After degreasing, installed the new seals for the TB covers, valve cover including the plug holes and IG coil covers. Removed the old liquid gasket from the cam holders and waiting for the 2nd cleaning session. In the process ...
Front and Rear camshafts removed. Will be cleaning the head area later but even now, they are fairly clean. 1st stage of the cleaning and inspection of the four camshafts. As reported earlier, the valve clearance at the rear bank ...
Updated 28-08-2011 at 10:07 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Replaced [Edit: ] section. Wrong cyl info. Looked at it upside down....)
After cleaning the red sealant inside the bolt holes and re-conditioning the mating surface, latest design new WP installed. Normally, I prefer carrying out the vacuum leak check at this point but as I already knew there was a slow leakage in the past and waiting for the arrival of the new parts, decided to move onto the next stage. ...
[Edit: The TB tension was very low and loose. Because of this, although it looked close enough, there was a question mark on the camshaft alignment at the rear bank especially at the intake side.] Backed off all of the valve adjuster nuts in preparation for the removal of camshafts. Original WP removed. Although it looked ...
Updated 28-08-2011 at 10:15 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Replaced with [Edit: ] section)
The valve clearance at the rear bank intake side was way too small. It was below the min. spec of 0.15mm. No wonder why the compression data was not great at the rear bank. Will check the valve timing in detail as well before backing off the valve adjusting nuts and removing the TB. ...
Updated 23-08-2011 at 11:08 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1