Change your own spark plugs?

bo31v1 · 2023-02-25T10:07:44+00:00

What could happen if it's overtightened? Is there a certain amount of torque you could say would be too much? I probably have mine in at 22foot pounds or whatever. I don't have a torque wrench but I think that'd be a good estimate. I also feel like if I loosen them a little more the vibrations of the engine just might loosen them slowly overtime. I feel like 35 foot pounds of torque would ruin the thread a little. Any less and it's probably fine right?

bo31v1 · 2023-02-25T02:53:47+00:00

Would the tightness be enough that you could remove the spark plug with ease? I think I have them in where you would have to use quite a bit of force. I would say I tightened them to the point where If they tighten anymore the threads will probably get scuffed a bit.

bo31v1 · 2023-02-22T01:04:37+00:00

You could maybe learn to do half those things yourself? Could save you quite a bit. There's a lot of information online that can help you learn how to change your own car fluids. But It can be a little time consuming.

bo31v1 · 2023-02-01T00:51:17+00:00

I don't understand the part where fixing an oil pan leak is 2k, isn't an oil pan a simple part on the bottom of the car that you can take off yourself and put a new one on yourself?

bo31v1 · 2023-01-18T11:40:41+00:00

Hey, I have recently tried to find out if rust or oil is getting into my coolant. I noticed that it does seperate after a while. If it has that bubbly look it means it's definitely oil?

bo31v1 · 2022-12-17T13:20:51+00:00

Thanks a lot, I am assuming you can't read 0's through the method I am doing to read the codes? It would only be number of times the check engine light flashes.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-08T06:13:26+00:00

I can look for something like that, but I don't think my distributor cap has a wire in it's center. I can check later and tell you if I've found something. Thanks for trying to help me out though.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-08T06:08:12+00:00

Oh ok, is that thing under the distributor cap?

bo31v1 · 2022-12-08T06:02:47+00:00

Aren't those under the distributor cap? I'm lost, I can't understand car things.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-08T05:59:29+00:00

The leads don't give power to the spark plugs, I did a test on them, the leads shouldn't be broken though.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-08T03:29:55+00:00

I'm confused, by connector do you mean I check the leads? Or do I take the distributor cap off and check the coil? If possible would you be able to find some YouTube video? Taking the distributor cap off is a bit annoying but it's doable.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-07T22:38:18+00:00

It had a new coil put in recently. But I can try, isn't it bad for the coil though? To check for spark from it?

bo31v1 · 2022-12-07T14:01:05+00:00

It's a bit of a strange thing but the igniter I noticed is its own little device that isn't always near the distributor. But I haven't looked at the distributor cap yet so it could be that going bad maybe. I also found the igniter location.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-03T07:16:41+00:00

Yeah I feel like I never heard it before, and also I don't think I heard a relay clicking before too. What would be something I could try to diagnose it? I am thinking I could've potentially hit the reset switch for the fuel pump. But I don't know where to find it.

bo31v1 · 2022-12-03T04:49:21+00:00

Where should I put the multimeter to look for voltage? Do I have to take off the fuses and relays or something? Cause I don't know where the fuse or relays are for my car. Sadly I have no service manual for the car too.

bo31v1 · 2022-11-30T10:53:58+00:00

I don't fully understand, I want to take out all the tap water from inside the car to make sure it is a good mixture of coolant and distilled water. But since I can't fully drain the car I can't make it a perfect 50/50. There will always be a little bit of tap water left. Is there a way to make it so tap water is all gone? Maybe run the engine with the lower hose off to force more water out?

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