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Easiest tune-up ever! - Catzilla - 11-23-2014
The hardest part was finding a 3/8" extension, I found 8 1/2" and 1/4" in my hoard. Home Depot to the rescue, $3.74. Anyway, removed the DI cassette and the plugs were staring me in the face. Replaced the plugs, applied dielectric grease to the boots and done. The car was idling a little rough and threw a "random mis-fire" code. I guess 40K is good for plugs. They were almost $9 each for exact replacements, since they are also sensors for the ignition I figured it was worth the $.
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - DinerDave - 11-23-2014
Sometimes plans just work, if I tried that, my luck would have me car pooling
With my wife to work Monday and calling my mechanic for help.
Dave
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - Speedy - 11-23-2014
Plugs should go 100k miles. Plug wires, not so much. Pop the hood at night in your garage with the door open to see if the wires have any arcing.
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - cbelt3 - 11-24-2014
Plugs ? What are those ? Haven't replaced plugs or wires in my Civic in 170K miles. I keep expecting something to go wrong, but.. keeps on humming...
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - Catzilla - 11-24-2014
The car is 7 years old and I just started doing a lot of stop-and-go driving, recommended change is 60K.
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - SDGuy - 11-24-2014
What are these "boots", "wires", "code", and "sensors" of which you speak?!!??
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - kj4btkljv - 11-24-2014
SDGuy wrote:
What are these "boots", "wires", "code", and "sensors" of which you speak?!!??
That's awesome! Those are kinda like plug "wires" in the first photo...
Jeff
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - Acer - 11-24-2014
SDGuy wrote:
What are these "boots", "wires", "code", and "sensors" of which you speak?!!??
Rinse the oil filter in gasoline and call it a day.
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - davester - 11-24-2014
"Tuneup"?? There's no such thing as a tuneup on a modern car. Replacing plugs hardly qualifies as a tuneup.
Re: Easiest tune-up ever! - Speedy - 11-24-2014
davester wrote: Replacing plugs hardly qualifies as a tuneup.
On some cars it's more like an engine R&R just to get at the plugs.