Changing Spark Plugs on 2009 Aveo

[Rotarydial]

Hit 25,000 miles and had to change the plugs on my 2009 Aveo with the Ecotex engine. Surprised how easy it was. If anyone needs instructions let me know.

[hooah212002]

Yea, I just did mine too. Coming from 2 sideways GM 6 cylinders in a row, I was pleasantly surprised at the level of ease.

[serega12]

I'm going to try doing mine today... picked up some NGK Iridiums last night.

[petrified.rabbit]

are they supposed to be changed at 25k, i'm going to have to do that..

[serega12]

I'm almost at 30k right now... Never done it before in an aveo, but according to the guys above it's fairly easy, so I think I'll be able to figure it out. And if I understand correctly, spark plugs are not supposed to be torqued, right?

[ontarian_frog]

Technically yes. I screw them on just snuggly, to prevent gas leaking, but loose enough to be able to remove them 25K miles down the road.

[serega12]

Technically yes. I screw them on just snuggly, to prevent gas leaking, but loose enough to be able to remove them 25K miles down the road.

I actually went by the instructions on the box - finger tight until they stop, and then 1/2 to 2/3 turn with a wrench. I actually put them in and took them back out to put on some anti-seize (since they're Iridium, I might keep them in there for a bit more than 25K mi).

Also I went through two Bosh Premium wire sets (well, technically only one of them went in, the other one didn't even pass the inspection on the store counter). I put the first one it, but when I pulled one of the wires off of the distributor connectors, the ceramic part that should stay on the wire remained on the distributor prong Not good... when I demonstrated it to my dad (I was doing work by his house today) - two of them stayed on!!! And at the store three out of four disconnected from the wires and remained on the car.... (I had to drive to a store about 15 miles away because local Autozone didn't have any and the two closest ones after that were out too). So when I got to a store that supposedly had a set, I showed him what the problem was and they refunded me and gave me my money back no problem. When I did get to inspect the set that they had, one of the rubber covers (also the side that goes to the distributor) had a large gash in it... So I just put my stock wires back on in the store parking lot. Probably not going back there for those for now... And now I'm looking for a set of spark plug wires to match my NGK Iridiums... I wish NGK made a set for our car, but unfortunately they don't. Any suggestions?

[theclarkfam]

Hit 25,000 miles and had to change the plugs on my 2009 Aveo with the Ecotex engine. Surprised how easy it was. If anyone needs instructions let me know.

Can you post the "how to" on the board so that the new owners coming into the forum looking for it can find it. I am still below the 5k mark so I won't have to do this for a while but i will be looking for these instrutions in the future and I won't take it to the stealership or repair shop and pay a pretty penny just to change 4 plugs

Thanx

[serega12]

So I found out that NGK did make spark plugs for our engine, its just that nobody has it anymore. I even found the part number for them : KRX004 and the stock number 56038. But when I go to NGK website they say they're "OBSOLETE - NO REPLACEMENT". So I take it I'm out of luck on NGK wires because their site doesn't have then, and all sites that say they do but temporarily out of stock will try to re-stock at NGK and probably get to the same info.

So any suggestions for a good spark plug wire set?

[Daox]

Paste that part number into google and it should pull up a bunch of sites that had sold them in the past. Call em up and see if they have them in stock.