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

The existing valve clearance was checked and all of them apart from just one adjuster were too wide but evenly matched so that’s part of the reason why the compression data didn’t vary a lot.
After this, backed off all of the adjuster before removing the TB.




I don’t think it’s leaking but after ...

Tags: crank seal, crk/cyl sensor, cyl/crk sensor, lma, th body, vvis, vvis butterfly, vvis plate

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Tried to show the amount of blowby mist trapped inside the intake manifold VVIS chamber but not easy to do so using my camera. Probably not enough to cause white smoke at very high rpm but at some point, open the VVIS and remove all blowby oil. Best when doing the INJ cleaning and balancing.
The screw head of VVIS plates were checked with fibre scope and as far as I can see, ...

Tags: coolant pipe, crank seal, intake manifold, thermostat, vvis, vvis butterfly, vvis chamber, vvis plate

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TB/WP/Valve Service