Engine/Tyre

Despite the dirty valve covers, the internal engine components such as camshaft holders, holder plates, etc were reasonably clean that is very good news.


Backed off all of the valve adjusters and removed the TB.

Unfortunately, all four camshaft pulleys showed some sort of black residue on the ...

Tags: cam holder, cam pulley

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre

While removing the Eng oil cooler, noticed that one of the two coolant hoses was already deformed and fattening.


Sooner or later, it would have busted so glad that we decided to replace all of the coolant hoses this time.

As seen on other NSX, upper two bolts on the oil cooler didn’t have enough sealant.

Looks like it was not reapplied during the last TB service.
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Updated 18-06-2011 at 02:19 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: oil cooler, valve cover

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre

Now the engine bay.


Due to the extra heat, normally, the corrosion on the pipes in this area is worse than others so I was ready for the extra time but didn’t expect it to be hours…..

The worst one was this one and most of other pipes were corroded as well.


Polished carefully as I didn’t want to create another leaking point.
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Updated 17-06-2011 at 11:38 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: coolant hose, thermostat

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Engine/Tyre , Cooling

What a long day….
I found myself sleeping on the floor as I was so tired....



Spent hours cleaning so many corroded pipes on the cooling system.


As always, photo doesn’t show you the full extent of the time consuming task of replacing all 23 hoses on NA1, MT, RHD, non-DBW model….


Normally, I find several corroded pipes during the hose replacement service but it’s been a while since last time ...

Tags: coolant hose

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Engine/Tyre , Cooling

In the process of draining the coolant as well as removing the parts.

Looks like this crank pulley was never replaced.

The metal weight was still not dislocated but the actual pulley body was very rusty and lots of debris were peeling off.

Draining the coolant from the rear engine block.


The existing ...

Tags: crank pulley, tb cover

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TB/WP/Valve Service , Engine/Tyre