's a Honda accord 2006 DC, cars transmission has been fine, no problem at all, but from all the recommendations I have been seeing online and the type of fluid recommended by Honda is the atf dw1, now I don't know if to continue with the dexron ii oil or do a drain refill x3 on vehicle and switch to the atf DW1, please bosses what do you recommend?


MACMILLA
Kingreign
Cryomancer

You will definitely be safer with the recommended oil. The only problem is that most dw-1 oil we have here are fake. An original oando dextron 3 is much better than a fake dw-1.
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Yes, dextron 3, not dextron 2.

MartinsD12:

Too expensive now

Definitely too expensive, but which one is better? Which network is offering something better? Glo is too horrible to be mentioned here.

ogunsbanjul:
Glo is the best. Have been using Glo data since 2023 till now and have never regretted it.
I started with MTN and no one advised me to leave it. I switched to Airtel and I run and even fought with the friend who advised me to subscribe to Airtel data which he himself switched to Glo unknown to me until I told him am now using Glo.
I chose Glo during the time when Reno Omokri was advising Nigerians to switch to Glo network if we want our naira to grow ( Buy naira, grow naira)
I do subscribe for 3k monthly subscription and have never finished it rather my data keeps increasing
Summarily, I live in Lagos and presently in Ondo state and still enjoying the Glo network. Switch over to Glo today and the trial will convince you.

Bros, no talk this thing where I dey o, I fit fight you. Glo is the definition of unreliable both in data and calls. Yes, they have cheap data, but what is the point of having data you can't use. speed is very slow and they can't go a whole day without major downtime. Let's not even talk about their voice calls.

Johnny757:
with their bad network

Lol 😂

Glo is the worst network in Nigeria. They will make you unable to finish 10gb in one month because you go get data and you no fit use am.
Their voice calls is equally bad, like very bad.

MartinsD12:

Very costly always on used to be 45gb for 6k but since this data hike I can't find it

It's back for 9k

Cryomancer:
Na my local mechanic teach me oo. He said once you open your oil cap and the oil doesn't splash, then the engine compression needs to be checked. The reason it doesn't splash is because air is actually filling up the engine which isn't suppose to be. I've also heard two other mechanic say this but I don't know how true. But he said it's just a quick check for engine compression.

Even the noise will tell you something is wrong because you will hear how air goes through easily compared to when the compression is good and there's no air, what you'll hear instead will be like engine oil boiling and trying to splash/gush out.

No offense, bro, but this makes no sense. Almost every car has blowby and it is perfectly ok. The only confusion is how much blowby is normal and how much blowby signifies problem? I thought you have a good trick to detect too much blowby, but obviously you don't.
Just buy a compression tester and do engine compression test. Stop confusing yourself.

Cryomancer:
Hmmm... Does your engine burn oil and how is the timing too? Try checking the pressure of your engine. You can keep the engine running, then open your oil cap to see if the sound that comes out is mixed with air (that's a quick pressure test I was taught)

I use same EOD and my acceleration is top notch. I rival cars on the road and I've been known on 3rd mainland bridge for my constant speed between 4:30 - 5pm daily.

Kindly check your engine thoroughly... There must be an issue somewhere.

Please explain that oil cap trick. I want to learn. I've come across a lot of cars that have puffs of air from that oil cap if opened when engine is running. What does it mean?

Obviouslyblunt:
it has been off since today. I’m not home now, when I get home I’ll check if the service is back or still AWOL.

That is the problem.

Obviouslyblunt:
this is my speed with them.

It's not really about speed. I think we are more interested in the reliability. How steady is it? How often does the network go down?
Glo can not go a whole day without major interuption.

agoodman:


The 7th gen Accord is superior to the 8th gen. I drive a 2008 Accord but I'm going to buy the 2007 Accord soon as a second car. The 7th gen Accord is more refined and accelerates better from a stop than the 8th gen Accord. It's more beautiful too.

I actually agree with this. The only version of the 8th gen I like is the V6 coupe. I just love the simplicity of the 7th Gen.

Obviouslyblunt:
Let MTN be ripping Y’all off.

Please suggest a better network, and please, for the love of God, don't tell me Glo.

Leetee123:


GLO network is terrible, if it wasn't, MTN would have seen a decline in their internet subscribers

In my experience, Glo remains the worst network in Nigeria both in calls and data connection. You can not depend on it for anything. You can not make calls for 10min without shouting "I can't hear you" or hearing some demonic sounds in the call. It is just frustrating. Their data network can not a day without serious downtime. I mean no single day can without major downtime on glo. Glo should just quit if they can't keep up.

Turbocharged vs naturally aspirated.
Which do you prefer and why?
What are the benefits of one over the other?
Let's discuss.

Kobojunkie:
Pregnancy is a 9-month gig during which those who are intentional would have not only prepared themselves for that final emergency to come but also done all necessary to ensure they are prepared as far as the bill to come.

This here is a sad story indeed, but I can't really fault the hospital for choosing to protect its bottom line either.

Everyone gets emotional whenever hospital is mentioned because a life is involved. But we forget that private hospital is a business. And like every business, na pay before service.
What do you think will happen if they finish treating the woman and the man says he has no money? Of course, the hospital will not discharge her, and it is this same husband of hers that will go to tv stations to lament that the hospital is holding his wife hostage. Some of us talking will jump window and go home after being treated on credit. These things happen regularly. Who do you think will suffer the loss? That innocent nurse that also has children to feed cos her salary will be deducted.
We have 9mths to prepare, yet we won't and then we look for who to blame. I'm sure the hospital won't send them away if the man paid half of the money for them to start work while he sources for the rest. But you can't expect them to start work when the only thing in your pocket is #3500. Sometimes let us put ourselves in the shoes of these hospital staff. If you want cheap or even free services, go to government hospital. You can't go to a 5star hotel to eat without money and get angry at them for throwing you out.
Let us not forget that children are very expensive venture from beginning till end. I don't know why we have placed so much attention on having plenty children. He was telling the wife to stay for their children but he doesn't have anything. "Children" means 2 or more children at home. What else was he looking for when he doesn't have money and is obviously not credit worthy?
If your monthly income in this current naija is 250k or less, do not have children.
If it is between 250k and 500k, have only 1 kid.
Between 500k and 800k, you can have 2 kids.
Between 800k and 1.5m 3kids.
Above 1.5m, 4 kids and never go above 4kids no matter what you earn.

ticker:
Pls kindly help, my EOD engine is not starting after packing the car for some time without the battery. The battery is ok when the engine doesn't on pls what could be the solution cos my mind is telling me the engine has knocked. Pls kindly help a brother

There's no way an engine will knock by just sitting in a place. Is it a crank no start situation or no crank at all?

So one Chinese guy has came to nairaland and stole my picture here, probably took the information here, all without permission, to a product on AliExpress.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_EwCQBwG

Please how do I get them to at least pay some royalty to me?
@oluwaseun

Bright2:
Good evening house, pls I really need help in identifying the correct transmission box for my 2007 Honda pilot Ex-L 4wd , I bought the first gear box and after installing it the key starter couldn't rotate the engine while the previous one work as we remount it , now I've sent the gear box back to the dealer and how to select the correct gear box now is an issue. Pls I need assistance.

I'm hearing for the first time that Honda has more than one gearbox variant for that same engine in the same model year. I believe the people you buy the tranny from should know more than many of us here. They should know all the gearbox variants the car comes with. So why don't they give you the correct tranny, instead of coming here to ask us. They should also educate you, so you can educate us.