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

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

New design LMA installed in the pocket.





New O-ring under the #1 cam holder.










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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:02 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: cam holder, cam shaft, lma, lost motion, spool valve, vtec, vtec spool valve

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Looks like there was no leakage from the front VTEC spool valve or from the oil pressure sender unit.

Leakage from the rear bank cam shaft caps were so severe that it was impossible to confirm whether there was any seepage from the rear bank VTEC spool valve or not.

These spool valve gaskets can be ...

Tags: oil level gauge, oil seepage, valve cover, vtec spool valve

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Engine is out.

As the bolt/nut at the front engine mount were missing for many years, I knew that the entire drivetrain might have shifted that I took extra caution before removing the bolts at the side mounts and the rear sub frames.
This resulted in extra hour taking the engine out.



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Tags: cam cap, cam shaft cap, vtec spool valve

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TB/WP/Valve Service