Spark plug change- 2006 renault megane

rccaulfield

Servicin a mates car for him- no haynes manual for it- Spark plug change the basic usual on that car???-did a corsa for the uncle was like nasa!:)

martinr5232

You are servicing cars for people and you have to come on here and ask how to do something as basic as changing spark plugs.

Are you going to pay for any damage you do to these peoples cars its one thing doing your own but someone elses is a differant story.

DublinDilbert

rccaulfield wrote: »

Servicin a mates car for him- no haynes manual for it- Spark plug change the basic usual on that car???-did a corsa for the uncle was like nasa!:)

Ahh now a corsa isn't rocket science (if you excuse the pun)

Some of the newer small engined french cars are using a much smaller size spark plug, like something you'd get on a lawn mower... check the pugs you buy and make sure you've got the correct size deep socket to take them out and in correctly...

Seth Brundle

rccaulfield wrote: »

Servicin a mates car for him- no haynes manual for it- Spark plug change the basic usual on that car???-did a corsa for the uncle was like nasa!:)

What exactly are you doing in this "service"? With all due respect, it sounds like you have no idea of what you are at - are you sure that you should be doing this?

Tipsy Mac

Hard to know wtf you are looking for from your original post but I'm imagining it's what plugs to use, if not please tell us know wtf you want to know, here's a good site for knowing what plugs to use
http://www.sparkplugs.co.uk/

jonathan11

make sure and tighten them enough, but not too much. I didn't tighten enough and ended up setting my ignition leads on fire ! :eek: It could have been much worse thou. Would recommend a torque wrench to get the correct tightness

Seth Brundle

Grand advice but the OP would be be better off investing in the Haynes before the torque wrench (no point having a torque wrench if you don't know the torque of the item youre tightening)

rccaulfield

martinr5232 wrote: »

You are servicing cars for people and you have to come on here and ask how to do something as basic as changing spark plugs.

Are you going to pay for any damage you do to these peoples cars its one thing doing your own but someone elses is a differant story.

Jesus-theres some real idiots on this forum- i want to know is it the usual easy job or do the renaults have a coils etc in the way-ffs useless! Its done now took 5 minutes.

Sids Not

I got what you meant op..some people just want an arguement..:rolleyes:..the megane has seperate coils for each plug, remove the 10mm bolt holding each coil pack in and you'll see the plug, ..easy peasy..;)

Seth Brundle

rccaulfield wrote: »

Jesus-theres some real idiots on this forum- i want to know is it the usual easy job or do the renaults have a coils etc in the way-ffs useless! Its done now took 5 minutes.

Your almost incoherent post mentioned how working on a corsa "was like nasa" and you asked if the spark plug was the "basic usual".
When people (including myself) take this literally and suggest (in the interest of your mates car) to leave it alone or at least read up first you come on here and call us idiots? :rolleyes:
If you were wondering if the Renaults use coils then why didn't you ask that instead of typing drunkenly and then getting offended at the responses!

rccaulfield wrote: »

Servicin a mates car for him- no haynes manual for it- Spark plug change the basic usual on that car???-did a corsa for the uncle was like nasa!:)

Lastly, if you need a haynes manual for a spark plug change then maybe you shouldn't be doing the task!

Sids Not

The op asked a simple straight forward question, not dragged out like most, and just because YOU dont understand it you have a go at him and tell him to leave it alone....thats very helpful to the guy, i think not...bet he's glad he asked now,

Mr Benevolent

I thought the OP sounded a bit dense on the first read, but on reading it again it's possible to see that he's familiar with servicing car. Very confusing sentence structure tbh.

martinr5232

rccaulfield wrote: »

Jesus-theres some real idiots on this forum- i want to know is it the usual easy job or do the renaults have a coils etc in the way-ffs useless! Its done now took 5 minutes.

And I stand by what I said if you have to come on here and ask how to change plugs on a run of the mill car you shouldnt be doing it.

I have no problem helping anyone out on here but if they ask basic questions like the one asked and go on about changing plugs in a corsa like its rocket science they shouldnt be doing those jobs.

Now if a plug was to break in the plug hole or something like that seeing as its not your car are you going to pay to have the car repaired.

If it was your car and something happens well then thats just tough.

By the way did you get paid for "servicing " those two cars?

FearDark

kbannon and martinr5232 have a valid point OP. I too read your post and thought wth is this guy doing, spark plugs on a corsa are like NASA? Seriously I thought from your origional post that you shouldn't be looking under a bonnet let alone doing work for other people.

Then you come across super defensive like you didnt make a complete arse of your origional post.

x in the city

havin been on here a good bit, i stick by the others, from the post it looked like the op had the mental age of a 14 yr old

no offence, if the op had a specific issue re: coils etc, he should have said so, if a spark plug change goes wrong, i wouldnt like it to be on my car.

the lingo was more suited for after hours rather than a serious petrol head question.

I am very impressed with all the mods and posters on here, they tend to be accurate and concise

not rocket science...:pac:

Gary ITR

The op has been answered so I'll stop this descending further now