YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OUT INTAKE MANIFOLD TO GET TO ALL DRIVERS SIDE PLUGS AND THE ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE GOOD LUCK
what kind of answer was that, is their anyone with brains out there
***the person is 100% right. I just had my brother in law change my plugs and wires, Auto body wanted to charge me 500.00 dollars, because of the difficulty
Go to www.monterosportonline.com and they will give you detail by detail including pics. Best of luck because there is a lot of work to do.
Yes correct the intake will have to come off , but i am trying to find out why there may have been sludge on the spark plugs is it normal because they are located in the valve cover or not?
Yes the plugs go thru the valve covers. if there is oil or sludge as you say on the outside of the plugs,you will ned to change the valve cover gaskets felpro's gasket set comes with new orings for each hole to prevent oil leaking thru onto the plugs.
This tune up isnt for the weekend oil change guy but you can do it if you take your time and have a good memory........theres alot of unbolting, wire harness unpluging and vacuum unplugging as well! ya might wanna take pics as ya go so everything goes back together correctly. Mark all the spark plug wires at the coil so ya know where they plug it at cause once its together ya cant tell who is who! The firing order is on the wrote on the intake.
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MUST BE REMOVED. I WAS QUOTED > $600 TO CHANGE PLUGS. I SOLD MINE, AS IT WAS TIME FOR A TIMING BELT AS WELL. ANOTHER $600.
It is a lengthy process that can be found at http://www.monterosportonline.com/diy-perf2.HTML. you have remove the intake manifold in order to replace the spark plugs or the spark plug wires. It's not a recommended task for unexperianced person.
Replacing spark plugs is pretty simple. Disconnect the battery, remove the cover and cables, remove the old spark plugs, put in the new spark plugs, put the cover and wires back on the spark plugs, and reconnect the battery.
Disconnect the battery cables, remove the spark plug cables and covers, and remove the old spark plugs. Next, put in the new spark plugs, attach the covers and spark plug cables and reconnect the battery cables.
I took mine to Tune-Up Masters and I was charged 159.99 because of the extra labor they had to do. On Montero Sports they have to remove the air intake to reach the other spark plugs.
you hve to pull the upper plentium.i just did it to my 02 3.0montero sport.its a pain, but not to bad if you kno wat your doing.
We have a 1995 Mitsubishi Montero (the people that brought your the fighter ZERO) and when it came time for a tune-up we couldn't get the plugs out. The car dealer here charged us over 500 dollars for a tune up and they had to remove the top part of the engine to reach the plugs, hence the large dollar value. We will NEVER own another Mitsubishi again! Good luck:)
possible bad fuel injector or bad coil.
The plugs are located under the intake plenum. This is a real job because it takes removing several bolts, wires and gaskets to get to them.
Try these websites http://www.monterosportonline.com/diy-perf2.html http://www.justanswer.com/questions/13zdz-change-spark-plugs-2001-montero
THe spark plugs are buried! IT is one of the frustrating designs of this car! It takes a couple of hours for a trained mechanic to do the work and even longer for the untrained. If you have the work done, get the best, most expensive spark plugs to replace them with. I wnt 60K on my first set and am 30K into my second set.
Cost a fortune...down in San Diego, Mits dealer gave me a quote of $450.00 to replace spark plugs and wires. Due to the reasoning that plugs and wires are inaccessible. The said price was quoted today...0430PM/04febCALIF