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Old Feb 12, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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Yep deffintly got the old style plugs. What should I do and how soon do I need to do it. The car has 8,300 miles already
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 07:50 PM
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i am putting E3s in on wednesday, and I have the old ones... not looking forward to it, but its got to be done.
Old Feb 12, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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My car had 43k on it when the original plugs came out. I didn't break any.
Old Feb 13, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Fuel
My car had 43k on it when the original plugs came out. I didn't break any.
That makes me feel better. Any tips on how to do it?
Old Feb 16, 2012 | 09:19 PM
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My '08 was built just a few weeks before the redesign of the heads.

My car only had about 12k on it, so I wasn't too worried about the plugs breaking, though I was still cautious and took my time.

I sprayed PB Blaster around the plugs and let it sit for about 1/2 hour. I gently removed them, and was lucky that none of them broke. The plugs had some carbon build-up on them, but not that much, due to the low mileage.

I installed a new set of Champions from Rock Auto--so far, so good.
Old Feb 17, 2012 | 04:30 PM
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my car had 36K, I shot some pb blaster, busted the plug lose waited like 10 seconds then took the plug out, all using a breaker bar.
Old Feb 17, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ironh19
my car had 36K, I shot some pb blaster, busted the plug lose waited like 10 seconds then took the plug out, all using a breaker bar.
You were born under a lucky star my friend.
Old Feb 18, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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no.. no I wasn't
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