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

I receive lots of questions about the TB service but
people are focusing too much on the TB.

In my view, it’s the other areas that need attention at the
time of TB service.

If the car was used under normal conditions with
regular maintenance, I never saw TB failure on NSX in Japan or UK.
TB on our NSX is probably the most protected one among the
Honda car families.

I heard one failure in US but I don’t ...

Tags: coolant hose, coolant pipe, header tank

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Cooling

Polishing, polishing, polishing……

So many pipes were corroded so taking lots of time for cleaning.

Some of the before/after shots.













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Updated 18-10-2012 at 11:52 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: coolant hose, coolant pipe, cooling sys, header tank, thermostat

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Cooling

So, after everything connected and new header tank and cap installed,
started the vacuum leak check on the cooling system.







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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:07 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: coolant hose, engine refresh, engine removal, header tank, lma, vacuum fill, vacuum leak check

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Coolant header tank was already cracked at several places but magically,
it was not leaking yet.

It will be replaced any way during the full cooling system OH.







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Updated 24-09-2012 at 09:58 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: air cleaner element, air filter, header tank, health check, th butterfly, throttle butterfly

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA , Health Check Service

After reconditioned the surface of the housing, new thermostat was installed.

All the hoses in the engine bay replaced….
What a short word for the time consuming several hours task….

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Tags: header tank, heater core pipe

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Cooling