HOW TO BLEED YOUR COOLING SYSTEM (RADIATOR)

HOW TO BLEED YOUR COOLING SYSTEM

The cooling system comprises of your

1.     Water jacket

2.     Water pump

3.     Thermostat

4.     Radiator

5.     Fan

The cooling system regulates the temperature of the engine at all speed and operating conditions. Some major problems which is associated with the cooling system include engine overheating, slow warmup, coolant leaks. As a car owner it is your duty to ensure that none of this problems is affecting  your vehicle. Some things you could do are.        

1. Make sure your coolant is at the normal level

2.  Make sure all the hoses supplying this coolant do not have any leakage.

3.  Always check your temperature indicator in your dashboard, make sure it is working

How to bleed your car cooling system

1.     Remove the car pressure cap from the radiator

2.     Fill up the radiator with the coolant

3.     Start up the car so that it warm up inorder for the thermostat to open

4.     Disconnect the hose leading to the coolant tank

5.     Blow pressurized air into the bleeder valve on the radiator if it doesn’t have use the radiator inlet.

6.     Continue doing this until there are no bubbles (trapped air) coming out of the hose

7.     Close the radiator and connect every disconnected hose.

I JUST WORKED ON A TUNDRA 2008 ENGINE AND I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PARTS

TOP CYLINDER

BAD HEAD GASKET

TIMING CHAIN BRACKET

Driving while drowsy why you should avoid it

A crash in France that may have involved a driver falling asleep at the wheel throws into relief the dangers of driving while drowsy, says Angela Epstein

 

A terrible crash in which a British father and his two young children died when their car crashed on a French motorway at the weekend may be linked to a lack of sleep.
French accident investigators have said it was possible the driver, 31-year-old John Compton, may have fallen asleep behind the wheel or was distracted by something which caused him to veer off the road, as no other vehicle was involved.
It has happened to us all – fortunately such severe consequences are rare. My latest brush with sleep driving occurred only weeks ago. Dawdling along a traffic-choked M60 at a pace just below that of a lethargic snail, I could feel my eyelids beginning to droop. Had  it not been for the white van man behind me impatiently smacking his horn as soon as the traffic began to inch – and I mean inch – forward, I could easily have drifted off.

Long working hours, energy-sapping commuting, disturbed nights, the endless pace of our so-called 24/7 culture. Or, in my case, a Sunday outing to Southport. Well, you know how soporific sea air can be. Yet throw in the hypnotic boredom of congestion or motorway driving and it’s little wonder that  an epidemic of drowsy driving is now plaguing our roads.
Of course there are those who say they suffer with a motoring version of sleep walking. Known as sleep driving, it’s a condition pop star Tulisa Contostavlos is said to have claimed in mitigation after recently pleading guilty to crashing her Ferrari 458 Spider supercar into another car while driving on the wrong side of the road. (She was banned from driving for 15 months).

Some interesting fact about car you didn't know

 Here are some facts you never know about cars

1.  The best place to sit in a car is the middle sit at the back

2.  About 165,000 cars are produced every day.

3.  It would take less than 6 months to get to the Moon by car at
60mph (95km/h).

4.  Hitler, while in prison, wrote to a Mercedes dealership begging
for a car loan.

5.  The average car has 30,000 parts.

6.  92% of all new sold cars in Brazil use ethanol as fuel, which is
produced from sugar cane
.
7.  The average American spends about 38 hours a year stuck in traffic.

8.  Volkswagen owns Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Audi,
Ducati and Porsche.

9. The first car accident occurred in 1891, in Ohio.

10.  The odds of dying in a car accident are around 1 in 5,000.

11.  When the car radio was introduced, some states wanted to ban it arguing that it could distract drivers and cause accidents.

12.  It is a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.

13. In Turkmenistan, car drivers are entitled to 120 Liters (31 gal.) of free petrol a month.

14.  There are more cars than people in Los Angeles.

15.  The inventor of the cruise control was blind.

16.  The world's fastest street-legal production car is the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, at 267 mph (431 km/h).

17.  Honking your car horn, except in an emergency, is illegal in NYC

18.  95% of a car's lifetime is spent parked. 

19.  During a car crash, 40% of drivers never even hit the brakes. 

20.  It costs US$8,876 per year to own and maintain an average car in the U.S. That's US$443,800 in 50 years 

LOL, I saw this, am wondering how true it is.

This car above is said to drive itself and you could do whenever you want, take a nap, chat with passengers, browse the Internet, watch TV, have sex, the list is endless.

meet Britain's first billionaire car dealer

Sir Arnold Clark

Sir Arnold Clark is currently  Britain's first billionaire car dealer, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2016.

