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[Steve B]

changing plugs on 2.2  2002 omega...what size socket do i need 

[SteveAvfc.]

changing plugs on 2.2  2002 omega...what size socket do i need

The correct one of coarse, but if you have a half decent socket set then you should have it  yes ?? called spark plug remover. 

[Grrrrrr]

Yeah but there are at least 2 different spark plug sizes! Cannot remember as mine has the platinum plugs and they seem to last for years. Think it might have been the smaller size.

[Grrrrrr]

Spanner size. Obviously loads of different gap sizes etc!

[kcl]

You'll need "the smaller one", 16 mm? The bigger being 21 I think the smaller is 16 

[Shackeng]

changing plugs on 2.2  2002 omega...what size socket do i need

The correct one of coarse, but if you have a half decent socket set then you should have it  yes ?? called spark plug remover. 

Unnecessarily unhelpful.

[Steve B]

i agree shackeng thanks....job done today the socket said 10mm on it and cos the plugs are so deep down and i never had magnetic socket i put electrical tape around the socket where plug went in..that made it stay in..

[Shackeng]

 

[kcl]

i agree shackeng thanks....job done today the socket said 10mm on it and cos the plugs are so deep down and i never had magnetic socket i put electrical tape around the socket where plug went in..that made it stay in..

Say WHAT? 10mm socket for spark plugs? What am I missing here...?

[freecall666]

think means 18mm

[r1]

i agree shackeng thanks....job done today the socket said 10mm on it and cos the plugs are so deep down and i never had magnetic socket i put electrical tape around the socket where plug went in..that made it stay in..

try this next time
loosen the plug of with a spanner then use a piece of hose[i find hose pipe is good] just push it over the top of the plug and away you go.this is also good for fitting the plug as you can feel the threads.

[tunnie]

changing plugs on 2.2  2002 omega...what size socket do i need

The correct one of coarse, but if you have a half decent socket set then you should have it  yes ?? called spark plug remover. 

Very unhelpful as there are two sizes, 10mm & 14mm

[tunnie]

think means 18mm

What the frig are you smoking today? 

[aaronjb]

I expect the confusion here is because spark plug wrenches/socket sizes are not the size of the hex head but rather (if memory serves) named for the size of the threads of the spark plug.

e.g. I have a spark plug wrench right here, it says '10mm' in big letters on it - the hex head end is considerably larger than 10mm but it's for a '10mm' spark plug. The equivalent 'normal' socket is probably somewhere around 16mm.

[Andy B]

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Very unhelpful as there are two sizes, 10mm & 14mm

Just 2? I'd to buy yet another size when I wanted to remove the plugs from my TDM