How many spark plugs does a Smart car have?

[John77]

Maybe a strange question, but looking on a website that tells you how to change the spark plugs it says top and bottom plugs. Does this mean that there are 6? Or is the position on different engines?

2003 Pulse.

 

[EmilysDad]

Maybe a strange question, but looking on a website that tells you how to change the spark plugs it says top and bottom plugs. Does this mean that there are 6? Or is the position on different engines?

2003 Pulse.

is it a 450? If so, it has 6 .... 2 per pot. The top plugs are easy to get to .... the lower 3 are not so easy

 

[John77]

is it a 450? If so, it has 6 .... 2 per pot. The top plugs are easy to get to .... the lower 3 are not so easy

Thank you yet again.

 

[EmilysDad]

Evilution is another website that might be of use to you, though you need to subscribe for some if the info

Evilution | Smart Car Encyclopedia

www.evilution.co.uk

 

[RhodieBill]

Trouble with those is that if they need new Plugs they generally need a new engine! By the way, yes, 6. And you'll need a suction pump to drain the Oil.

 

[LostKiwi]

Trouble with those is that if they need new Plugs they generally need a new engine!

Rubbish.

 

[mioba]

Trouble with those is that if they need new Plugs they generally need a new engine! By the way, yes, 6. And you'll need a suction pump to drain the Oil.

Why is that then. Seems a bit OTT. Plugs are a service item on nearly every car I have seen. So why a new engine?

 

[LostKiwi]

Why is that then. Seems a bit OTT. Plugs are a service item on nearly every car I have seen. So why a new engine?

Exactly. All 6 plugs are changed every other service as a service item. If they aren't you can get exhaust valves burning but that's still not a new engine.

When I did the first service on mine number 1 lower plug had clearly not been changed for a very long time and most of the electrode had been eroded. Nearly 40k miles on and it's still in the same engine.

 

[RhodieBill]

Rubbish.

Hey. Stand up, your voice is muffled..........

 

[John77]

Trouble with those is that if they need new Plugs they generally need a new engine! By the way, yes, 6. And you'll need a suction pump to drain the Oil.

I have a suction pump, but can't it just be dropped out the bottom?

 

[Blobcat]

I have a suction pump, but can't it just be dropped out the bottom?

No, as there’s no sump plug

 

[John77]

No, as there’s no sump plug

Thank you. I could have been looking for that for hours. lol.

 

[John77]

Next question. How many spark plugs on a 2016 Smart Car?
Also with so many to choose from, which would you fit?

 

[M80]

Rubbish.

Are you talking about Des O'Connor?

Oh, I miss Morecambe and Wise

 

[ajlsl600]

I bet most of time only top 3 changes

 

[EmilysDad]

Next question. How many spark plugs on a 2016 Smart Car?
Also with so many to choose from, which would you fit?

The 451 Smart only has 3 ie 1 per pot ... I'd guess that the 453 also just has 3 too. OE for my 451 petrol turbo are iridium so they can have an extended service life & I'd suspect that OE are also iridium for the same reason.
Sometimes it's easier to go to the dealer .... you know you're paying more than you need to, but you also know that they'll supply the correct plugs

 

[John77]

I have joined Evilution and they say there is 3 plugs. they recommend Denso plugs. I have not heard of these are they any good?
Also who makes the engine for the 453 Smart Car?

 

[LostKiwi]

450 and 452 have six sparkplugs.
451 and 453 have 3.