The newspaper has estimated the 88-year-old and his family's fortune at just over £1bn, putting them at 114th in the list.
It said profits at Glasgow-based Arnold Clark Automobiles reached a record £107.2m in 2014, on sales of £3.2bn.
The business is estimated to be worth £1bn. Other assets include the yacht Drum, once owned by Simon Le Bon.
Sir Arnold started his business in 1954. He was knighted in 2004.
The highest-placed Scots on the rich list, at 49th, are the Grant-Gordon family, owners of Banffshire whisky distiller William Grant.
Their fortune is estimated at £2.16bn - £10m more than last year.
The Sunday Times valued the business at £2bn, with past dividends and other assets adding £160m.

The distiller's brands include Grant's, Glenfiddich, Drambuie and Hendrick's Gin.
Image copyright Reuters

A deer wanted to fail my driving school test.

Tom Lo, 17 years old

 Tom Lo felt joyous and overwhelmed as he passed the test despite the unfortunate incident. He would have been forgiven for thinking his chances of passing first time had taken a knock following the incident, but he kept his composure to complete the test.

The 17-year-old explained that he was just ten minutes into the test when the deer ran out in front of the car on a road near Colchester in Essex.

His examiner checked the car for damage and the teenager went on to pass the test with just two minor errors.

“I was picking up speed because it was a 60mph zone and all of a sudden I see a deer in front of me,” he told BBC Newsbeat. “So I hit my brake but unfortunately the deer was killed.”

He added: “I pulled over after the incident and my driving instructor had a look at the car and checked the deer.

“He said there was nothing we could do and that it wasn’t my fault, so I was told to continue my test.

“I was a bit shocked and I didn’t really know what to do. I tried to focus because I’d worked quite hard on my driving test.

“I tried to carry on driving to a high standard. At the end my driving examiner told me I’d passed and he had a word with my driving teacher to let him know what happened to the car.”

His driving instructor Robert Jezierski told the Daily Gazette: “He kept his composure and he did very well. He has only had 20 hours of lessons.

“We teach them the emergency stop as part of the curriculum that we cover but it is very rarely that they have to put it into practice.”

excerpt: telegraph

3 reasons why your ECM (car brain box) always go bad

Engine Control Module ( ECM) of a car

Engine Control Module ( ECM) inside  a car

I have contact with people regularly who complain of their ECM (Engine Control Module ) fondly called brain box getting bad.

Three major reasons are.

1. Removing the battery head while the key is plugged to the ignition switch

2. Allowing water get in contact with the ECM (brain box)

3. This may look unimportant but it counts, do not allow any naked wiring in your car , ensure to tape any when you  find one. All the body of your car is earthy allowing any expose will result to short circuiting which may damage the ECM

major cause of overheating in car engines

here  in this video the author explains what causes overheating - faulty head gasket

major cause of overheating in car engine.

David Beckham, One of England most celebrated football player wishes to sell his car.

A Ford F-150 pick-up truck that was once owned by David Beckham will be auctioned on Saturday, April 30, and is expected to sell for between £18,000 and £22,000.
The pick-up, which was bought new by Beckham in 2002, comes with the original V5 as proof of the former England captain’s ownership, and is a special edition model made in association with the motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson.
In addition to Harley-Davidson badging, it features leather upholstery, satnav and a supercharged 5.4-litre V8 engine. Meanwhile, a reversing camera is fitted to make it easier to park the six-metre long machine.
Ford first introduced the F-150 in 1975, and it has been the best-selling vehicle in the US since 1981.
Beckham isn’t the only celebrity to have owned one: Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie, Shia LeBouf, Dwayne Johnson and John Goodman have all been seen behind the wheel of F-150s.

The Beckham example will be among 29 Fords being sold at The International Ford Show, a weekend-long event that will take place at Sandown Park in Surrey.
Other models of note in the auction include an extremely rare Fiesta Fly convertible built by specialist convertors, Crayford, in 1981, two immaculate examples of the Eighties Escort XR3i Cabriolet, and a one-of-a-kind right-hand-drive Mustang convertible built as a special order for the MD of Ford UK, and presented to him as a New Year’s gift in 1971.
There will also be live demonstrations on both April 30 and May 1, and Ant Anstead from the TV show For the Love of Cars will be a guest on Sunday, May 1 to answer questions about the the series’ Mk1 Escort restoration.
Tickets to The International Ford Show are available now and cost £10 per person for a day’s access; up to two children below the age of 14 go free with each paying adult.

hurry now while stock last.

