Spark plugs
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i know this sounds ridiculous but i can't change the back three spark plugs on my standard 1.8 there seems to be rubber ring down there stopping me from getting the spark socket on them. has any one else had this problem
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do all the plug leads look complete, not something missing from them, i know sounds like a stupid question..
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yeah there all fine its almost like its something from the gasket
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ahh poss and i mean poss that when the head had a new gasket it was slightly out and tightend down and bulged out into the spark plug wells mate…
had this same issue with an audi..
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not sure if it is gasket though. what ever they are, they have loads flex i can almost get the socket past them, might try to force them in using a mallet
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best to try a gentle approach and not snap off the plug give that a go..
if not it may come down to loosening the cam cover and check that way..
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nope that didn't work, i've heard that you need to remove the manifold to change the rear sparks, that just seem crazy though
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theres no need to remove the manifold at all…just use a long extension to get to them...
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yeah i know but i cant get past those rubbery things
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@64c6f215c7=james83mills:
yeah i know but i cant get past those rubbery things
just had a look at my manual on cd for you, there nothing in the wells to prevent you removing the plugs..does sound like the gasket to me..
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I bet its the rubber ring off the spark plug lead, if not that one, from an old one! Is it right at the bottom?
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well done marko you win a cookie!
I've got one of the bastards out trying to get the other three now. gonna need some new leads i think
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@1a9f0b5880=james83mills:
well done marko you win a cookie!
I've got one of the bastards out trying to get the other three now. gonna need some new leads i think
haha i did say in the begining was it something off the plug leads..
@1a9f0b5880=rainmaker:do all the plug leads look complete, not something missing from them, i know sounds like a stupid question..
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so he did! cookies all round :D
I knew right off as it happened to me that day :lol:
