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Today at Atelier Kaz - Private NSX Enthusiast, ex-Honda R&D engineer with F1, Indy/CART background

Final Touch

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Collected the air cleaner element from my local Honda dealer.

The owner bought this NSX recently with lots of service histories from the main dealers and it was even serviced within the last 6 months…..

Yet the air cleaner was in this state.....

After test driving more than 60 NSX based in UK and looking at the state of the brakes on them plus the above fact, once again I’m afraid, full service history in UK means almost nothing to me…..






While waiting for the arrival of the air cleaner element, cleaned, re-soldered and applied conformal coating to the old main relay.




Before applying the coating, cleaned the board one more time and done.



As the road surface was quite wet, decided to increase the tyre pressure back to OEM spec in preparation for the test driving session.

I noticed that the rear right tyre pressure dropped significantly compared to other corners.

At the very beginning of the service (a week ago), I adjusted it to my spec before going out for the pre-service test driving session so there seems to be slow puncture somewhere on this tyre.

Had a quick look at it but couldn’t find any obvious nail, etc in there.

Please have it checked by the tyre shop as it could be from the valve or apply soapy liquid around the valve and entire tread to find the pin hole.



This NSX is AT and as it has F-matic, you can drive it fast enough if you know how to drive AT models especially with the one equipped with the lowered gear ratios.

In March, I didn't enjoy driving NSX with the A/C temperature set at 32degC to push out the air from the heater core because it was just so hot. My neighbourhood even managed to enjoy the BBQ on one weekend.

Today, what a difference..... So cold, wet and even had to pump up the tyre pressure....



Due to the IG sw issue at the very beginning of this service, I managed to trigger the EPS warning light at that time.

So, after the test driving session, reset the ECU and checked the idle rpm after running the engine without any load for about 20min.

This NSX is DBW model and while it doesn’t happen always, from time to time, you may need to adjust the idle rpm on DBW model after ECU reset or after cleaning the TH butterfly.


Will adjust the coolant level tomorrow morning and double check that there is no air at the heater core bleeder plug.


So, just need to wash this NSX. Seems like I’m always washing the car in the rain these days…..

Thank you for using my service and let’s put everything back to normal gradually over the next few years so that you can enjoy this NSX even more.

Regards,
Kaz

Comments

  1. thelimpingwhippet's Avatar
    Thanks Kaz. See you tomorrow. Bob