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

Replaced the all important yet quite often missing, the seal rubber at
the timing belt adjuster bolt.

It sits on the TB lower cover around the bolt but quite often,
it is not installed properly or missing allowing the dirt/moisture getting inside the cover.

If you drive in the wet, not good because ...

Tags: adjuster bolt, reset ecu, test driving

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Personal View/Self Talk

Had to shut down myself for a while as I was not well and
slept continuously almost 12hours.....
I should have known better by now......
Counterproductive when keep working continuously for many weeks......


Now, I’m back.







Before warming up the engine for compression ...

Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:07 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: air cleaner element, air filter, compression check, engine oil, ig coil, ig coil cover, leak down test, oil filter, reset ecu, th body, th butterfly

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

So, carried out the test driving session and activated the ABS several times
until the ABS pump kicked in and adjusted the fluid level afterwards.

This NSX is AT model and due to its torque characteristic,
always enjoy driving it.

Reset the ECU and confirmed that the idle rpm is at the spec.






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Tags: rear view mirror, reset ecu

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Personal View/Self Talk

As all of the tyres are replaced with the Neova AD-08 and
I felt the steering was not pointing straight during the Health Check,
recommended the owner to take the alignment service in the near future.









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Tags: alignment, caster, reset ecu, test driving

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Personal View/Self Talk

The weather was kind to me and much better than yesterday so went out for the test driving session.

Apart from the buzzing sound from the leaked exhaust and minor noise from the tired and old A/C idle pulley bearing, happy with the result and even the engine response felt better but probably it was just my ears….


The rear brake callipers need overhaul in the near future and although it just passed the MOT, I felt like ...

Updated 05-06-2012 at 03:40 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: dbw, idle rpm, reset ecu, test driving

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TB/WP/Valve Service