Daihatsu JB-JL and JB-DET Engine Cylinder Head Gasket removal

Will all the maintenance procedure made more easier with service manual?

This is just part of the few pages which can find it in the service manual, please click on the image to view the original size of the photo.

Daihatsu JB-JL and JB-DET engine oil pan

The parts is hard to found in Malaysia, knowing on how is the correct way to do installation may let your oil pan have a more longer lifespan.

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Daihatsu JB-JL and JB-DET engine, bottom part.

Bottom part of the Daihatsu JB-JL (Kancil L5) and JB-DET (Kancil L9) engine at a glance, still have any gasket using on it?

The part marking as "g" and "f" is one of the gasket content on their overhaul set gasket, it can be call as timing gasket or oil pump gasket. For their oil pan, which is item "a", we can see there are no rubber gasket or paper gasket for this part, it only use "Liquid gasket" which we commonly call gasket gum on it.

Item "h" is a metal housing for the flywheel oil seal, normally the original flywheel oil seal is come with the metal housing together, but some mention that the oil seal inside the housing can be dismantle and change only the oil seal with the old housing is re-install into it.

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Toyota F1 Racing Engine RVX-90

Sometime, I just wish to have a glance on how is this kind of F1 engine gasket looks like.

Nissan SR20DET Exhaust Manifold Gasket

This photo is found in Nissan Infiniti Car Owner Club Forum website, which this exhaust manifold gasket is for Nissan SR20DET engine for Silvia S15 model, what so special with it? The material for this gasket is multi layer steel.

Actually for Nissan SR series of engine, from SR18DE, SR20DE, SR20Di, SR20DT and SR20DET, most of them share the same type of exhaust manifold gasket, all the pattern and design is exactly the same, and their material is also made from graphite, which can be found in Primera, Pulsar and Silvia in P11, N14, N15, P13 and other model that older than S15.

It is only come to the Silvia S15 the material of the gasket is change to metal type, is it because the turbo pressure is much higher than the previous model?

Daihatsu JB-JL Spark Plug

This is Daihatsu JB-JL engine spark plug, which the model is generally call Kancil L5 4 piston engine in Malaysia, as usual, there may be a question that if Daihatsu JB-DET engine (generally call Kancil L9 4 piston) is using the same spark plug or not? As review from the Denso Spark Plug website info, it is actually not the same spark plug.

More info in http://www.globaldenso.com/cgi-bin/global/plug/jpn/4w/4w-plug.cgi?name=MOVE+/+CUSTOM&filename=maker4car.csv&action=search

Happy weekend and enjoy a cup of coffee

Is weekend again, sit back relax and have a cup of latte, what are the logo your prefer on top of your coffee?

IHI-RHF3 Turbocharger Gasket

I'm took out this gasket from the Daihatsu EF-RL engine top set gasket, someone tell me that is gasket for the IHI-RHF3 turbocharger, I'm not very familiar with the naming or the coding for those turbocharger, and it seem also can be found in Daihatsu EF-DET engine as well.

Will 2014 a price hike year for automotive spare parts?

Here we come in the year 2014, seem the most worry for the folk is all the price hike trends from many industries, as all this price hike will have chain reaction, it is expecting that for the automotive spare parts industries will have some minor adjustment on the pricing, tough riding ahead.