@@alyoungcuda It just builds confidence for people who are trying this for the first time. I love it! I'm changing my daughter's next week. I've changed them on my old Avenger but just wanted to see the layout. This was great, thank you!!
Love your videos sir, you helped the oil sensor and now I’ve got a mis fire on 3. Unfortunately paid a lot for a diagnosis but the shop wanted $1600 to do what you’re doing. Thank you!
It is insane the prices that they charge nowadays but it is a business and they rather hit a homerun on customers and charge alot in the 1st meeting instead of trying to win your business for life.. that is a reason why I make videos like this for the do it yourself people and to give them some knowledge about cars..otherwise we are stuck paying astronomical prices...Thanks for the compliments and Thanks for watching too...
NGK PLUGS has a great DIY article on plug replacement and I am glad I read it you guys did a great job. In the old days it was common to put a light film of oil on the threads and today modern plugs require no coating are antiseize nothing at all the chrome finish on the threads is designed to be used dry with no lubricant.
Great video. Thank you so much. I’m just learning how to work on cars and you explain things very well. “It should go in as easy as it came out” tells me a whole lot. It’s these little tips that most of the other videos leave out. I really appreciate it.
@@alyoungcuda my pleasure. I’m gonna go back and watch all your other videos. I just changed these on our daughters car and now my wife thinks I am the smartest man alive. Lol. I owe you brother.
Nice video. Small correction. You still want to check gap and adjust if needed with iridium plugs. The difference is that you need to use feeler gauge or wire loop tool. You can not use a coin style tool as that could make contact with the fragile point of the plug and damage it.
@@alyoungcuda …Now I need to change out 3 coil packs (boots?) so I’ve been doing some research and goodness they’re a bit expensive, for the good ones. Any suggestions?
@@trudylambert8775 I'm glad you did it yourself, certain things on a car is pretty simple, you just need a little push , I'm glad I was involved...thanks for watching too...
@@trudylambert8775 why do you need to change them? Did you break them or are they causing a misfire? You only change them when they go bad and it will give you a check engine light for a misfire..but if you do want to buy them, Autozone has a lifetime warranty on theirs and that is the better deal. I know you can find them cheaper online but you can't beat the warranty if you plan on keeping the car.
You should probably use a torque wrench for spark plugs. If you've done it enough times you might be able to get it spot on just by feel with a normal ratchet but if you're inexperienced you could easily torque them down too much and cause a nightmare by damaging the threads. Its unlikely but you *really* don't want that. Also you'll be able to change your own wheels with your fancy new torque wrench too and be confident you're not going to lose a tire at highway speed 😁
It just lifts up, you can see towards the rear 2 chess pawn things that they snap on to..the front should be the same or opposite with the pawns on the cover..its a rubber grommet on the cover
Thats not the Firing Order but the way its determined or listed as cylinder 1 is on the passenger side or front of the engine and cylinder 4 is the rear of the engine or the transmission side.
I’m going to attempt to change mine on my 2018 Elantra. I don’t want them charging me hundreds of dollars for this easy procedure. That’s highway robbery.
Help plz ....Hello thank you for your video it is great. Today I'm replacing all four spark plugs and I'm replacing my third and fourth coil. I do have a quick question. After I put in all of my spark plugs, I put in my first and second coil just fine and put the wire back in place and the gray piece locked just fine. However as I mentioned I'm replaced my third and fourth coil and I went ahead and push that wire piece back into the spot after I screwed the bolt in on my third and fourth coil yet for some reason I cannot get that gray clip which locks it, to go back into place. Or in other words I can't get it to go back down or slide to the left so to speak. Do you know why that would be happening? Do you think it would be because I bought new coils? I just went to Smyth's automotive and I definitely did get the kind of coils for my 2017 Hyundai Elantra that belong with it. Lastly, is it okay to drive my car if that gray piece is not locked into place? Or will the coil wires somehow I'll become disconnected and I'm out of its place?
Nothing to worry about, the plug will not come off. As for the lock its because of the manufacturer of the coil, they sometimes have alittle burr on the plastic part that might be too thick or in the right spot to clip on..if you look real close you will see the problem.
