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

So, before and after comparison.
No more worrying gap at the TB front cover.

Putting back each IG coils to their original cyl position.

As it is the front bank, very unlikely to suffer from moisture issue like we saw on the rear bank but ...

Tags: ig coil cover, valve cover

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Engine/Tyre

Based on the available time for the day and the weather forecast for tomorrow, decided to work on the Front Valve Cover first and at the end, it was the right decision as I had to spend extra time for cleaning the excessive liquid gasket residue.

While working in the engine bay, noticed that one of the hose clip was not installed properly so put it back in its ...

Updated 10-11-2011 at 10:10 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: liquid gasket, valve cover

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Engine/Tyre

Two coolant drain ports at the centre floor channel.
Draining from the Front and Rear engine block.

Honda Type-2 coolant. Inside the container, it’s blue.
Vacuum leak check carried out and left it under vacuum for 30min.
Not a tiny movement so ...

Tags: vacuum fill, vacuum leak check

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Cooling

For some reason, most of the UK based NSX that had TB service in the past would be missing this tiny cheap rubber seal at the TB tensioner bolt head just outside of the TB cover.

Due to the heat from the surrounding area, by the time for the TB service, it will be deteriorated so you will need to replace it.
In fact, if you try to remove it, it will very likely to break any way.

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TB/WP/Valve Service

While waiting for the coolant to drain out, started to replace the famous 'Main Relay'.


By now, even the 2005 final model won’t be safe from this failure.
You can crank the engine happily but the engine just doesn’t fire up.
Sometimes, it will fire up but stops almost immediately or for some owners, they even managed to start up the engine and drove their NSX but stranded within 1 mile….


‘How to replace ...

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Electronics