The Engine side mount. The big slit at the left lower side of the rubber mount is nothing. In fact its designed to be open air there. Looks like some stress was applied for many years and the mount started to split/cut at the middle area of this photo. It can be replaced at any time so Im going to re-use it this time but please ...
There was no residue of liquid gasket left on the engine side. This means that the metal surface was not degreased enough before applying the liquid gasket. The rubber seal/gasket looked to be very tired and even had a cut ...
Updated 08-12-2011 at 04:11 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Removed attachment)
Had bit of a trouble embedding the image file from other site so only managed to update the Blog now. Everything was going smoothly until today. Initially, I was bit worried about the state of the previous services when I found out that some of the valve cover gaskets/seals were not installed properly and being damaged. Also, some of the bolts at the TB covers were not torqued at all and just left with finger tight only. These ...
After thoroughly cleaned and re-conditioned the mating surface, installed the new Thermostat. Not easy to show the amount of hoses replaced but all of them including the ATF cooler ones were done. ...
While removing the parts, had a look around the engine to determine the level of cleaning process to be taken. Looks like some of the gaskets and/or the sealing washers were not replaced last time when the ...