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  1. Eng Refresh 17

    by , 17-01-2014 at 01:27 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Time to service the intake manifold for the VVIS butterfly screw inspection.




    For this mileage, very small amount of blowby oil mist were left
    inside the bottom chamber.
    Some of them were already sucked back into the engine based on the oil film
    around the intake port.



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  2. Eng Refresh 16

    by , 17-01-2014 at 01:18 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)





    Some sort of debris baked into the surface of the IG coil cover.
    Had to carefully polish it out.




    New rubber seal installed and silicone grease will be applied later.



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  3. CL Master Cyl Pushrod Free Play

    by , 15-01-2014 at 04:39 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)



    Just a quick video to help other owners experiencing CL disc slip
    due to lack of free play at the CL master cyl pushrod.

    Without the free play, the CL will slip once the CL Hyd system has
    warmed up.
    Depending on the pushrod adjustment, you may not notice the issue
    when the CL Hyd system is still cold.


    Please enable the caption (CC) by hovering your mouse at the bottom of
    the video screen and clicking on the
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    Updated 16-01-2014 at 01:22 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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    Clutch Master/Slave Cyl , Clutch
  4. Eng Refresh 15

    by , 15-01-2014 at 11:08 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    The VTEC spool valve installed with 2 new gaskets and 6 new bolts at each bank.
    Later spec smaller diameter solenoid model so P08 version used.



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  5. Eng Refresh 14

    by , 15-01-2014 at 11:01 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Extra parts arrived from Japan.
    There are many parts involved when replacing the Oil cooler and unfortunately,
    three of them are out of stock at the moment.
    One of them is the very Oil cooler body and it won’t be available until mid/Feb
    which means it won’t arrive in UK until late/Feb.
    Discussed the matter with the owner and we’ll replace it in the future.


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