spark plugs

[daveid]

I have been starting to work on cars and stuff and my mom owns a 2000 corolla and i do my regular maintinece on my girl friends car but my mom said that her corolla doesnt take spark plugs?If i doesnt then what do i replace instead or do i? I just found that really weird.

Thanks

[Toyrolla]

Inside each cylinder, you will find a spark plug.

You mother's car might be distributorless, but any piston designed engine takes spark plugs:

For your mother's car, get either of the following plugs:

Denso Platinum Spark Plug 3324
Denso Iridium Spark Plug 5303

Since you are going to be the one to do the maintenance, a Haynes manual would be a good start.

Good luck,

[Oz]

[daveid]

thanx guys

[nhiaxeng]

Before you do anything else, make sure you have these:

1. 4 Spark Plugs, not those cheap 1.99 ones that are platinum but the ones that are IRIDIUM, you gotta ask for these they are much much more expensive about 16 bucks a piece
2. 8mm, 10mm, 12mm sockets with a wrench: about 10bucks for a really cheap set but it will do.
3. Spark Plug socket with at least 6" extension bar, make sure they fit the socket wrench you have: less than 15 bucks for both

Here are the steps:

1. Remove the black plastic cover on top of the engine using the 8mm socket. It's held on by 2 nuts and 2 plastic holding thingies (excuse me if I don't know the names). You're gonna have to pry it off the plastic thingies. Don't worry if they break, the cost less than 5 bucks to replace.
2. Using 10mm or 12mm sockets, which ever the fits, remove the plastic RAIL that goes from left to right. There are about 4 nuts. Don't attempt to change plugs or pull out the sparkplug thingies yet.
3. After you are done, the sparkplug thingies are attached to the RAIL by a plastic connector. Disconnect using a lot of care and a screwdriver.
4. Remember, do the plugs one at a time.
5. Pull out the rubber sparkplug thingy by the BOOT not the wire.
6. Insert spark plug socket inside and make sure it fits snug around the spark plug.
7. Rotate COUNTER-Clockwise until it is very loose.
8. Pull out sparkplug. If it doesn't come out, put the socket it, make sure it's on the sparkplug, and do a couple rotations more.
9. Installation is reverse of taking them out.
REMEMBER: DO ONE SPARKPLUG AT A TIME.


BTW: If you don't see a distributer cap, it's because this engine doesn't have one. Better performance

Any questions... please repost it.

[daveid]

Awsome!!hey Thanx Man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nhiaxeng]

no problem