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

Original design WP.

It is quite normal to see tiny amount of coolant at the drain hole over
many years but this one looked to be already blocked.

The bearing was nearly dead with small rattle and making squeaking noise
when spinning by hand.



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Updated 14-10-2013 at 12:34 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: crank seal, crk/cyl sensor, cyl/crk sensor, tb back cover, tb cover, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

New gaskets behind the TB back cover plates.
Important for TB protection.



Before the arrival of the parts from Japan, wanted to finish as much as possible
so although it’s going to be duplicated tasks,
decided to install the old WP and TB in order to carry out the
time consuming marathon 4Hr valve clearance ...

Updated 11-09-2013 at 10:03 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: cam gear, tb back cover, tb back cover plate, tb back plate, tb cover plate, timing belt, water pump

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Small contamination trapped at the VTEC spool valve filter.









It’s the later spec one so the solenoid has
smaller diameter (about 25mm) compared ...

Tags: cam holder, cover plate, spool valve, tb back cover, tb cover plate, tb front cover, tb mid cover, tb rear cover, vtec, vtec solenoid, vtec spool valve, vtec valve

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Engine Refresh Stage 2