dgjks6

So doing the 30K spark plugs. Going to document stuff here so when I go to do it again next year I'll remember.

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Drivers side middle
Screw for coil removed from below thing you broke and will put back on with a zip tie



And coil from above

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Drivers front

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And improvised zip tie

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Passenger side

Remove this

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Ok that wasn't too bad. Just meowing the tire support and a few llines and we are good. I hope I didn't disconnect anything I wasn't supposed to.

vantage

Seems easier than on the flat-6's. Which is good news.

dgjks6

Way easier. Took 2 hours start to finish. Porsche instructions are daunting. But when you see it then it's easy. Only problem is I spent $800 on a scanner to reset the oil light. Which it does. But it can't access the menu to put in the service in the PCM. If it can I have no idea how to do it and I'm scared to go in the programming portion.

But $800 to do the plugs at the dealer is crazy.

Schnave

Thanks for sharing pics of the job. Great stuff!

That sucks that the scanner won’t allow you to input the maintenance performed. But good to know that it can’t. No worries, just save the spark plug receipts and document the date performed. That should suffice for proof of maintenance performed.

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I write everything down in the maintenance book with the order number from FCP euro. And the scanner will reset the oil interval and such. Which I guess is better than nothing.

chassis

Nice work! Is the Porsche procedure posted somewhere on this site? I didn't see a DIY sticky in the 9Y0 section. What is the spark plug torque spec?

dgjks6

No. Not posted. I joined the Porsche network and pay a fee for the instructions and promise not to share. However, I couldn't really figure out how to follow them and basically just improvised and removed stuff.

It did give specific instructions on how to remove the clip I broke. But I was too impatient.

The plugs are 17 ft/lb. The plugs I got from FCP Euro. Guaranteed for life after this set but they were $150 for 6 plugs.

vantage

Are the plugs accessible from the top / hood or do you need to Jack up car? Did you need a lot of extensions?

dgjks6

No. All accessible though the top. 2020 base with the 3.0 monoturbo- that's the Porsche speak. You can actually see the coils without removing the air box. First time removing the air is took 5-10 minutes. But now that I know where the clips are it's a 30 second job. And only thing you need is a long extension. No wobble or anything. Just have to be above or below the wiring harness. Below to get the coil screw and above to get the plug.

alpine-al

Thank you to dgjks6. His photos and narrative were very helpful.

To unbolt the aluminum engine support arm that must be removed to access the passenger side sparkplugs, I used two triple square metric bits (size M10 and M12).

To unclip the wiring socket from each coil, the purple and green latch slides towards you. I used a small screwdriver to gently move it then pulled the socket away from the coil. After removing the three coil wiring sockets, the wiring harness will move more freely and you'll be able to extract the coils.

I torqued each sparkplug to 30 nm. This seems to be the consensus of a few other forums.