@@alyoungcuda thx a bunch! I finally got them to click into place but that was after having to use the end of a screwdriver to hit on it almost kind of like a hammer. Another question, did your check engine light go on or was when it needed a new coils? My check engine light is on & I do not know if it's supposed to turn off all myself or if I'm supposed to get it reset. Also I'm trying to find out how I will know if this will fix the issue or not. The other day if I got a reading print off at AutoZone... Which I have heard that does not always necessarily tell us exactly what the issue is.. but nevertheless it did tell me that I'm having a misfire from cylinder 3 and 4. I have 80,000 miles on my car so I ended up putting new spark plugs in as well as putting in a new coil in for the third and fourth. I do not know how to describe this maybe correctly but last week I started experiencing a little bit of latency in the shift of the RPMs or like say if I am in second gear it seems that it takes a little bit to go to third gear or fourth. The RPMs show at a too and you won't hear a shift like if I'm going up a hill. It's an automatic. Typically something like that would level out pretty quickly but it took a good 30 seconds or so after I got to the top of the hill. Also experiencing more gas consumption. Then the other day my checking in light went on and then rumbling under my hood and lastly I turn it on again and it was struggling to turn over. I knew that I needed an oil change really badly so I went ahead and changed my oil before I did the change of the coils today and the plugs. Whatever help you can give me I would really appreciate it. I do not know much about cars at all. Im a young woman who's been doing this practically all by myself with the help of videos. I appreciate it! :)
@@unohooclanunohooclan5945 the best thing to do for yourself in this case is to go purchase a scanner that reads and clears codes ..that way you can verify the code and clear it. Since the old code was cyl 3 and cyl 4 the codes should be p0303 an p0304. After you did the repair, you can clear the codes..Autozone or any of those parts places will not clear it for you..I think the cheapest code scanner is around $30.00 . And yes a misfire in the engine will give you that lack of power you described.
@@alyoungcuda I'll have to look in the morning :) I left the paper out in my car but I think it's the codes you said. I think the AutoZone near me will clear them. They were nice and did it once before , the manager did. So I'm hoping they will again tomorrow. So are you suggesting that they clear the codes and then run it again afterwards? And if it fixed it then it should not come back up again right? After it's cleared?
Thru the years of working on modern vehicles , the factory doesn't put it on and the contact point is too far in the boot..so if you even put it on, its on the tip of the boots and once installed, it only contacts the sides on the tip and it never reaches the tip..on the other side if you put it on the spark plug tip, then it gets lost in the spark plug socket boot and it most likely won't even be on there either. And if you do it long enough in the spark plug socket, it will attract dirt and make the contact worse..im sure you can use a long skewer to fish it down without touching the sides, it will be like playing the game operation..😆
How do you even tell if it's turning? I got a spark plug socket from autozone. It even says it is a spark plug socket. It seems as if it fits, but i cant even tell if its loosening
Might have the wrong size socket, try the socket on your new spark plug 1st, then you will notice that as you turn it slightly and push down, it will kind of sit onto the plug and you will feel it, the 1st turn to remove will and should be hard..if not, then you missed it and didn't go down far enough
@alyoungcuda Thanks for that. I ordered a 3/8 socket think 3/8 was the size i needed for it to fat my ratchet. It's a tad bit too small or not deep enuff to go over the nut part of the spark plug.
@@alyoungcudawhat if I accidentally got the wrong gap for my spark plugs? I thought I had the 1.4T engine but it turned out I had the 2.0 engine. What part of the engine would it mess up, making the car fail to start? Asking for a friend...
@@hamznaq6953 depends on if you gapped it bigger or smaller than the manufacturer states, but in most new sparkplug when you buy them, they come with a gap and with the iridium plugs you technically don't gap them. But just saying, if you gap it too big, the electrical spark would need to jump further to complete the spark, comparing jumping over a 1 foot puddle on the floor to jumping over a 2 foot puddle, it works but you might get wet. As for gapped too small it can cause the spark to be smaller or the flame smaller because it was so small of a jump. Some affects can be a misfire, running rough, bad gas mileage. If its a tad different, you might not even notice it, do you really think a shop is that accurate in even checking the gap? Just saying..
@@katythefaerie correct, its not as crucial as in the old days, as long as the gap is there, some are closed totally because it was dropped during shipping.
10 mm socket and ratchet for the removal of the coils, a small screwdriver to move the lock clip off the connector and then a spark plug socket with a long extension and your ratchet.
