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

Tow hook cover was missing from the front bumper so new colour coded one
ordered and installed.
Hope it will stay there for longer this time.
Most of the time, it will come off if the bumper was re-sprayed or with the age
and heat, the rate of warping between the bumper and the hook cover is different
resulting in cover ...

Tags: block test, compression check, eacv, eng bay cooling fan, eng block test, engine block test, idle adjust screw, spark plug, tow hook cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Fuel and Emissions , Body

As seen on many NSX, lots of black gunk at the TH butterfly.

On this NSX, I couldn’t even see the tip of the idle adjust screw so
probably I need to remove it completely off the TH body, clean the port and
then replace it together with the o-ring.

The EACV filter was covered in black debris as well.
Fast idle ...

Updated 24-04-2014 at 12:14 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: idle adjust screw, knock sensor, th body, v-bank, vvis, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Went out for the 1st test driving session for the general checks.

Happy with the result so back on the lift, visual inspection,
re-torque the wheel nut, adjust the Aux belts tension, etc and
checked the base idle rpm.




This is the DBW model so needs to short the 2pin Blue SCS terminal
before ...

Tags: door mirror, idle adjust screw, test driving

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Body

Already at the end of brake OH service so doing another catch up
in updating the blog.....



After another vacuum leak check, filled the system with
Honda Type 2 blue coolant.



After initial bleeding, ...

Updated 28-11-2013 at 12:40 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: battery, bleeding, honda type 2 coolant, idle adjust screw, th cable, type 2 coolant, vacuum feed, vacuum fill, vacuum leak check

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Cooling

As reported earlier, someone just opened the idle adjust screw without
cleaning the TH body in the past.

Now the TH body is so much cleaner that the extra air was passing through
the idle air port.
Initially, the adjust screw on this engine was sitting almost close to
the edge, like 0.5 – 1mm away. There was also ...

Tags: banjo bolt, bleeder plug, idle adjust screw, oil pan, pressure bleed, sump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA