It took me 30 minutes to do plugs on my Legacy when I had it, and it was basically the same engine. I moved a couple of things out of the way and it was cake.

 

I don't think the plugs had ever been changed, first off. They were in there pretty damn good. Also, a 3" extender was needed to get at them, and that left almost no room to turn or angle the extender + plug tool into the orifice. It took tons of resourcefulness and some force.

 

Don't bitch until you try it on a Ford F-150 97-02. Took me 4 hours. I hated life!

 

F-150 and the Expedition are some of the most annoying rear drive vehicles to do plugs and wires to. And when they come in for misfires they always seem to be the rear most plugs...annoying

238k on one set of plugs? Jeebus.

That seems very improbable, if not impossible.

Subarus aren't that hard to change plugs on, IMO. But at least you got it done, that's the important part.

 

238k on one set of plugs? Jeebus.

 

It sure looked like it. I doubt it, but they looked BAD.

 

Yep, F150's suck. I helped Paul change the plugs on his lightening one day and that took about 2.5 hours.

 

haha what about the SRT-10 truck the engine needs to be raised to get to the plugs

 

That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.

 

238k on a set of plugs obviously wasn't the case... But I've never had to deal with plugs that were that difficult to get turning, I don't know what the deal was. And for how worn down and shitty they looked, that's why I said they were never changed. A little bit of overstatement, no biggie.

 

On the Sunbeam Tiger you had to get at the rear two plugs from inside of the car. I know on the late 70s Trans Ams you had to go in through the wheel well to get at the plugs, an if I'm not mistaken the late 70s Chevy Monza with the V-8 engine you had to jack the motor up to get at them. So in conclusion spark plug changing has always been a bitch in certian cars. You now have ythem out good luck getting them back in.

 

Yeah, same thing with the plugs on big block(428/429) mustangs, you had to pull the engine a bit as the heads were like 1.5"s from the shock towers.

I heard the plugs on the SVX were a bitch, but people would cut access holes in the inner fender liner and made it much easier.

 

Hmm I wonder if it was similar on XTs, my mom's fiance had one so I'll have to ask him.

 

Chevy Lumina's are a bitch to change the plugs on as well. Since the engine is rotated, 3 on top, 3 on bottom.

 

Try my montero sport...... you have to remove the entire intake system including intake manifold just to do the plugs.

 

Alright looks like I shouldn't have complained about two hours on the Subie haha.

 

my buddy is a subie tech and still bitches about them, i dont think it takes him 2hrs but he still curses at them, lol

 

Try a Beretta and then get back to me.

 

berretta is easy, if you have trouble with that then you should probably post in the new memebers section...


any flat engine like subie, porsche.....are gonna be hard to change. The older VR6's are hard to do too. in fact.....now that i think about it....besides the 1.8t, most euro engines are harder then their jap counterparts.


GTI is on par with a RSX

High end accord=a4

its easier in both the jap cars..

 

berretta is easy, if you have trouble with that then you should probably post in the new memebers section...

Berettas arent the worst, but not easy. The last plug or two on the back is a bitch. There is very little room to get the required leverage.

 

Beretta's are unpossible to change the plugz on.

 

Easy: my Scirocco. But that's because I suspect it was missing some engine parts haha.