CHANGING SPARK PLUGS - tips please?
#2
If you have the right tools it isnt that bad at all.
Remove Airbox if you still have one. Remove the washer bottle, some say battery but I think you can do the job without removing it.
Remove Airbox if you still have one. Remove the washer bottle, some say battery but I think you can do the job without removing it.
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Not difficult at all. Just make sure you tape the spark plug socket to extension that you use. If you don't, it will get stuck on the plug when you go to pull it out.
A lot of the job is done by feel. And, if you have large hands, prepare for a scraping session!
A lot of the job is done by feel. And, if you have large hands, prepare for a scraping session!
#4
another tip
if your ratchet does not lock onto the sparkplug socket remove the rubber from the inside of the socket. this will stop you leaving the socket on the plug when you try and remove it after you fitted the new sparkplugs.
bin there done that its a bit of a pain to get out.
as for the job, its not hard just awkward
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Dam you beat me to it
oh yes do one at a time, that way you wont get the coilpacks mixed up
if your ratchet does not lock onto the sparkplug socket remove the rubber from the inside of the socket. this will stop you leaving the socket on the plug when you try and remove it after you fitted the new sparkplugs.
bin there done that its a bit of a pain to get out.
as for the job, its not hard just awkward
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Dam you beat me to it
oh yes do one at a time, that way you wont get the coilpacks mixed up
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#7
the small one - thats good enough for me!
No need for techno speak ha ha
Battery out then. I heard on the grapevine something silly like the engine had to be lowered a bit to get to the heads!
Never trust a grapevine, eh?
No need for techno speak ha ha
Battery out then. I heard on the grapevine something silly like the engine had to be lowered a bit to get to the heads!
Never trust a grapevine, eh?
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#8
10mm if memory serves
i just wish subaru had allowed half an inch extra room between the engine and inner wing
sod the grapevine m8 engine HIGHER if anything but you dont need to anyway, so much for the grapes then
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i just wish subaru had allowed half an inch extra room between the engine and inner wing
sod the grapevine m8 engine HIGHER if anything but you dont need to anyway, so much for the grapes then
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#9
The worst bit is thinking about doing it!
Never had to take the battery out, just not needed, just airbox and washer bottle. Make sure you've set the gaps - you don't want to be doing the whole job again for a while!
JohnD
Never had to take the battery out, just not needed, just airbox and washer bottle. Make sure you've set the gaps - you don't want to be doing the whole job again for a while!
JohnD
#10
Battery out, battery out
it does give you a bit more room to manouver you should remove the earth (-) from the battery before work anyway. the worse thing is that you have to do your radio pre-sets again
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it does give you a bit more room to manouver you should remove the earth (-) from the battery before work anyway. the worse thing is that you have to do your radio pre-sets again
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#11
JohnD
#14
blimey this is a popular thread or are we all just not busy enough at work? LOL
Ok then - who wants to get the correct gap size back to me then...?
And any recommended plugs for a standard WRX engine set up with a plodder of a driver...
5, 4, 3, ...
Ok then - who wants to get the correct gap size back to me then...?
And any recommended plugs for a standard WRX engine set up with a plodder of a driver...
5, 4, 3, ...
#17
thats whats allways confused me coz the socket itself mybe 16mm but they all have 10mm stamped on the side (i have 2 both different makes) but both say 10mm
sticking to the technical version 'its the small one'
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when you get your new plugs try your socket, if it fit then ok, if not go and buy/borrow one that does sorted!
sticking to the technical version 'its the small one'
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when you get your new plugs try your socket, if it fit then ok, if not go and buy/borrow one that does sorted!
#18
dont take the battery out mate, waste of time ive never taken it out and ive fitted hundreds, also never trust the pre gapped size always check before fitting, if you think there hard to do try an H6 legacy, nearly impossible.
#19
The washer bottle (if you have one) can be moved up onto suspension turret without disconnecting hoses. Just unplug electrical connector to pump first..
Airbox out, that's the easier side..!
Other than that, the right tools (esp. extension length ~75mm iirc..) and it can be easier to position socket and extension onto plug before connecting the ratchet IYSWIM..?
It's one of those jobs that having done it once it's easy 30min.
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