S-CROSS SPARK PLUG REPLACEMENT 1600 M16A ENGINE

by **Admin** Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:05 am

NGK SILFR6A11 LASER IRIDIUM O/E
DENSO K16HPR-U11 NICKEL
DENSO VKH20 IRIDIUM TOUGH
DENSO IKH20TT IRIDIUM TWIN TIP

Undo the retaining clip and remove the rubber airbox to throttle body pipe...

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Remove the air intake pipe, this is just a push fit...

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Undo and remove the two 10mm headed bolts (circled in red) and pull the complete airbox upwards near the green circles to remove the push fit retaining pegs...

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With the airbox removed you can see the 4 coil packs and the 4 10mm headed bolts that have to be removed...

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The first three coil packs can be removed with the wiring connected, place these gently on the front slam panel...

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Disconnect the wiring from number 4 and remove the final coil pack...

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Using a 16mm Spark Plug socket remove the spark plugs...

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Here you can see the new Denso Iridium Tough Spark Plug next to the original NGK...

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Replace all 4 spark plugs and torque to 25Nm (18.4lb-ft)...

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Replace the coil packs and tighten the 10mm headed bolts...

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Airbox replacement is a reversal of the removal, pushing the two retaining pegs (1) into the rubber grommet, 2 x 10mm headed airbox bolts (2) , tightening the Airbox hose clip (3) and re-fitting the air inlet hose (4)...