@alyoungcuda let nick know I just did that same BS with turning it the wrong way. I thought I learned from Nick's mistakes. Turns out I'm pretty freaking dumb.
Please can u tell me why my engine vibrate when I gas the my Elantra 2014 or even parking the car vibrate please can u help me out to tell me what is the reason it vibrate
I love how you had someone who doesn't know what they are doing complete the job! Gives people more confidence in changing easy things!!
Nik was a Great Student...
@@alyoungcuda It just builds confidence for people who are trying this for the first time. I love it! I'm changing my daughter's next week. I've changed them on my old Avenger but just wanted to see the layout. This was great, thank you!!
@@jenniferbond3113 I love that you do your own work and that’s what I try to do with all my videos. You can do it 💘
Love your videos sir, you helped the oil sensor and now I’ve got a mis fire on 3. Unfortunately paid a lot for a diagnosis but the shop wanted $1600 to do what you’re doing. Thank you!
It is insane the prices that they charge nowadays but it is a business and they rather hit a homerun on customers and charge alot in the 1st meeting instead of trying to win your business for life.. that is a reason why I make videos like this for the do it yourself people and to give them some knowledge about cars..otherwise we are stuck paying astronomical prices...Thanks for the compliments and Thanks for watching too...
NGK PLUGS has a great DIY article on plug replacement and I am glad I read it you guys did a great job. In the old days it was common to put a light film of oil on the threads and today modern plugs require no coating are antiseize nothing at all the chrome finish on the threads is designed to be used dry with no lubricant.
Yes, today goes in plain but some still put antiseize on the treads
Great video. Thank you so much. I’m just learning how to work on cars and you explain things very well. “It should go in as easy as it came out” tells me a whole lot. It’s these little tips that most of the other videos leave out. I really appreciate it.
I'm glad you picked mine to view, hope it helps you out and Thanks for watching...
@@alyoungcuda my pleasure. I’m gonna go back and watch all your other videos. I just changed these on our daughters car and now my wife thinks I am the smartest man alive. Lol. I owe you brother.
@@JohnBradydoesstuff sure thing, my videos are a mixed bag of alot of things..even my what Burns my ass shorts 😆
Nice video. Small correction. You still want to check gap and adjust if needed with iridium plugs. The difference is that you need to use feeler gauge or wire loop tool. You can not use a coin style tool as that could make contact with the fragile point of the plug and damage it.
I try not to mess with iridium plugs..that center electrode is to thin
Extremely helpful as I’m about to change my spark plugs and could fit the first time on my 2018 Elantra.
Should be easy, take your time, there is no rush..Enjoy and thanks for watching too...
@@alyoungcuda I just finished about an hour ago and wow so much better. It was your video that gave me the courage, lol. Thank you!
@@alyoungcuda …Now I need to change out 3 coil packs (boots?) so I’ve been doing some research and goodness they’re a bit expensive, for the good ones. Any suggestions?
@@trudylambert8775 I'm glad you did it yourself, certain things on a car is pretty simple, you just need a little push , I'm glad I was involved...thanks for watching too...
@@trudylambert8775 why do you need to change them? Did you break them or are they causing a misfire? You only change them when they go bad and it will give you a check engine light for a misfire..but if you do want to buy them, Autozone has a lifetime warranty on theirs and that is the better deal. I know you can find them cheaper online but you can't beat the warranty if you plan on keeping the car.
You should probably use a torque wrench for spark plugs. If you've done it enough times you might be able to get it spot on just by feel with a normal ratchet but if you're inexperienced you could easily torque them down too much and cause a nightmare by damaging the threads. Its unlikely but you *really* don't want that. Also you'll be able to change your own wheels with your fancy new torque wrench too and be confident you're not going to lose a tire at highway speed 😁
Thank you for the video. I have one huge problem. One of the ignition coil connectors is not locking back in place 😢
Get a thin plastic wire tie and you can tie it down around the coil head
Watch this video in the beginning and the end and you will see the plastic wire tie
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I didn't ask if the clip broke or the coil is new..aftermarket coils are a very tight fit to push in
GREAT MR. CUDA!
@@enriquealvarez378 you're welcome and thanks for watching too...
If I replace all 4 coils and get a 4 pack of new coils from wherever, does it matter which new coil goes where?
