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

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Tags: coolant pipe, thermostat

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Cooling

All of the coolant hoses and bands were just so tired…. Surprised that they managed to survive for such a long time although the big hose at the thermostat cover was about to burst.
In fact it was so swelled and the fibre got broke down that it allowed ...

Updated 14-07-2015 at 05:45 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: main relay, thermostat, vacuum leak check

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Cooling , Electronics

The existing thermostat lost 2/3 of its rubber seal allowing the coolant to pass through during the warm up.
No wonder why it took ages to warm up in March.



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Tags: coolant pipe, eng detailing, eng dressing, inj, injector, thermostat

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Finally, finished cleaning and re-surfacing the thermostat housing to this level.
Before/after.



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Tags: idle adjust screw, idle air adjust screw, th body, thermostat

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Tried to show the amount of blowby mist trapped inside the intake manifold VVIS chamber but not easy to do so using my camera. Probably not enough to cause white smoke at very high rpm but at some point, open the VVIS and remove all blowby oil. Best when doing the INJ cleaning and balancing.
The screw head of VVIS plates were checked with fibre scope and as far as I can see, ...

Tags: coolant pipe, crank seal, intake manifold, thermostat, vvis, vvis butterfly, vvis chamber, vvis plate

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TB/WP/Valve Service