First Spark Plug Replacement

[Mark_T]

A little white lith or even just some oil will work fine on the tube o-rings. It will help to make sure they don't bind and roll out of their grooves during installation.

I stand by what I said about the anti-seize paste. I used it (emphasize sparingly) and I have had no grounding issues at all. When you weight the possibility of having a plug seized in the block against this supposed grounding issue, then, to me, it's kind of a no-brainer. However, to be fair, let's put the question out there... how many people have experienced grounding problems after using anti-seize paste on their plug threads? And how many have had extraction issues from not using the paste?

[John99Boxster]

More importantly, Why would you not take the advice of the people who designed and built the engine? Why would you ignore a TSB?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by John99Boxster

More importantly, Why would you not take the advice of the people who designed and built the engine? Why would you ignore a TSB?

Because it is wrong.................Just as they were when they told dealers and customers that it was not possible to change an IMS bearing without splitting the cases…………

[Mrmaddbrad]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

Because it is wrong.................Just as they were when they told dealers and customers that it was not possible to change an IMS bearing without splitting the cases…………

Its not wrong, they're just trying to prevent the average, retarded person that thinks they know exactly how to fix their car from destroying it....

If you use too much the plug CAN, but probably won't, blow out of the threads. If you use a copper based Anti-Sieze compound, it will still conduct electricity and therefore make a strong enough ground. Just don't use to much...

But we're just scaring the guy... Changing your Spark Plugs is not the technical of a job and I'm sure they'll be fine no matter what you do. Don't stress out about it :P