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

The standard Health Check service doesn’t include the removal of
parts for the inspection so the Eng compression check was
not planned initially.

I’m glad he requested this because I found several issues
that couldn’t be found without removing the parts.








The wrong orientation ...

Updated 02-02-2013 at 07:45 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: ig coil, ig coil cover, spark plug

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Health Check Service

Doing bit of catch up updating the blog as
I was so busy over the last several days........






The owner brought the replacement oil filter, new sump plug and
washer so just replaced them.





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Tags: ig coil cover, main relay, spark plug

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TB/WP/Valve Service

The corrosion protection oil is just everywhere inside the engine bay.

It’s bit annoying because every time when I remove the bolts, nuts or
any parts, I have to first wipe off the excess oil from them and then
wipe off my hands before moving onto the next parts otherwise
it will not only attract further dust ...

Tags: compression check, ig coil, spark plug, th body, th butterfly, throttle, throttle body, throttle butterfly

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Although I managed to push back all pistons at the front calipers,
the movement was not consistent.

And as expected, there is no way I can re-use them……


None of the caliper slider pins were seized so it looked like someone serviced them in
the past but not quite.

All four pistons must be ...

Updated 24-09-2012 at 09:59 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: caliper piston, ig coil, ignition coil, spark plug

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Health Check Service

During the annual service, I always recommend the owners to carry out the
engine compression check to keep eye on the condition of the engine.


I carried out Engine Refresh on this engine about 2 years ago and
at that time, I was really pleased to see the identical compression
result across the cylinders after the service.


Interesting to see the condition of this engine after 2 years.



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Tags: compression check, ig coil, ignition coil, spark plug

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Engine/Tyre