Sort of a half-azzed rant, here.
Gal-pal has a 2007 Sentra 2.0L with 110k miles on it. She decided she wants the plugs changed. About time, so figured I'd take about 30 minutes out of one of my off days to do that for her. She can drive my GTO to work the next morning. The GTO never gets driven hardly, so I.....
-Aired up 2 of the tires(flaking chrome causes air leaks at bead on two).... then aired up the other two.
-Charged up the battery
-Vacuumed the carpet and treated the dash/seats.
-Organized the trunk to fit her volleyball gear bag (can't have it messing up the seats)
Anyway, this is about a Nissan Sentra 2.0 plug changeout.
So the next morning, I do other things, eat lunch with my Mom and a cousin, then hang at Mom's a while.
So it's about 2 hours before she gets home from work, so I decide to go home and do the changeout.
Pop the hood and I can't see any plugs, wires, coil packs.... 'nuthin'. Hmmm....?
Google to the rescue. Guess what? YOU HAVE TO PULL THE INTAKE TO GET TO THE COIL PACKS/PLUGS! Really, you do.
It threatened rain, and I didn't really want to mess with it after that......... play with it tomorrow, maybe. 100k miles.... probably take it to a shop for the timing belt replacement..... they can do the plug change then.
NOPE! Google says it has a timing CHAIN! Good for 300k+ ....... virtually no breakage of that chain unless the oil pump goes out.
So...... didn't take me too long. Plastic intake with 8 or so bolts. 4 in the throttle body and two hose clamps on the TB/filter hose. Then each coil pack has a bolt.... but a spark plug wrench won't go down the 6" deep hole to the plug. Gotta use a thin walled 14mm deep well. OK.... that's loose... how do I get the stupid plug out of the 6" deep hole through the valve cover? My trusty extendable magnet, of course!
Sheesh, that was quite daunting a first, but it really wasn't too bad. Modern tech is great... (Clean Fuel injection. Engine Management Systems, 100k mile plug changes, etc).... but I wonder about user friendliness on the drawing board. Remove the intake..... REALLY?
Not so much of a rant...... but just puzzled by some of this stuff. Buddies at work are talking about Ford Diesel's needing the cab removed just to service the injectors and such..... REALLY?
Coil Packs/Plugs with arrows..... Clam-shell intake (circled) completely covers the plugs.