R34 - Replacing Coilpacks

[SS8_Gohan]

hi y'all..

wasn't 100% sure where to put this, hope this area is semi-relevant.

anyways, here's the problem...

my engine bay has colour everywhere!!

no that's not the problem, problem is i need to get to my coilpacks, and i know they are lurking underneath the middle cover plate there but i'm not sure what i need to remove.

And if i need to remove the Green part, how the hell do i do that?

Also, what should i be real careful of? Anything i could REALLY screw up? Car has a flat battery at the moment too.

any help would be appreciated

cheers,

chinny

[ecl]

dont drop anything down the hole of the spark plug

tat cost me $5.2k lol

but yeah, now i'm careful

[ecl]

oh, to answer your q's

1) remove the rail which mounts the engine cover (neo 6 piece)

2) remove the 4 radiator clamps to remove the green piece (u only need to remove up to (and including) the rubber piece. you can leave the weird cylinder shape thing there

3) remove the coilpack cover (note that there are 2 small screws at the back which u need to take out and some small clips

4) remove the coilpacks

the coilpack cover maybe a bit hard to take out so u might need to take off your oil cap too ^^

[ed]

All I did was remove the red and blue part.

loosen then right green part from the throttle body and turn the pipe up.

then after a few minutes of manipulating the cover it will come off.

The first time you do it, might take you 30 mins haha

but that is how i get my cover off.

i just leave it off now.

[RyanN]

i just cut the plastic cover in half making it a whole lot easier then decided to keep it off an the neo cover hides all the crap anyway

Edited September 26, 2005 by RyanN

[SS8_Gohan]

ok, i've unbolted all the bolts for the rail bit... but the left hand side of the rail has like a pipe attached to it? the pipe thing the ends by splitting off into 3 plug type things.

and how do i remove the blue part?? they look like clip things around the black tube, not sure of the method to get them off tho...

consider my engine knowledge zero

chinny

[ylwgtr2]

use pliers to sqeeeeeeeze the clamp tangs to enlarge the clamp to get it off

[SS8_Gohan]

right o, thanks troy...

so you sqeeze the tangs 'together' until the tang (which is not the arch one) slips under the other tang, like through the arch?

that make any sense?

[ylwgtr2]

no...once you have the tension off it you wiggle the clamp back

[SS8_Gohan]

eh?

so which bit do i attack the pliers with?

1 + 2 = they're the tangs yeah?

3: just pointing to the band bit

[gts4-skyline]

Yep, squeeze 1&2 together and wiggle and pull hose off

[SS8_Gohan]

thought i'd update... i had a go at the pliers thing... the main hose across the cover plate, i couldn't move (without worrying bout breaking something) but the little U shaped one i managed to wiggle it off a bit, but then there was like oil and shit, so i left it

anyways... i'm going to start a thread in the Vic section. Help in exchange for brewskis (read, 6 pack of choice) i don't want to f**k anything up.

cheers, and thanks for the help y'all!

[Sumo]

Mate, sometimes you gotta get rough with cars...... They aren't a toy - most will handle the little amount of punishment your little muppet arms can dish out.

You cant let rubber hoses and the like worry you

Cheers

Sumo

Edited September 30, 2005 by Sumo