Is it necessary to pull the gas tank off to get to the spark plugs out?
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... You may remember I talked about the wires NOT in the clips @ the rear of mine, I fixed that real
quick, I bet yours are not fastened right from the factory
They weren't. I checked after reading your post about that earlier. It was right after my 10,000 mile svc. Don't know if they were always loose or something happened when "2 spark plugs" were changed, according to the svc report. I did secure the wires, thank you. Which brings me to my original question. During the 15,000 mile svc I just had, the tech report said that "2 spark plugs were changed" again. Doesn't say which two, but somehow he partially disconnected my gas gauge connector and it was throwing error lights everywhere. He had suggested changing the sending unit in the gas tank, but I told him how about we check the connector to the gauge first. Unplugged the connector all the way and reconnected it and all has been fine ever since. I asked him if he had pulled the gas tank perhaps to change those "2 plugs", but he said no. Is it normal to replace just the left two plugs and not all four during a service?
They weren't. I checked after reading your post about that earlier. It was right after my 10,000 mile svc. Don't know if they were always loose or something happened when "2 spark plugs" were changed, according to the svc report. I did secure the wires, thank you. Which brings me to my original question. During the 15,000 mile svc I just had, the tech report said that "2 spark plugs were changed" again. Doesn't say which two, but somehow he partially disconnected my gas gauge connector and it was throwing error lights everywhere. He had suggested changing the sending unit in the gas tank, but I told him how about we check the connector to the gauge first. Unplugged the connector all the way and reconnected it and all has been fine ever since. I asked him if he had pulled the gas tank perhaps to change those "2 plugs", but he said no. Is it normal to replace just the left two plugs and not all four during a service?
What's the purpose of pulling the Main Fuse to remove the gas tank and is that better than disconnecting the Negative battery terminal? Is this going to throw an error code when everything gets put back together?
When I was disconnecting the wiring harness under the seat to remove the tank I also, of course, disconnected the evap line to the tank. (Part 6 in schematic) When I removed the wiring harness to get it out of the way the evap line came with it. I wasn't anticipating that. There doesn't seem to be anywhere special it's supposed to go when you put it back and it doesn't seem to attach to anything. So long as it's not rubbing on anything does it matter where that line goes?
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Make sure it is not rubbing on the belt, it should have a zip tie on it
They weren't. I checked after reading your post about that earlier. It was right after my 10,000 mile svc. Don't know if they were always loose or something happened when "2 spark plugs" were changed, according to the svc report. I did secure the wires, thank you. Which brings me to my original question. During the 15,000 mile svc I just had, the tech report said that "2 spark plugs were changed" again. Doesn't say which two, but somehow he partially disconnected my gas gauge connector and it was throwing error lights everywhere. He had suggested changing the sending unit in the gas tank, but I told him how about we check the connector to the gauge first. Unplugged the connector all the way and reconnected it and all has been fine ever since. I asked him if he had pulled the gas tank perhaps to change those "2 plugs", but he said no. Is it normal to replace just the left two plugs and not all four during a service?
Were they changing your plugs because they were two years old? Otherwise, it's 30K miles. Did they splain why on the work order? Going to be taking mine in for a 10K service in about a week or 2.
Were they changing your plugs because they were two years old? Otherwise, it's 30K miles. Did they splain why on the work order? Going to be taking mine in for a 10K service in about a week or 2.
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