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335i - change spark plugs after 16000 miles
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08-14-2009, 02:38 PM | #23 |
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He must have meant the coils. Pull straight up carefully.
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08-26-2009, 06:31 PM | #25 |
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10-04-2009, 03:20 PM | #28 |
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yeah, should "point" to the front of the car
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11-25-2009, 01:52 PM | #29 |
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can anybody confirm that the click method works? thanks.
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08-30-2010, 01:22 AM | #32 |
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Two questions:
#1: Should I buy the OEM spark plugs or the Bosch ZGR6STE2 (same price)? #2: How long does my 12 point socket adapter need to be? |
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10-18-2010, 09:55 AM | #34 |
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THANKS! This was really helpful. The only thing you left out was to use anti seize on the plug threads. My car is idling and revving much smoother now. I have 38k miles, about 4k of which was tuned)
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11-10-2010, 06:40 PM | #36 |
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12-06-2010, 10:31 PM | #38 |
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Thanks for the DIY. I had purchased the Bosch plugs from Autohaus a while ago and I finally hit 23K miles so I decided it was about time.
The Bosch box says 20nm for the torque, but I applied 23nm as BMW suggested. By the way, if your torque wrench uses foot pounds instead of nm like mine, 23nm equals 17 foot pounds. I used a $15 adapter I had bought from a seller on the forum and a 10" extension. The hardest was part pulling the coils out, I used a thick screw driver to pull them out using the hole on the cap as other people suggested. |
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05-02-2011, 12:51 AM | #39 |
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The ECS tool didn't have a magnet on it, so I had to use needle nose pliers to get the spark plug out after I unscrewed it.
After changing my 46k miles spark plugs, I noticed right away that the engine ran smoother and quite a bit less backfire, too! |
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05-14-2011, 11:17 AM | #40 |
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just changed my spark plugs from oem to some laser iridium platinum plugs. took a little over an hour, great DIY!
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05-19-2011, 02:40 PM | #41 |
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Thanks for all of the info but does anyone have a how to on:
1. Removing the microfilter 2. Removing the cowling 3. removing the engine cover Just want to be prepared before i do this |
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09-14-2011, 12:49 PM | #42 |
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Look up the Procede install on youtube for the microfilter and cowling. Takes about 5 minutes. 6 screws on the microfilter and it just lifts off. Two screws on the cowling, pull the wireloom right in front straight out toward the front of the car and then unclip 3 clips which hold the round flex tubing in and pull it out. Also pull off the windshield washer clip near the passenger side on the cowling, the it pulls straight out.
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10-01-2011, 07:15 PM | #43 |
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Just changed mine and thanks to this DIY, I was able to this relatively short time.
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