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  1. Eng Refresh 18

    by , 17-01-2014 at 01:33 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    New gasket for the VVIS chamber and butterfly mechanism.




    Must replace all ten washers.



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  2. Eng Refresh Stage 2 – 19

    by , 28-01-2012 at 10:17 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)






    Installed new gaskets and seals on the painted valve cover.
    The inside of the cover is very clean after being washed.












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    Updated 01-06-2012 at 11:06 PM by Kaz-kzukNA1

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  3. TB/WP/Valve 11

    by , 20-06-2011 at 10:40 PM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)




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    So, something looked like this is now cleaned to this level and valve cover gaskets as well as the spark plug seals are replaced with the new ones.




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    Installed the new gasket on the new TB Lower cover.
    And one of the most important gaskets replaced on the IGN coil covers.





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  4. TB/WP/Valve 08

    by , 06-05-2011 at 06:32 AM (Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer)


    Before going any further, wanted to carry out the vacuum leak check of the cooling system especially after replacing the WP as well as all of the coolant hoses.


    You don’t want to find any leakage at the WP after re-assembling everything as you will need to remove almost everything again to get to the WP.


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    Installed the header tank and oil cooler hoses in ...