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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 10:01 PM
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it was an easy job minus the part where i had to remove the electrical harness connected to the coil packs. Plug 3 and 6 had a bit of oil on the spark plug when i removed them.


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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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standard NGK's


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Old Apr 30, 2012 | 11:43 PM
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Time for New valve covers.
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Old May 1, 2012 | 03:45 AM
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And,your point is...?
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Old May 1, 2012 | 04:00 AM
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OP or me??
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Old May 1, 2012 | 06:35 AM
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New valve cover and never valve cover gaskets.
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Old May 1, 2012 | 08:23 AM
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I think he wants to know why there its oil on it.i'm curious as well
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Old May 1, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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It's been answered. Op will need new valve covers. They go bad and you have to replace the entire covers.
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Old May 1, 2012 | 09:20 AM
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It's been answered. Op will need new valve covers. They go bad and you have to replace the entire covers.
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Old May 1, 2012 | 01:46 PM
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haha i will get new valve covers and might even change them myself!
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Old May 1, 2012 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by taywan
It's been answered. Op will need new valve covers. They go bad and you have to replace the entire covers.
hey thanks, thought there was a left and right for the covers but i'm no mechanic i'll look into it.
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Old May 1, 2012 | 05:21 PM
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Left and right side. Driver side and passenger side. If you can change your plugs, you can change the covers out. Do the reg: disconnect battery before you start and take your time. Search on here and you'll be fine.
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Old May 1, 2012 | 06:53 PM
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I think they came out of the factory with bad valve covers
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Old May 1, 2012 | 07:27 PM
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what do the new spark plugs do better?whats the point of changing them?
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Old May 1, 2012 | 11:21 PM
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They get old, or gap out over time.

May not be a big difference, but I think you can get a little bit better gas mileage with new plugs
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