Monday, March 25, 2013

changing spark plugs and wires

     so today i finished editing my video on plugs and wires for a general motors 3.1 v6. many people struggle with the plugs near the firewall and scratch and bleed trying to get them out. in my video i show how easy it is to remove the front motor stabalizer mounts and ratchet strap the motor forward enabling you to reach the rear plugs
       In the mini vans with the 3.4 this process is the same but you will have to remove the wiper cowl to make it easier on yourself. all in all the removal is not hard but the installation is tricky when you cant see what your doing. The plugs should be changed along with wires to get rid of hesitation random misfires, and to improve efficiency every 100,000 miles or sooner for maintenance
      The video shows it all pretty good , the one thing i cant stress enough is to use acdelco plugs in these and the platinum ones at that it is what gm designed the engine with and is what should stay in there.
     to avoid making things worse than the issue you or reason you are replacing them mke sure to not overtighten and crack the porcelain of the plug as this is really easy to do if you are doing the rear ones at the rear of the engine at a harsh angle. Torque spec is about 20 lbs which isnt that much  and take precaution to not damage the alluminum head.
      other than that this is pretty much a straight service to be done hope you liked the video if you watch it and keep it running these engines are great with proper maintenance 
here is a link to the video mentioned above 
 changing park plugs videos
you can always contact me at joetheautoguy@gmail.com

2 comments:

  1. Can you describe all the list of the tools you used thanks

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  2. My 3.1 dont have the motor mounts on top it's a 1999 oldsmobile cutless

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