#6 spark plug on the 3.3, any ideas?

[m0nkeyprince]

i tried a mirror, i cant seem to get the #6 spark plug, im using the tool bag wrenches, the short wrench B, but i can seem to align it right to the spark plug, so frustrating, and from 1-5 plugs, i thought it was gonna be easy

[m0nkeyprince]

oh yeah, also the plugs i pulled were a bit dark, more of a dark brown on the insulator and on the ground, hoever the center electrode is in shaped perfectly, no wear at all. This after 30 k of driving, is the heat range off? i am currently using the ngk iridium ix's.

[VG33QX4]

16inch or better extention, swivel socket and a spark plug socket on the end

[m0nkeyprince]

so i finally took it out, i dont have the extension, but after i finally seated the wrench on the plug, it was easy doing it again (an aquired skill i guess?), even to put the wire boot on was no problem. After i made sure all the connections were tight, i fired the car up, ran fine, and smooth, however, there was a bit of smoke comming from near the exhaust manifold but i think thats from the combination of a minute amount of oil, the pine needle, and brake cleaner that went into the combustion chamber when the plug went out, should go away after a quick drive.

by the way here is the pic of how the wrench B (its in the tool bag under the rear passenger seat) looks like when its seated on the #6 plug



so when other people google it (im pretty sure they will. #6 is a huge hassle at first), theyll have a positioning reference.

My spark plugs looked like this, do they need to be replaced?

the color looks burnt



but the tip shape looks new

[Chuck Tribolet]

You may be running a TINY tad rich, but not bad. The right color is tan Dockers slacks. But if it's passing smog, don't worry.

[m0nkeyprince]

LOL yeah, thats the main word that i remembered searching through old posts, "tan dockers slacks" which is weird cuz when i was pulling the plugs out, i compared the plugs with a imaginary set of docker slacks i used to have hahahah

[fueler]

next time use the nissan supplied tools under your rear seat. theres one tool for plugs 1-5 and a separate tool dedicated to plug 6, i can do plug 6 just as fast as 1-5

[Qxxx4]

yeah i remember my #6, my buddy works at a ford dealer so we were there tackling it for a good hour and ended up snapping the plug in half. I luckily found someone nice enough to lend that tool to me on kijiji (mine was missing) and it came out in 5 minutes, luckily it was only part of the top of the plug that snapped.

btw....good call on taking that pic itll def help someone

[GRNMACHINE]

Agreed on the pic, still havent done plugs. Thanks for the info etc. Maybe I will tackle this in the spring.

[alexf20c]

My spark plugs looked like this, do they need to be replaced?

you went through the trouble of pulling all the plugs, but you did not replace them?

[m0nkeyprince]

My spark plugs looked like this, do they need to be replaced?

you went through the trouble of pulling all the plugs, but you did not replace them?

yeah dude, i was thinkin of doing that but i wanted NGK laser iridiums (ppl say they last 100k) or at least iridium ix's but combined they were like 40 and 60 bucks, so ill just wait until i do my timing belts. plus they arnt too much trouble now, the #6 plug gets pretty easy once you get it right the first time.