@@brettbulson3052 no, its all new, the engine wouldn't know..😆
Does that top cover off easily? I was going to do this myself but you didn’t show taking off the top part off 🤔
It just lifts up, you can see towards the rear 2 chess pawn things that they snap on to..the front should be the same or opposite with the pawns on the cover..its a rubber grommet on the cover
Is the firing order from the passenger to driver 1,2,3,4?
Thats not the Firing Order but the way its determined or listed as cylinder 1 is on the passenger side or front of the engine and cylinder 4 is the rear of the engine or the transmission side.
Do you have to disconnect the battery before doing so?
No, the engine is off so everything is ok.
I’m going to attempt to change mine on my 2018 Elantra. I don’t want them charging me hundreds of dollars for this easy procedure. That’s highway robbery.
Unfortunately it is a business and they have bills to pay..but as in many diy stuff, you can do it on your own...good luck on yours, take your time...
@@alyoungcuda Thanks!
Help plz ....Hello thank you for your video it is great. Today I'm replacing all four spark plugs and I'm replacing my third and fourth coil. I do have a quick question. After I put in all of my spark plugs, I put in my first and second coil just fine and put the wire back in place and the gray piece locked just fine. However as I mentioned I'm replaced my third and fourth coil and I went ahead and push that wire piece back into the spot after I screwed the bolt in on my third and fourth coil yet for some reason I cannot get that gray clip which locks it, to go back into place. Or in other words I can't get it to go back down or slide to the left so to speak. Do you know why that would be happening? Do you think it would be because I bought new coils? I just went to Smyth's automotive and I definitely did get the kind of coils for my 2017 Hyundai Elantra that belong with it. Lastly, is it okay to drive my car if that gray piece is not locked into place? Or will the coil wires somehow I'll become disconnected and I'm out of its place?
Nothing to worry about, the plug will not come off. As for the lock its because of the manufacturer of the coil, they sometimes have alittle burr on the plastic part that might be too thick or in the right spot to clip on..if you look real close you will see the problem.
@@alyoungcuda thx a bunch! I finally got them to click into place but that was after having to use the end of a screwdriver to hit on it almost kind of like a hammer. Another question, did your check engine light go on or was when it needed a new coils? My check engine light is on & I do not know if it's supposed to turn off all myself or if I'm supposed to get it reset. Also I'm trying to find out how I will know if this will fix the issue or not. The other day if I got a reading print off at AutoZone... Which I have heard that does not always necessarily tell us exactly what the issue is.. but nevertheless it did tell me that I'm having a misfire from cylinder 3 and 4. I have 80,000 miles on my car so I ended up putting new spark plugs in as well as putting in a new coil in for the third and fourth. I do not know how to describe this maybe correctly but last week I started experiencing a little bit of latency in the shift of the RPMs or like say if I am in second gear it seems that it takes a little bit to go to third gear or fourth. The RPMs show at a too and you won't hear a shift like if I'm going up a hill. It's an automatic. Typically something like that would level out pretty quickly but it took a good 30 seconds or so after I got to the top of the hill. Also experiencing more gas consumption. Then the other day my checking in light went on and then rumbling under my hood and lastly I turn it on again and it was struggling to turn over. I knew that I needed an oil change really badly so I went ahead and changed my oil before I did the change of the coils today and the plugs. Whatever help you can give me I would really appreciate it. I do not know much about cars at all. Im a young woman who's been doing this practically all by myself with the help of videos. I appreciate it! :)
@@unohooclanunohooclan5945 the best thing to do for yourself in this case is to go purchase a scanner that reads and clears codes ..that way you can verify the code and clear it. Since the old code was cyl 3 and cyl 4 the codes should be p0303 an p0304. After you did the repair, you can clear the codes..Autozone or any of those parts places will not clear it for you..I think the cheapest code scanner is around $30.00 . And yes a misfire in the engine will give you that lack of power you described.
@@unohooclanunohooclan5945 by the way, what codes did you get on the print out?
@@alyoungcuda I'll have to look in the morning :) I left the paper out in my car but I think it's the codes you said. I think the AutoZone near me will clear them. They were nice and did it once before , the manager did. So I'm hoping they will again tomorrow. So are you suggesting that they clear the codes and then run it again afterwards? And if it fixed it then it should not come back up again right? After it's cleared?
i have the limited edition, is the correct order for the coils 1 2 3 4 from left to right?