Bring back our 108 Toyota Land Cruiser jeeps or .... NLC tells senators

Ayuba Wabba

The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on senators who benefited from a recent purchase of 108 brand new Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles by the Senate to immediately return same or face the wrath of the Nigerian people.
The union described the purchase, coming at a time the country is enduring excruciating financial crisis, as a crime against the people.
Reports said senators have started taking delivery of the new Sports Utility Vehicles, SUVs, since last week at the rate of N35.1 million per unit.
In a statement by the NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, on Monday, Labour said it was “morally despicable and shameful” that the lawmakers embarked on such acquisition when they were supposed to occupy themselves with issues that would benefit the people.
“We consider appalling, insensitive and greedy the decision of the Senate to acquire 108 Toyota Land Cruiser jeeps (one for each member less the Senate President) after collecting car “loans” in August last year for the same purpose,” Mr. Wabba said.
“It is equally morally despicable and shameful that they are doing this after publicly admitting that the standing committees of the Senate are unable to perform their statutory functions due to paucity of funds.”
Mr. Wabba said the prices of the vehicles were grossly inflated and demanded that the lawmakers explain where they sourced the funds since the 2016 Appropriation Bill had not been signed into law.
“We at the Nigeria Labour Congress equally consider it a willful and grievous criminal act the inflation of the unit cost of each of the cars by over a 100 percent, as each car supposedly cost N35.1 million instead of N17 million.

“Aside from this, Nigerians are keen to know from where they got money for the purchase of these cars without appropriation.”
Mr. Wabba also rubbished the explanation put forward by the Senate to justify the purchase.
“The defence offered by the Senate spokesperson, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, is laughable and childish. According to him, Special Advisers use jeeps, why not Senators or do Nigerians expect them to trek to work? And in any case, cars are capital projects!
“Couldn’t this have been put to better uses such as the constituency projects of these same Senators? At a time with severe economic challenges and deepening poverty in the land, can the Senate afford this level of reckless luxury and arrogance?
“The answer is “no”.
“Their multiple acts of criminality, ranging from acquiring these cars after previously taking loans for the same purpose; spending money without appropriation and over inflating costs constitute not just corruption but a crime against the Nigerian people whom they claim to represent,” Mr. Wabba said.
The Labour leaders, therefore, called on the senators to return the vehicles or face public backlash, adding that no one is above the law.
“Accordingly, we demand they return those cars to whoever supplied them or the appropriate agencies prosecute them for corruption.
“In the event none of this happens, they should be prepared to keep a date with Nigerian workers and their civil society allies including market women and students.
“No one is above the law,” the Labour leader said.

excerpt from  premiumtimesng.com

Petrol stations which could be more beautiful than your house

Even petrol stations can be a  tourism centre, see one of the 5 best-designed petrol stations in the world, as determined by design website DesignCurial.
After looking at 200 petrol stations around the world, it decided on its top 10 based on design, innovation and the structure's relationship to the environment.

1. In first place is Pops Arcadia on Route 66, Oklahoma. The cantilever building features a 66ft drinks bottle on the grass outside, which lights up at night.

 2. In second place is Orival Gas Station in Belgium, which spans both carriageways and features not only fuel pumps, but picnic areas and art exhibitions in the surrounding landscaped parks.

 3. The Wissol Gas Station in Georgia is actually one of 20 fuel stops commissioned by the head of the Roads Department. It was completed in 2011 and is built from steel and concrete, its design intended to reflect the mountainous landscape that surrounds it.

 4. The Batumi petrol station in Georgia includes a well-known fast food chain. The dual design features tinted windows on one side and a large white overhang, linked by their use of geometric beams for continuity.

5. Over to the Netherlands for the rather oppressive looking Houten Service Station, completed in 1999. It is built from galvanised steel plates, designed to minimise wind turbulence and serve as obvious entry and exit points for cars.

meet the longest car in the world

The massive limousine, which was built by California custom car guru Jay Ohrberg, measures in at a stunning 100 feet long and became certified as the longest car in the world by Guinness World Records in the mid ’90s. It sports 26 wheels, a jacuzzi, diving board, king-sized water bed, and even a helicopter landing pad. Because, why not?
But while all that is spectacular on its own, it’s the recent history of the longest car in the world that may be the most interesting. More on that in a minute.

meet the fastest car in the world

Hennessey Venom GT

I present to you the fastest car in the world  Hennessey Venom GT

2016 Hennessey Venom GT

Leading the pack will be Hennessey’s flagship hypercar, the Venom GT now boasting a maximum power output of 1451 bhp @ 7200 rpm, a gain of 207 bhp over the previous generation Venom which clocked a top speed of 270.4 mph at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2014. Horsepower and torque are increased thanks to having the ability to run E85 Flexfuel which allows its 7.0L twin turbo V-8 engine to increase boost pressure from 19 psi to 26 psi.
“Being the fastest matters”, said company founder and president, John Hennessey. “We are intent on keeping the Venom as the fastest, best performing and most exciting hypercar on the road”.
Sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires will put the Venom’s power to the ground via GPS-based traction control system. Combined with a curb weight of just 2743 lbs (1244 kg) the Venom GT continues to offer an unmatched power to weight ratio.
Projected performance:
0-60 mph: 2.4 sec.
0-100 mph: 4.4 sec.
0-200 mph: 12.8 sec.
¼ mile: 9.4 sec. @ 167 mph
0-300 kph: 10.9 sec.
0-400 kph: 18.1 sec.
Top Speed: 280+ mph

“We only plan to produce a handful of Venom GT’s in 2016 as we are also preparing for our next evolution, the Venom F5”, said Hennessey. “We plan to demonstrate our improved power and performance both in terms of straight line acceleration as well as road course handling and lap time performance”.

