Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Webby the Bear]

All off the passenger bank is a bit more difficult, due to loom over the top of the plugs

....But accessable without having to remove anything?

 

I reckon you may have to pop the cables out of the tray, and thus may be easier to remove the ICV.

Visually check drivers side, can't remember if short plenum EGR gets in the way.

Ok cool, well if I do I'll simply follow the guides to remove them, then change plugs when I need to

[Darth Loo-knee]

I don't want to add confusion for you here Steve, but I would have said that the only Two bolts you will need to remove are the two small ones on the passenger side of the plenum. They hold the cable tray in place. Once you remove the Two bolts which usually an E10 socket or 8mm spanner fits, you will be able to move the cable tray to enable you more room to pull up the Spark Plug Leads, then get you socket and extension to the Spark Plugs to undo them.
The drivers side although fiddly  getting your fingers to pull the leads up should not need anything removing to get the Spark Plugs out.

Hope that helps and doesn't confuse.

[TheBoy]

I think thats nice and clear DLK

Can you get to those plugs without taking the wiring from the cable tray? Or is there enough slack to pull cable tray to one side?

[Darth Loo-knee]

I think thats nice and clear DLK

Can you get to those plugs without taking the wiring from the cable tray? Or is there enough slack to pull cable tray to one side?

Personally as I know people do things differently, I find enough movement when those two small bolts have been removed to get the Plugs 

[TheBoy]

I think thats nice and clear DLK

Can you get to those plugs without taking the wiring from the cable tray? Or is there enough slack to pull cable tray to one side?

Personally as I know people do things differently, I find enough movement when those two small bolts have been removed to get the Plugs 

Aye, we all do things our own way, but your way sounds like it should be dead easy, thanks!

[aaronjb]

Or one bolt, on my car, since it seems a Vx dealer (it had FSH when I got it) managed to lose one of them.. 

[Webby the Bear]

By the way guys, when changing a wheel (simple for you lot I'm sure but I've never done it  ) am I right in thinking that get car jacked up, undo nuts, remove and replace?

If so, why is there one nut with a plastic cover on? 

[RobG]

By the way guys, when changing a wheel (simple for you lot I'm sure but I've never done it  ) am I right in thinking that get car jacked up, undo nuts, remove and replace?

If so, why is there one nut with a plastic cover on? 

Slacken wheel bolts then jack car. 4 bolts should have long caps, locking bolt will/should have a shorter cap

[tunnie]

You want to release the wheel nuts first, before the wheel is in the air and able to spin freely 

All wheel bolts should have a plastic cover for aesthetics, there maybe one little flat "cap" for one locking wheel nut on each wheel, if you have them fitted.

[Webby the Bear]

Ok thanks guys.

When you say locking nut (I'm presuming this is the one nut that looks different) do they still all undo with a ratchet/socket?

[tunnie]

Ok thanks guys.

When you say locking nut (I'm presuming this is the one nut that looks different) do they still all undo with a ratchet/socket?

Yes, but you need the key. Which is an adaptor from the lock style to a regular socket which you can use in a breaker bar/ratchet

Most of them are made of toffee & the when the garages do them up with an air-gun mega tight, they can easily mangle/split. (the key not the nut)

The key will be in a box in either glove box or boot, and look like this:

[Webby the Bear]

Yes mate I have that. IIRC it looks exactly like a socket, but presumably it fits this one nut. And are the rest of the nuts simply undone by removing plastic cover and undoing with the relevant sized socket?

[tunnie]

Yes, 17mm deep socket from Halfrauds set works nicely 

[tunnie]

Well worth buying this:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_196407_langId_-1_categoryId_165469

[Webby the Bear]

Yes, 17mm deep socket from Halfrauds set works nicely 

WICKED!!! 

How come I have to loosen them first before jacking up? Is it because the weight of the wheel would push down on the nut/thread and make it tricky to come out?