Very nice DIY article...I'll keep this one handy. Thank you!

 

Gonna hand out some rep points!

 

It appears you are showing just the passenger side, I presume the same goes for the drivers side?

 

yup same.

 

great job, thanks again!

 

Sorry, here is a link. Its from the 997 forum, got a link to it through a 996 discussion a week or so ago. Thought it was all interesting stuff, but no definitive answers yet apparently.

 

Do you have a 997TT? Please call me to discuss further.

 

Stupid question, but I only see two coil packs on the passenger side. Is the third one hidden by something and if so how do you get to it?





QUOTE=vividracing;2991332]
Remove Rear Bumper



Remove Inner Wheel Well Guard



Remove Intercooler Bracket Bolts





Remove Intercooler Upper and Lower Hose Clamps




Remove Intercooler



Bend Heatshield out of the way



Remove Coilpack Bolts




Remove Coilpack




Remove Spark Plug



Change Spark Plugs and reverse the uninstall for re-assembly[/QUOTE]

 

When you get in there you will see all three without difficulty. This is from my DIY on RennTech...
http://www.renntech.org/forums/index...tion-pictures/

 

This is really great. Can you provide a list of all the tools needed to do the job.

 

Tools are identified in this thread.

http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforum...g-r-and-r.html

Getting geared up for the DIY

 

HEY,Thanks......Good Info

 

I just replaced my plugs/coilpacks the other day.

Rather than remove everything outlined above, I removed the exhaust (plus O2 sensors and turbo heat shields of course) and the 2 heat shields covering the plugs. I was planning to swap the stock exhaust out anyway, so I thought I'd give it a try this way.

Tools I used were:

13mm ratcheting wrench (exhaust bolts)

13mm crows foot socket (exhaust bolts)

10mm ratcheting wrench (6 heat shield bolts)

O2 sensor socket

spark plug socket

5mm allen socket (coilpack bolts and exhaust straps I believe... maybe that was a 6mm?)

5mm (l-shaped) allen key (coilpack bolts)

socket wrench

6" extension

It was my first time working on the car and I went slowly and carefully. I also used jack stands and a creeper (no lift in my garage ). It still only took a bit under 3.5 hours total. I'm sure I could do it a bit faster next time now that I know what tool to use on each bolt.

The only difficult plug doing it this way is the passenger side front. I was still able to crack the coilpack bolts with the allen socket on a wrench, but getting both hands in there required some contorting of my right arm (above the boost hose, under a plastic liner, and kind of through a bracket).

The 2 passenger side back plugs and the drivers side back are easily accessible using this method. The 2 drivers side front plugs were not that difficult to get to, but required some maneuvering to remove and install the coilpacks. I needed to use an l-shaped allen key to break the coil pack bolts for these 2. There wasn't enough clearance to use the allen socket on a wrench and I prefer not to use wobble head sockets since I often don't get a perfect seat and tend to strip bolts (operator error for sure).

 

+1 tools above look about right, but you don't need to remove the O2 sensors if you take the bumper off. You also need torx bits 25 and 40. I've changed my exhaust system as well. I would say it is far easier to remove the bumper than take the exhaust off to do the spark plugs. Once you have done it once, it should only take about 20 minutes to get to the plugs - less than an hour for the whole swap whether or not you change the coils too.

 

Thanks for the tip! I'll try it that way next time.

Based on the pictures it definitely looks like access to the front plugs would be much more direct with the bumper off.

To be honest I was being a bit lazy and decided to try it with the exhaust off since it was coming off anyway.