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

Battery was kept on the battery conditioner for the duration of Eng Refresh so that
it would be fully charged at the time of compression check at the end of
the service.



Replaced tired and kinked GND cable with the new one.



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Updated 22-09-2013 at 11:22 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: battery, compression check, gnd cable, ig coil, ig coil cover, oil filter

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Checking the state of spring inside the IG coil.





Just tiny amount of rust at the rear bank.




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Tags: compression check, eng refresh, health check, ig coil, spark plug

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Health Check Service

At last, I can carry out the compression check because
I didn’t want to start the engine without replacing the
rusted through Oil cooler.


The full data has been sent to the owner through email.

[psi]
#1: **5, #2: **6, #3: **5, #4: **3, #5: **5, #6: **7


Really impressed with the very little deviation and
I don’t know who carried out the valve clearance adjustment
last time but must have ...

Tags: compression check, health check, test driving

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Health Check Service , Engine/Tyre , Fuel and Emissions

The engine hatch opener lever.
Quite often, this is damaged due to extra force applied/required
when opening the hatch.
This one was rounded around the shaft holder and almost impossible
to open the hatch.
Replace it with the new one next time.






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Tags: abs, air cleaner element, compression check, spark plug, th butterfly

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Health Check Service , ABS Original

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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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA