Managed to wash the car, blow dry and carry out short driving session in dry condition so happy to start working on the engine. Full wrapping of boot, bumper, wing, B-pillar area except the exh tail, fuel lid and air intake. ...
Again, not much time available so just a quick update..... Back to the engine bay. Time for the compression check after the Eng Refresh. The full data has been sent to the owner. Before [psi] #1: **5, #2: **1, #3: **0, #4: **0, #5: **0, #6: **5 After [psi] #1: **3, #2: **7, ...
The air cleaner element was placed on top of the bright LED light and although it managed to pass through some lights as in the photo, it’s too dirty to be re-used so will replace it this time. Compression check. ...
For the installation of the BC coilover kit, had to remove the rubber seal under the bonnet. As expected, the clips were all dead. Replaced all of them. ...
Updated 08-08-2013 at 09:34 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1
As reported earlier, there was no gasket used at the connection points between the test pipe and back box resulting in exhaust gas leakage. Also, there was trace of carbon at the donut gasket at the swivel joint of the header suggesting that it was leaking from both the front and rear joints although I couldn’t feel it at the idle rpm. Initially, I thought I should not install the triangle gaskets ...
Updated 19-05-2013 at 10:48 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1