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

Vacuum filled the cooling system.

The silicone sealant on the drain plug worked well for a
temporally fix although I don’t want to loose coolant on the
motorway so already placed the order to Japan.

After installing the cam shafts, I rotated the crank by hand
many times but before firing ...

Tags: cam shaft, hla, mx5, timing belt, vacuum fill, water pump

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Engine Refresh - Other Models

New WP installed.

The bearing on the existing one showed some friction so once again,
best to replace WP at the time of TB service on our NSX as well.






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Tags: drain, mx5, radiator, timing belt, water pump

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Engine Refresh - Other Models

Despite the poor oil maintenance by the previous owners and
human errors by the previous services, the condition of
the camshafts were surprisingly very good.

There was no noticeable marking on any of the cam robes and
just tiny marking on some of the journal area.




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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:03 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: cam holder, cam holder plate, cam pulley, cam shaft, crank seal, oil pump, oil pump seal, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Rear Cyl head. Very wet and dirty.








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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:00 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: cyl head, tb cover, tb tensioner, valve cover, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

New O-ring under the #1 cam holder at both front and rear banks.

No time to take photo while dealing with the liquid gasket and tightening lots of bolts at the cam holder ...

Tags: cam pulley, cam shaft, timing belt, water pump

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TB/WP/Valve Service