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

The oil cooler looked to be fine although lots of rust observed next to the coolant hose.


Going to have fun dealing with these rusty TB cover bolts.....


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Tags: cam cap disc, cam disc cap, cam disc seal, cam end disc, cam shaft disc cap, leaf, leaves, o2 sensor, oil cooler, red coating, tb cover bolt, valve cover coating

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Once the Eng is out, first thing is to check the state of the engine.





Further investigation revealed that the oil leakage was even more severe
than originally thought.
With the state of nearby coolant hoses, etc, already agreed with the
owner to replace all of the nearby coolant hoses, cramps, etc. ...

Tags: cam disc seal, front mount, oil cooler, oil press sender, tb back cover, tb back plate, tb tension adjuster bolt

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Started washing the engine.
Front bank looked very clean but still, there was some oil seepage
around the valve cover gasket at the intake side and at the usual place
such as the cam shaft disc seal.





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Tags: cam disc seal, eng cleaning, valve cover

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Wow, what a mess around the rear bank cam shaft seal disc.




Proof of the old original WP design from the factory.
You can no longer get this design for the WP as well as for the
TB lower cover. ...

Tags: cam disc, cam disc seal, cam seal disc, eng removal, engine removal, oil cooler, tb lower cover, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Time to install the camshafts.





New O-ring under #1 cam holder.






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Tags: cam disc, cam disc seal, cam holder, cam seal disc, cam shaft, camshaft, liquid gasket

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA