On Mar 24, 9:02 am, willshak <wills...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> on 3/23/2008 3:41 PM Jim Yanik said the following:
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> > willshak <wills...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> >> on 3/23/2008 11:58 AM le...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said the following:
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> >>> Where are the spark plugs on an 02 Sentra. I feel like an idiot,
just
> >>> bought the car and can't find the plugs.
>
> >>> Thanks
>
> >> The 2002 Sentra does not have a distributer, so there are no big
cables
> >> to follow to the plugs. It has a coil-on-plug (COP) ignition system.
The
> >> Spark plugs are under the ignition coils for each cylinder. You have
to
> >> unscrew each coil to get at the spark plug.
>
> > At least you can't mess up the firing order,getting plug wires on the
wrong
> > plugs..... ;-)
>
> > and you need a long socket extension and a sparkplug socket that
doesn't
> > drop the plug or hold on TOO tight to it.
> > My cheapo plug socket holds the plug so tight the entension pops off
before
> > the plug,leaving the socket down in the plug well. :-(
>
> The CoP system is more efficient than the distributer based system, but
> if a coil fails, be prepared to spend around $75 for the one coil. I had
> to replace one on a 2000 Maxima.
>
> --
>
> Bill
> In Hamptonburgh, NY
> To email, remove the double zeroes after @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
does cost more, but you get:
more power
cleaner exhaust
much much better reliability from significantly less moving parts that
wear out. All you replace are the plugs.
Buh-bye, rotor. Seeya later, cap. I'll put you right there next to the
carbuerator in my old car tech museum:)
CD
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