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

Despite the very low total mileage, internal engine parts were
very dirty so spending extra day for cleaning them.

I also didn’t like the smell when I opened this engine.

Not the first time and experienced the same on most of
the low annual mileage engines.
You can’t breathe properly due to the smell.







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Tags: blowby gas, engine cleaning, water pump

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Not perfect but feeling much better so decided to
wash the engine.

I don’t want to open the engine unless the outside is
thoroughly cleaned especially around the valve cover section.
You never know what may fall inside the engine when
removing the valve cover or while you are working on the engine.



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Updated 11-04-2013 at 11:34 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: engine cleaning, tb tension, tension adjuster, tensioner

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TB/WP/Valve Service

Valve clearance at the front bank adjusted and checked twice.

Then, checked the clearance and locking torque
one more time on all six cyl.

Finally, the long hours marathon task of
valve clearance adjustment has completed.








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Tags: crank pulley, dressing, engine cleaning, engine dressing, front beam, timing belt, valve clearance, valve cover

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Engine Refresh Stage 2

Lots and lots of blowby contaminated oil inside the oil pockets.
Going to take some time cleaning the rear bank.







All of the white liquid gasket from the factory ...

Tags: crk sensor, crk/cyl sensor, cyl sensor, engine cleaning, liquid gasket, lma, oil pocket

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Engine Refresh Stage 2

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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:01 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: engine cleaning, engine refresh, engine removal

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA