Engine/Tyre

Cam holders waiting for the cleaning process.


Cam shafts waiting for the cleaning and inspection.






As this NSX is at very low mileage, the cam lobe coating showed very little wear.


Time to clean the engine and scrape off all these old liquid gasket residue.


Time consuming ...

Updated 23-04-2011 at 11:10 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: cam holder, cam shaft

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre

Time to remove all four cam shafts for inspection.


Front and Rear ones removed.








As seen on other NSX, the tiny oil jet at the cam holder was trapping dirty black residue.


Another reason to replace engine oil regularly even you cover very little mileage per annum.
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Updated 23-04-2011 at 11:11 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: cam shaft, engine oil

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre

TB removed.


The area behind the TB drive pulley was very clean.


This photo was taken before cleaning anything.


The crank oil seal was also very clean so no need to replace.





WP removed.


Looks very clean in the photo but ….


It was already making small noise from the bearing.
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Updated 23-04-2011 at 11:12 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: tb drive pulley, water pump

Categories

TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre , Cooling

Front and Rear valve Cover removed.







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

Tags: valve cover

Categories

TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre

While preparing the car to drain the coolant, I noticed that the brake line at the rear was very close to the sway (anti-roll) bar even at the full droop position.


So, although it's going to slow me down, decided to put the tyres back on again and bounced the car a few times to settle the suspension and looked at the brake lines.





This photo is from the Rear Right and the car is sitting on the ground ...

Updated 23-04-2011 at 11:13 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: brake hose, brake line

Categories

TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre , Fuel and Emissions , Brake