Where is the best place to sit in a car?

Are you wondering were could be the safest place to sit in a car, the front or at the back.

Well my candid answer will be the middle seat at the back.

Why you should set at the middle back sit ?

The middle seat offers the most distance from impact during a collision (sometimes referred to as crumple zone). So if you get hit at an intersection, the outer seat will take more of a direct hit, while the middle seat remains relatively insulated.

One large study of the subject, by researchers at the University of Buffalo in 2006, analyzed more than 60,000 fatal crashes and found that passengers in the middle back seat were 86 percent more likely to survive than those in the front seats, and 25 percent more likely to survive than those in the other rear seats.


Now you know, next time do not hurry to sit at the front.

what causes the grinding sound in your car wheels?

Sometimes when we drive our cars it is important we observe the sounds that the car makes or that is produce from the car.

one of such sound is the the grinding sound that it makes on your wheels, the sound is mostly to occur in cars that have disc brake on the front wheel (the rear wheel are mostly drum brake).

The likely cause of this  includes:
1. bad brake pad - you  easily identify a bad brake pad by observing the reduction in the pad

2. Un-tighten brake pad (loosen pad fittings) - as simple as this may look, this is a major reason why your brake pad may be making that grinding sound, when the fittings are not well positioned or the fittings are bad, the brake pad is not well positioned, this leads to the vibration of the brake pad, and the noise occurs.

what to do when you lost your car key

start a car without keyshttp://www.wikihow.com/Hotwire-a-Car

how far with automobile in nigeria

when will nigeria government ever produce a car?
Stakeholders in the steel industry have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the sale of the nation’s automobile industries by the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE).

Buhari

Workers under the umbrella of the Steel and Engineering Workers’ Union of Nigeria (SEWUN) demanded for the review of the privatisation of the companies in the sector, lamenting that due process was not followed in the sale of the companies.
The National President of the union, Elijah Adigun, in his address at this year’s Annual Industrial Relations Conference in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, advised the Federal Government to urgently set up a probe panel  to look into the sale of automobile industries and to determine why the guidelines provided for in the Privatisation Act was not followed in the sale of these companies by the BPE.
According to him, for President Buhari to succeed with his agenda of creating jobs for the unemployed youths, he should take a second look at the privatisation exercise carried out by BPE as no single company privatised in the iron and steel industrial group is doing well. “For instance, Anammco Limited, National Truck, Steyr Nigeria Limited, Leyland Nigeria Limited are companies sold to auto traders instead of core investors who have knowledge, expertise and skills of vehicle manufacturing,” he said.
Adigun noted that before the privatisation of these auto plants, they had a combined workforce of nearly seven thousand compared with about 300 workers they now have put together. “It will interest you to know that before the privatisation of these auto plants, they had a combined workforce of nearly seven thousand compared with about three hundred workers they have now. Clearly, the figure here is an indication that the privatisation of these companies has brought economic woes and wastages to the country, rather than blessing envisaged by the Federal Government, even salaries are hardly paid to their workers,” he said.
The union leader who expressed his union’s support for the Buhari led administration’s battle against corruption, said it should not be selective. He also said it should be extended beyond the last regime to ensure that all those who had illegally appropriated the nation’s wealth are brought to book.
Employment generation
He called on the government to grow the economy by exploiting other natural resources for wealth creation and employment generation. “To create more jobs for the teeming population of our youths, government needs to look at other areas apart from oil sector.”
General Secretary of the union, Michael Ogbolu, in his paper said the theme of the conference, “Survival strategies in an unfriendly environment-the Nigeria experience”, was quite appropriate, given a situation whereby corruption has brought Nigeria to its knees.
Calling for urgent attention to rejuvenate the power sector, which he said holds the key to the restoration of the manufacturing sector,  Ogbolu expressed dismay that most vibrant factories in the past have now been converted to places of worship due to unfavourable business environment. He also condemned the insurgency in the North Eastern part of the country, which he said has a negative effect on its members’ companies’ volume of trade and thereby contributed to the loss of jobs in the sector .

excerpt from Vanguard.