In this video we do a basic ignition tune up on a Subaru 2.5 EJ engine. It consists of just replacing the plugs and plug wire. It is a really simple task and can be done easy at home with the correct tools. -Enjoy!
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Minor Correction on cylinder identification 1 & 4 are on the drivers side and 2&3 are on the passenger side. I know this as I have the oil pan off mine…
My first one I used a small, 3/8†drive Universal adapter to remove and replace #4 plug. It was easier than I thought it’d be.
Subarus are pure garbage…but they always keep a shop in business! None of my GMs, including my Sierra, have ever had carbon tracking. But cars I've owned and fixed and sold that had plugs with the ribs on them had carbon tracking before.
A new battery terminal is under 20 bucks from Subaru it's one nut store simple to change no reason to use that stupid style of battery terminal
Good job
Best spark plug video ever
The plug warning is because their crap fails often and if you shouldn't put your safety in their quality control
we miss Hanna
I always used a piece of rubber tubing about 6 inches long to get my spark plugs started back in the day.
LMFAO, "If I was Ivan or Russian"…No parts required fix! All take Vodka shots!
I have heard you mention Champion spark plugs. my Father and I have had terrible experiences with Champion plugs in the passed.. DAD barely made it back home. me i could not find out why my Buick wouldn't start…But When I pulled off the spark plug Boot I knew what the problem was.. put in AC's and problem fixed… I even done an expertise.. … I put in old 50,000 mile Autolite's in my 68 charger i built. .and done a test run. .then put in a new set of Champions and ran again. .I noticed a notable loss of HP with the Champions…threw them in the trash and got new Autolite….i wish it was easier to buy plugs for small engines.. everything is better than Champion plug..
If it doesn’t click it’s not legit 😡
I have to yank the battery on my 2009 Forester to access the plugs on the driver's side. First time I changed the plugs: 1.5 hours. I can do it in 40 minutes now. Two small extensions and a ratchet. It is a tight squeeze regardless of which tools you use.
How would you test individual high voltage coil plugs?
That is what I was told, to decrease the carbon track misfire.
I bet people ask you to sing tenor…. Ten or twelve miles away.
another free tip friday – don't take out the spark plug if tube is full of oil – love it
I thought Hannah was Eastern European rather than Hispanic but now I see Hispanic all the way. Oh kay
If'n I had a Fawd truck that was a few years old. You know those Fawd's that had the spark plugs that were impossible to remove and seize into the luninus metal heads I would put copper coat on the threads of the plug to hell with what NGK recommends.
The 3.0 motors really suck to change plugs !!
Idk. Realistically one of those plugs would be seized.
Is that a dewalt batt on a snap on tool 🤔
Awesome videos very informative. Please get your self a better light for you and us. Thank you
Not for use in an aircraft
And know when to run.
Looks like Eric had four of a kind
Thanks
I use a piece of rubber hose
RIP Kenny Rogers
Know when to hold
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