how do you remove spark plugs?

Question

i got 93 civic ex, i got new spark plugs and wires, i know how to replace wires just need to know how to remove spark plugs

Answer 1

A spark plug socket. For the most part, they're universal in their size, but the difference is the rubber grommet in the bottom of the socket that will hold onto the spark plug when you remove / install them. It'll be sold individually as a spark plug socket...some socket sets even have them already.

Once you remove them, check over them for any abnormal signs of wear. The back of a Hayne's Manual for your car will show about 12 pics of used spark plugs and what the wear on them means...running too rich, running too lean, too hot, etc. I think yours may pop right out of the top of the engine (don't know though), but if they don't, then you should be able to access them from underneathe of the car in a worst case scenerio. There shouldn't be anything that needs to be removed beforehand other than maybe a plastic engine cover.

Also, at the front of most auto-parts stores are these little tiny packs of different lubes and things like that. Grab a thing of anti-seize compound for the threads of the spark plugs, and a little bit of the spark plug boot grease for where the wires connect to the plugs. This should make removing them a lot easier next time.

Just for the sake of saying, make sure you're numbering the wires or doing them one at a time so as to not cross them, and make sure that none of those wires are sitting on top of one another when you're finished...current can travel through the jackets in some instances and foul how the cylinders fire.

Answer 2

You need the correct size spark plug socket. Remove the wires, place the socket on the plug turn them counterclock wise.

Answer 3

Spark plug socket, an extension, and a ratchet.

Answer 4

with a spark plug puller socket

Answer 5

difficult point. seek using google. it may help!