Yes, that is correct looking at the engine..so #1 is on the passenger side
Well made vid!
Thank you and thanks for watching too...
Why don't you apply dielectric grease to the coils?
Thru the years of working on modern vehicles , the factory doesn't put it on and the contact point is too far in the boot..so if you even put it on, its on the tip of the boots and once installed, it only contacts the sides on the tip and it never reaches the tip..on the other side if you put it on the spark plug tip, then it gets lost in the spark plug socket boot and it most likely won't even be on there either. And if you do it long enough in the spark plug socket, it will attract dirt and make the contact worse..im sure you can use a long skewer to fish it down without touching the sides, it will be like playing the game operation..😆
I can get my connector clip to snap lock after I take it off how can I get it to snap
Did the clip break? If not it should clip back on, some aftermarket sensors are thicker than the factory ones and are harder to push in.
How do you even tell if it's turning? I got a spark plug socket from autozone. It even says it is a spark plug socket. It seems as if it fits, but i cant even tell if its loosening
Might have the wrong size socket, try the socket on your new spark plug 1st, then you will notice that as you turn it slightly and push down, it will kind of sit onto the plug and you will feel it, the 1st turn to remove will and should be hard..if not, then you missed it and didn't go down far enough
@alyoungcuda Thanks for that. I ordered a 3/8 socket think 3/8 was the size i needed for it to fat my ratchet. It's a tad bit too small or not deep enuff to go over the nut part of the spark plug.
@@alyoungcuda It says 3/8" DR.
9/16" 6" Swivel Bar Magnetic Spark Plug Socket. Which size should i go up to from the 9/16"?
@@alyoungcuda i think 5/8" is what i need. Aint worked with tools in forever. Literally years. So having to learn it all again.
Ordered a 3/8" dr. 5/8" magnetic spark plug socket 11" extension, along with a flex head ratchet.
How much of a gap on the spark plugs just to confirm?
Iridium plugs you don't gap, the center electrode is very thin and might break using gap tools, the plugs are pre gapped.
@@alyoungcudawhat if I accidentally got the wrong gap for my spark plugs? I thought I had the 1.4T engine but it turned out I had the 2.0 engine. What part of the engine would it mess up, making the car fail to start? Asking for a friend...
@@hamznaq6953 depends on if you gapped it bigger or smaller than the manufacturer states, but in most new sparkplug when you buy them, they come with a gap and with the iridium plugs you technically don't gap them. But just saying, if you gap it too big, the electrical spark would need to jump further to complete the spark, comparing jumping over a 1 foot puddle on the floor to jumping over a 2 foot puddle, it works but you might get wet.
As for gapped too small it can cause the spark to be smaller or the flame smaller because it was so small of a jump.
Some affects can be a misfire, running rough, bad gas mileage. If its a tad different, you might not even notice it, do you really think a shop is that accurate in even checking the gap? Just saying..
So if I bought off auto zones website and matched it to my cars needs I shouldn’t have to worry about gapping it?
@@katythefaerie correct, its not as crucial as in the old days, as long as the gap is there, some are closed totally because it was dropped during shipping.
What are the torque spec?
15 ft lbs or some people use German specs, Good n tight.
What tools did you use again
10 mm socket and ratchet for the removal of the coils, a small screwdriver to move the lock clip off the connector and then a spark plug socket with a long extension and your ratchet.
@@alyoungcuda I couldn't get the coil out seem like the rubber boot part is struck
@@rubenvega4618 hopefully you twisted it loose 1st
COME ON NICK RIGHTY TIGHTY.
I sent this to Nick, you cracked Us up..
Nick's dope af
@alyoungcuda let nick know I just did that same BS with turning it the wrong way. I thought I learned from Nick's mistakes. Turns out I'm pretty freaking dumb.
Please can u tell me why my engine vibrate when I gas the my Elantra 2014 or even parking the car vibrate please can u help me out to tell me what is the reason it vibrate
Change your vvt solenoid , its on my channel for this same car
what if the top piece rips off
What top piece? The coil to the rubber boot?
I would replace the coil assembly if its the rubber boot that connects the coil to the sparkplug..