If people knew how hard it is to do standard maintenance on Subarus, they probably would have never bought them. Many sell, trade back, or otherwise get rid of them when just simple maintenance becomes a pain or very expensive. Your video @Stephen Baran is more likely helping out 1000's of drivers at least enough to change their spark plugs.
I see you disconnected the coil pack from the spark plugs . Did you have to disconnect the COIL PACK from the INGINITON COIL CONNECTOR at all ? I"m slightly nervous due to tiny space of this car. Thank you .
@@vision1707 You don't have to if you're just doing plugs - you can kind of move it out of the way with the cable still connected to it and it's fine. If you're changing coil packs as well -- well, that's a different story! The coil pack connectors have this little wire clip deal on them which is a pain in the nuts to take off and put back, so it's better just to leave it alone and let the coil pack be connected the whole time.
I see you disconnected the coil pack from the spark plugs . Did you have to disconnect the COIL PACK from the INGINITON COIL CONNECTOR at all ? I"m slightly nervous due to tiny space of this car. Thank you .
Don’t be nervous, everything can be wiggled around and fit where they need to go. I left the coil packs fully plugged in, I just popped them off of the spark plugs and put of the valve covers to gain access to the plugs.
@@StephenBaran Hi, I'm doing this for the first and tried starting with the driver's side rear coil and could not get the coil pack out. Would you advise that I remove the front coil pack first? Any tricks for wiggling it out of there? EDIT - I managed to do it. I pushed the rear driver's side spark plug towards the back. Took a bit of effort!
I got a bendy magnet to help with mine. I also ground the ball out of the socket extension with a Dremel tool so that it doesn't stick inside the socket -- much easier to take apart, so now, instead of having the spring-loaded ball which makes the extension stick inside the socket, there's just a hole there, and the extension is easier to put in place and pull back out again.
@@StephenBaran Thanks - yeah, it works really well. If you're careful, you can also get the wrench never to click into the extension, i.e. only insert it part way -- it's enough to do spark plugs. If I were feeling really irresponsible, I'd grind the ball out of the wrench as well... perhaps if I had a second, shitty one I'd do it!
If people knew how hard it is to do standard maintenance on Subarus, they probably would have never bought them. Many sell, trade back, or otherwise get rid of them when just simple maintenance becomes a pain or very expensive.
Your video @Stephen Baran is more likely helping out 1000's of drivers at least enough to change their spark plugs.
I found this after hearing too many people aggressively and confidently telling me you have to drop the motor and go through so much crap.
Nice job 👍
Thank you! I'm glad it helped out!
This was very helpful, thank you homie!
I’m stoked that it helped!
Super helpful - thanks for making this video
I’m glad I could help! Thanks for watching!!
If anyone is having trouble removing the spark plug with the magnet, a pair of curved tip pliers work great
Thank you both of you for tips and making this vdo. I will take this task soon. The dealerships wants 750 !!
I see you disconnected the coil pack from the spark plugs . Did you have to disconnect the COIL PACK from the INGINITON COIL CONNECTOR at all ?
I"m slightly nervous due to tiny space of this car. Thank you .
@@vision1707 You don't have to if you're just doing plugs - you can kind of move it out of the way with the cable still connected to it and it's fine. If you're changing coil packs as well -- well, that's a different story! The coil pack connectors have this little wire clip deal on them which is a pain in the nuts to take off and put back, so it's better just to leave it alone and let the coil pack be connected the whole time.
thanks.. i 'll try that
I see you disconnected the coil pack from the spark plugs . Did you have to disconnect the COIL PACK from the INGINITON COIL CONNECTOR at all ?
I"m slightly nervous due to tiny space of this car. Thank you .
Don’t be nervous, everything can be wiggled around and fit where they need to go. I left the coil packs fully plugged in, I just popped them off of the spark plugs and put of the valve covers to gain access to the plugs.
@@StephenBaran Hi, I'm doing this for the first and tried starting with the driver's side rear coil and could not get the coil pack out. Would you advise that I remove the front coil pack first? Any tricks for wiggling it out of there?
EDIT - I managed to do it. I pushed the rear driver's side spark plug towards the back. Took a bit of effort!
I got a bendy magnet to help with mine. I also ground the ball out of the socket extension with a Dremel tool so that it doesn't stick inside the socket -- much easier to take apart, so now, instead of having the spring-loaded ball which makes the extension stick inside the socket, there's just a hole there, and the extension is easier to put in place and pull back out again.
That is a fantastic idea! I might have to steal that idea!
@@StephenBaran Thanks - yeah, it works really well. If you're careful, you can also get the wrench never to click into the extension, i.e. only insert it part way -- it's enough to do spark plugs. If I were feeling really irresponsible, I'd grind the ball out of the wrench as well... perhaps if I had a second, shitty one I'd do it!