Remove the bolts in the U shaped connections in the front of the engine. Grab your wife, hubby, or friend, park on a flat surface, get behind the Tek and push forward. The engine will rotate have said helper hit the E-brake when the see the engine roll forward. You should have enough room to get behind and change the plugs
The rear plugs will have to be reached from underneath. The engine will need to be unbolted from the motor mounts (while being properly jacked up) and leaned forward. There is a special wrench used to reach up and get to the plugs at this point.
With alot of difficulty :) To change the rear plugs requires you to Rotate the engine forward and still have tiny hands to reach back there. ive never done it but i hear its a job for the delership and worth the cost but if your nimble and mechanically inclined you could do it with ease Good luck
you can either jack it up and crawl underneath or remove the motor mount and lift the engine forward to reach the coil pack and spark plugs from the top
i have an 03 aztek. i change plugs myself, i have skinny arms to reach from underneath the car.
You should be able to reach around without unbolting motor mounts.
By disconnecting the top motor mounts you can tip the motor to the front . This will give you the room you need
there are 6 spark plugs, 3 are visible and easily changed, but 3 are under the engine and very difficult to get to. I had to have a shop do the work and they said they had to pull the motor to reach them.
It is your choice. You can either remove the transmission and leave the engine alone. or pull the engine and leave the transmission alone. If your SMART you will replace all the freeze plugs in the engine.
they reached their peak in the 1300s
I reach over and around the top of the engine to access the spark plugs.I reach over and around the top of the engine to access the spark plugs.
hi there,to replace the rear spark plugs you virtually reach over the motor and do everything by feel .it is quite an awkward reach to get at them,but the hardest one is the one closest to the drivers side. there isn't much room.if it helps you can also hang a small mirror there and this helps a bit to see what you are doing.hope this helps. Dave
I have a 1991 Cutlass Supreme and I had to use a flex ratchet to replace the back 3 plugs. Other than that I was told by a mechanic friend that the motor has to come out to do this.