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

While removing the parts, had a look around the engine to determine the level of cleaning process to be taken.




Looks like some of the gaskets and/or the sealing washers were not replaced last time when the ...

Tags: cam shaft, valve cover

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TB/WP/Valve Service

So, before and after comparison.
No more worrying gap at the TB front cover.

Putting back each IG coils to their original cyl position.

As it is the front bank, very unlikely to suffer from moisture issue like we saw on the rear bank but ...

Tags: ig coil cover, valve cover

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Engine/Tyre

Based on the available time for the day and the weather forecast for tomorrow, decided to work on the Front Valve Cover first and at the end, it was the right decision as I had to spend extra time for cleaning the excessive liquid gasket residue.

While working in the engine bay, noticed that one of the hose clip was not installed properly so put it back in its ...

Updated 10-11-2011 at 10:10 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: liquid gasket, valve cover

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Engine/Tyre

So, something looked like this is now cleaned to this level and valve cover gaskets as well as the spark plug seals are replaced with the new ones.

Installed the new gasket on the new TB Lower cover.
And one of the most important gaskets replaced on the IGN coil covers.

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Tags: gasket, valve cover

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre

While removing the Eng oil cooler, noticed that one of the two coolant hoses was already deformed and fattening.


Sooner or later, it would have busted so glad that we decided to replace all of the coolant hoses this time.

As seen on other NSX, upper two bolts on the oil cooler didn’t have enough sealant.

Looks like it was not reapplied during the last TB service.
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Updated 18-06-2011 at 02:19 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: oil cooler, valve cover

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre