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 ...

Tags: exh mani stud bolt, exh manifold stud bolt, lma, orifice, rocker arm, rocker shaft, tb back cover, tb back plate

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As I already knew about the head gasket issue, didn’t want to
warm the engine up in preparation for the compression check and obviously,
no test driving session.




Instead, decided to carry out cold leakdown test.

The engine is cold and it was parked nearly two weeks now so
the data ...

Updated 18-04-2014 at 01:24 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: camshaft, leak down test, lma, rocker arm

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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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Finally, all of the cam holders were cleaned to this level with
remaining of old liquid gasket removed thoroughly.




I should have taken the back side of the holder pipe/plate because
that ...

Tags: cam holder, cam holder pipe, cam holder plate, cam shaft, camshaft, lma, orifice

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