Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

It is very unlikely that the engine will be out of the engine bay again
for another 10 years so gave a good cleaning inside there.




Much easier to replace the fuel filter while the engine is out.
Brown coloured ...

Tags: crank end seal, end seal, eng bay, engine bay, exh gasket, exhaust gasket, flywheel, fuel filter, oil pan, sump pan

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This NSX is equipped with the aftermarket test pipe but the
fixing bolts and nuts were too loose.


It allowed some exhaust gas to escape and left some marking on the gasket.
Hope I can re-use this one and tighten the bolt and nut at proper torque.



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Updated 10-10-2013 at 11:33 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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Cleaned the engine bay.



New fuel filter.



Installed.
Much easier to deal with this when the ...

Tags: eng removal, exhaust gasket, fuel filter

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As reported earlier, there was no gasket used at the
connection points between the test pipe and back box
resulting in exhaust gas leakage.

Also, there was trace of carbon at the donut gasket at
the swivel joint of the header suggesting that it was leaking
from both the front and rear joints although
I couldn’t feel it at the idle rpm.

Initially, I thought I should not install the triangle gaskets ...

Updated 19-05-2013 at 10:48 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: air cleaner element, air filter, compression check, exhaust gasket, ig coil, ig coil cover, spark plug

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Although this needs to be replaced again when the owner
puts back the CAT, new OEM gasket at the front exh pipe.

Forgot to order another one for the rear but as it's going to be
short life before putting back the CAT, just squashed the existing one
in cross direction to fatten it so that it ...

Tags: eng installation, eng mount, eng removal, engine bay, engine installation, engine removal, exhaust gasket

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