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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 12:25

Title: Spark plug change
Post by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 12:25

Hey guys just going to do a spark plug change on my 1.8t agu is this an easy job ?

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: barrym381 on 17 May 2014, 12:52

Quote from: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 12:25

Hey guys just going to do a spark plug change on my 1.8t agu is this an easy job ?

yes takes 10mins  :wink:

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 13:53

It was easy but not happy as there was some oil on 3 out of 4 plugs

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: james2 on 17 May 2014, 14:04

Quote from: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 13:53

It was easy but not happy as there was some oil on 3 out of 4 plugs

You will need to replace the rocker cover gasket.

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 14:05

How hard is that to do james?

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: viperjsy on 17 May 2014, 16:11

it is easy to do here is a link to a vid I used there is 3 parts to the vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa75kM1NkQk

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 16:57

Cheers

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: dom on 17 May 2014, 17:03

There are 2 gaskets, it's the inner one that will be leaking.

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 19:58

Thanks dom

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: Bandit127 on 17 May 2014, 20:00

See the OP's other thread on the gasket change here:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=267496.0;topicseen (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=267496.0;topicseen)

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: northeast_gti-t on 17 May 2014, 22:50

Quote from: james2 on 17 May 2014, 14:04

Quote from: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 13:53

It was easy but not happy as there was some oil on 3 out of 4 plugs

You will need to replace the rocker cover gasket.

As barry says mate real easy to do

mainly the centre gasket as these leak and you will have the symptoms you describe just fit both new ones as you'll have to remove the cam cover anyway

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: Scottymk4 on 17 May 2014, 23:43

Yeah it was easy to change the plugs not looking forward to the gaskets though

Title: Re: Spark plug change
Post by: northeast_gti-t on 18 May 2014, 01:01

Doddle mate its really quite easy if you can change the plugs you can change the gaskets  :grin: