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Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs[XC/99] posted by Eugene on
Sunday, 10 December 2000, at 7:37 p.m.
I'm not averted to letting a service department work on my car, but I've always changed my own plugs as well as doing other basic maintenance. I recently took off the plastic cover on the engine expecting to find the plugs but I only saw what appeared to be electronic parts...no plugs. I didn't want to mess around with anything else since I don't know what I'm doing. Is changing plugs a major service department job now? Or can someone who's done this at home suggest what to do next other than buying a manual. Thanks.
Re: Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs[XC/99] posted by Rich K. Fairfax, VA on
Sunday, 10 December 2000, at 10:38 p.m.
You were in the right spot, you just stopped short. Your car doesn't have a distributor/cap or rotor, and no plug wires. Those "electronic" parts you saw were the coil packs (one per cylinder/plug). The coil packs are held in place with a 10mm bolt, remove the bolt and the coil pack will lift up with a little wiggling, and now you can remove the spark plug. I use a white marker to number the top of the coil pack before pulling them out just so I don't mix them up. Numbering is 1,2,3,4,5 starting from the cars right.
--Rich K.
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