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  1. Low mileage LMA service 02

    by , 15-06-2013 at 11:56 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    The first thing I was worried was the intake valve guide failure that I reported several years ago.





    Since then, I kept monitoring the situation and there were further failure cases reported on both the C30A and C32B engines in Japan.

    Once again, all of the failures were at the intake side and none for the exhaust one.

    All of the cases in Japan were mainly on the engine
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  2. Low mileage LMA service 01

    by , 15-06-2013 at 11:38 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    As mentioned several times on here, for some reason, when I start working on something, it seems to repeat or follow on another NSX.

    Last week, I was carrying out some engine inspection and this week, I have been very busy inspecting another engine for strange noise issue.
    The noise was not always there and when it happened, it sounded as if something was moving around inside the engine.

    The noise itself was identical to the tired or
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  3. Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA (SoS) – 09

    by , 08-05-2013 at 10:17 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)










    Same process for the rear bank.

    Cleaning process done, new LMA (from SoS) installed,
    rocker arms back in place and ready for the
    cam shaft installation.

    Torqued the sealing bolt for the rocker shaft
    with new washer.








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  4. Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA (SoS) – 08

    by , 06-05-2013 at 10:43 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




    Back to working on this engine again.
    As I didn’t work on any mechanical parts for
    a few days, my finger sense won’t be up to the
    level for any processes requiring the delicate touch
    so decided to just clean the internal engine parts
    for the day.








    Full of old oil contaminated ...
  5. Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA (SoS) – Preparation 02

    by , 23-04-2013 at 10:37 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)







    Before opening the engine, I must check the spec of
    SoS LMA against the OEM one.

    I have never used SoS products and I don’t know whether
    this one is made in house or not but looked to be quality product.
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    Updated 25-04-2013 at 11:06 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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