Spark Plug: Service and Repair

IGNITION COIL, SPARK PLUG AND ROCKER COVER

Exploded View EM-30:

Removal and Installation
REMOVAL
1. Remove intake manifold.
2. Remove ignition coil.

CAUTION:
- Handle it carefully and avoid impacts.
- Never disassemble.





3. Remove spark plug using suitable tool.

CAUTION: Never drop or shock it.





4. Remove rocker cover.
- Loosen bolts in reverse order as shown.
- = Engine front

INSPECTION AFTER REMOVAL

CAUTION:
- Never drop or shock spark plug.

- Checking and adjusting spark plug gap is not required between change intervals.
- If spark plug tip is covered with carbon, a spark plug cleaner may be used.
Cleaner air pressure: Less than 588 kPa (5.88 bar, 6 kg/cm2, 85 psi)
Cleaning time: Less than 20 seconds

- Never use wire brush for cleaning spark plug.

INSTALLATION
1. Install rocker cover gasket to rocker cover.





2. Install rocker cover.
- Tighten bolts in two steps separately in numerical order as shown.
1st step: 1.96 Nm (0.20 kg-m, 17 in-lb)
2nd step: 8.33 Nm (0.85 kg-m, 73 in-lb)
- = Engine front

CAUTION: Check if rocker cover gasket is not dropped from the installation groove of rocker cover.





3. Install spark plug using suitable tool.
Plug type: Iridium tipped
Make: DENSO
Part number: FXE20HR11
Gap (nominal): 1.1 mm (0.043 in)

CAUTION: Never drop or shock it.

4. Install ignition coil.

CAUTION:
- Handle it carefully and avoid impacts.
- Never disassemble.

5. Install intake manifold.