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

TB tensioned properly and adjuster bolt torqued to the spec.






New TB lower cover ...

Tags: coolant hose, egr, egr valve, tb lower cover, tb tension adjuster, tb tension adjuster bolt, timing belt

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

3 x new coolant hoses replaced and dressed although you won’t be able to
see them later as they are going to be under the header tank.....




Lots of dust, gunk, etc inside the engine bay so gave good cleaning. ...

Tags: coolant hose, eng bay, eng installation, eng removal, fuel filter

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TB/WP/Valve Service

New O2 sensor from NTK installed.
Once again, the position of rear bank O2 sensor is not great on DC header
without extra cable length so it's going to be tight fit.



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Tags: coolant hose, ngk, ntk, o2 sensor, spark plug, valve cover

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

In the middle of replacing all of the coolant hoses, cramps,
thermostat, header tank, tank cap, etc.


As there was sign of someone tampering with the idle adjust screw
in the past and looking at how dirty the TH butterfly was,
decided to remove the TH body while emptying the coolant.
In this photo, just wiped the bottom ...

Updated 21-11-2013 at 01:41 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: coolant hose, cooling pipe, cooling sys, th body, thermostat

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Cooling

New GND cable installed.



As mentioned many times, please do not over tighten the terminal cramp.
You should see several mm gap when the cramp is secured to the battery post.
People tends to just tighten it until ...

Tags: battery cable, battery post, coolant hose, gnd cable, pressure bleed, vaccum leak check, vacuum feed

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA