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

Intake Air Temperature (IAT) sensor.
Covered in oil with lots of black debris.








Cleaned it and although I couldn’t take the photo under good lighting,
it should look ...

Updated 16-05-2013 at 10:42 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: a/c compressor, iat, iat sensor, ig coil, intake air temperature, o2 sensor, zircotec

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Preparation for the compression check
before start of the Engine Refresh.


So much debris even under the IG coil cover so
had to blow them away before removing the IG coils.








Surprised that these spark plugs were not
replaced until now.


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Tags: ig coil, ignition coil, spark plug

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Started to work on another NSX.


The service menu is to carry out the Eng Refresh to
replace the TB/WP/etc and also install aftermarket
header at the same time.








The owner had to drive through the salty gritting road
due to recent heavy snow and by the time he arrived ...

Updated 03-04-2013 at 02:09 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: eng refresh, ig coil, oil seepage, spark plug

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TB/WP/Valve Service

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

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