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

Should have taken the 'before' photo but the TB back plate/cover were
covered in so much debris and also the melted potting from the
CRK/CYL sensor.

Spent extra time cleaning them to this ...

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Torque check of head bolt.
None of them moved on this engine.






Removed the dirty black ...

Tags: eng cleaning, engine cleaning, lma, lma pocket, oil pocket, rocker arm, rocker shaft

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In Japan, we work through the Christmas period and then take long holiday to
celebrate the new year.
Almost all of the big companies in Japan including Honda are closed
until 6th (Mon) so although I placed the order for the extra parts such as the
Oil Cooler, etc, not sure whether they are in stock or not but I just hope
they will arrive in the near future to minimize the delay of the service.



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Updated 06-01-2014 at 02:43 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: lma, lma pocket, oil press sender, oil pressure sender, rocker arm, rocker shaft, vtec spool valve

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Started the cleaning process and remembered that I should take the video.


Very good example to show the sticky inconsistent LMA that will
cause tappetty and random frequency noise.



Removed rocker shaft and LMA.
Because of the thick black oil, even removing the rocker shaft felt some
resistance even though none of the primary/secondary arms moved when
the mid one was pressed.
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Tags: eng cleaning, engine cleaning, lma, rocker arm, rocker shaft, starter

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA