Replced plugs and coils today
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Replced plugs and coils today
Was a fairly easy job. Took about 2 hrs. Had to remove the 2 plastic pieces in the wheel well on both sides and found that the easiest way to get to the coil bolts was with a universal joint socket and a 2 ft. straight extension. Pretty much allows you to get to all bolts and use the length of the extension to tighten and loosen. Same concept for the plugs. I had a magnetic plug remover which is a big help. Make sure the clips for the wires going to the coils are securely fastened after you put everything back together.
Turns out I had 5 of 6 coils cracked and plugs looked pretty bad. I am assuming PO never changed them. I replaced with the thicker coils and longer bolts. I really seemed to make a big difference in how smooth the car sounded and idled after I changed them. If you have never upgraded your coils, I would highly recommend doing so. My 06 has 65K miles on it.
Turns out I had 5 of 6 coils cracked and plugs looked pretty bad. I am assuming PO never changed them. I replaced with the thicker coils and longer bolts. I really seemed to make a big difference in how smooth the car sounded and idled after I changed them. If you have never upgraded your coils, I would highly recommend doing so. My 06 has 65K miles on it.
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Just did the same over the winter. Pretty easy. +1 on the magnetic spark plug socket.
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I replaced my coils and spark plugs at just around 40,000 miles. Time to change the brake fluid too. I had changed the serpentine belt and air filter already.
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If anyone is looking to do this, ECS tuning had the best prices I could find. First time I used them and all was very good. Rusnak, Brake fluid and serpentine are on the list as well. The car did not have very good service records so I am just assuming nothing was done and starting from scratch.
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The older versions tended to crack, so they came out with a new version with thicker heads on them which require longer bolts. I don't even know if they sell the old ones anymore since they had issues.