Conor
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- 2010 S212 350 CGI // 2004 R230 500
Hi Guys,
This is a super confusing one for me, and I can find nothing online. Basically everything I can find online regarding my car shows that the coils for each spark plug sit atop the plug, with the coil and connector to plug being all one. Simples.
But for my car, it seems the coil sits separately to the actual plug. and the coil is connected to the plug via a cable... in an arrangement that looks similar to the M112/M113 engines...
Anyway, i'm super confused because:
A) Why does my engine look different to everybody else? Do I have a different engine to what I think lol
B) How do I go about getting at these plugs? I remember seeing some video online about the guy having to jack up the engine to get at them..
Do I need to get one of those offset tools for access to pull the plugs, I'm frustrated now as I was gonna buy one but did think I needed..
Any idea?
First pic is what I expected to see, and second is what I have:
This is a super confusing one for me, and I can find nothing online. Basically everything I can find online regarding my car shows that the coils for each spark plug sit atop the plug, with the coil and connector to plug being all one. Simples.
But for my car, it seems the coil sits separately to the actual plug. and the coil is connected to the plug via a cable... in an arrangement that looks similar to the M112/M113 engines...
Anyway, i'm super confused because:
A) Why does my engine look different to everybody else? Do I have a different engine to what I think lol
B) How do I go about getting at these plugs? I remember seeing some video online about the guy having to jack up the engine to get at them..
Do I need to get one of those offset tools for access to pull the plugs, I'm frustrated now as I was gonna buy one but did think I needed..
Any idea?
First pic is what I expected to see, and second is what I have: