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

Removed the audio head unit and found this.

It's some sort of noise filter on the power line.
Unfortunately, it won't do much as I don't think the noise is getting through the power line.
It's more specific to a certain FM frequency (around BBC Radio 2) and fine for CD mode and other radio frequencies.
More like another device causing interference ...

Tags: blowby, th body, vvis

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Engine/Tyre , Fuel and Emissions , Electronics

Eng oil was really black and there were lots of oil mist at the rubber joint
between the TH body and the air box so the PCV valve may need replacing.
It was very dirty any way.

Despite the above fact and although it will still require extra time cleaning the
internal parts, the rear bank was not too bad.

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Updated 18-04-2014 at 01:23 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: assembly paste, blowby, rocker arm, tb rear cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Started opening the engine.




As expected, very clean TB back plate with no melted potting from
the CYL/CRK sensor.




Even at this low mileage and very late model, still the TB tension ...

Tags: blowby, cyl/crk sensor, eng oil, liquid gasket, tb tension adjuster

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TB/WP/Valve Service

One of the most important task and makes my Engine Refresh service unique
compared to the standard service by others.


The cleaning process.


Unless you remove the old liquid gasket, clean and create oil free surface,
you won’t be able to make tight oil seal around the cam holders and cam disc
resulting in oil seepage later.

There were white liquid gasket from the factory and black one used by
Honda ...

Tags: blowby, cam holder, eng refresh, engine refresh, liquid gasket, lma

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

However, the TB tension was way too low.
If I wanted, I could have twisted the existing TB 180deg.
Didn't want to put too much tension so stopped at 90deg in this photo.





Most of the ...

Updated 02-09-2013 at 10:50 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: blowby, cyl sensor, cyl/crk sensor, oil cooler, tb tension, tb tension adjuster, tb tensioner, timing belt, valve cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA