Since the search is down what is the torque on plugs and would it be easier with an inch pound wrench?

 

I'm not sure how accurate a torque wrench is going to be with 6"+ of extensions. I just torque them by feel.

 

but I wouldn't try and use a torque wrench in this instance. As DB said, the extentions and the angles would throw the readings out of wack. Just run them down snug/finger-tight and then 1/16th of a turn more--but no more.

Dan

 

Really I thought a torque wrench was a must?

 

That's why I used the word "blasphemy".

Sal said he doesn't use a torque wrench--for plugs. You can't trust them at the severe angles you will have to use because of the plug angles in the head. Remember, there are only 4-5 threads holding the plugs in the L's aluminum heads.

He doesn't use anti-sieze either. I do. I use Lubro-Moly, a German, copper-based, high-temp anti-sieze and mine are holdin' tight so far. If you use an anti-sieze, don't get any on the firing end of the plug.

Get a large tube of a dielectric grease(NAPA has some) and put a 'glob' of it on the plug end of the coil boot before you push the boot and coil back on to the plug. This will keep moisture out of the boot and make it easier to remove the boot the next time.

Dan

 

The passenger rear one(#4) was the only one I had to use a universal on. All the others can be torqued, extensions won't affect it unless you have a universal on.

 

I say 85-100 in-lbs.

-Kelly