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    TB/WP/Valve 17

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    , 18-05-2011 at 11:53 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



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    Cleaned and degreased the mating surface of the valve cover gasket on the engine head side.


    This will allow good seal around the valve cover to prevent oil seapage for many years.

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    Applied liquid gasket to the specified section of the valve cover gasket and now Front and Rear valve covers are installed.


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    TB/WP/Valve 07

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    Kaz-kzukNA1
    , 05-05-2011 at 10:02 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Time to wash the very dirty valve covers, TB Front/Rear covers and install the new gasket on them including the TB lower cover and IGN Coil cover.


    This will allow liquid gasket to cure well before the re-assembly process.


    As reported earlier, the fixing nuts for the valve covers were very loose and the gaskets/seals were not replaced during the last TB service.



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    TB/WP/Valve 04

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    , 03-05-2011 at 11:26 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Now I understood why there were so much oil around the engine head as well as some of the spark plug body.


    Almost all of the fixing nuts for the valve covers were not tight enough especially the ones under the IGN Coil covers.


    They were just finger tight.


    Probably, the valve cover gaskets, seals and the round disc seals under the nuts were not replaced during the last TB service and thus, couldn’t get proper ...
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    TB/WP/Valve 13

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    , 12-04-2011 at 11:18 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


    Just re-assembling everything at the moment.


    Photos are not in the specific order.


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    Both Front and Rear rocker/valve covers installed with liquid gasket applied at the No.1 and No.4 cam holder plate corner edges.



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    Crank pulley torqued to 245Nm.


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    Updated 22-04-2011 at 09:11 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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    TB/WP/Valve 04

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    , 02-04-2011 at 11:10 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)
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    Front and Rear valve Cover removed.




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    On the later model, the routing of blowby gas was changed to prevent the issue of excessive oil mist entering the intake manifold under high G cornering.


    Therefore, on this model, the rear valve cover tends to get black sticky gunk than the front.


    Same on the rear bank ...

    Updated 23-04-2011 at 11:12 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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