malibu plug change

[pewterz55]

hey tcg, my older bro asked me to do a little tune up on his 2005 malibu cuz its been rough to start up a couple times and he said its studdering at idle. I was thinking of just changin the plugs, wires, fuel filter ,and air filter and seeing if that does it(even if it doesnt fix his problem im sure its desperately needed). anyway i looked under the hood the other day and theres 3 plugs onthe the back of the motor, it seems like a bitch to get too. anyone have any tips/tricks to gettin to these? it seems nearly impossible to get a wrench and my hand back there. any help would be cool

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[Bob Kazamakis]

It's not too bad. If you remove the upper motor mounts(dogbones) and then rock the car forward and set the parking brake it'll give you plenty of room back there.

 

[Angus]

remove the top front engine braces and rock the engine forward. I would use a tow strap to pull it forward. Then you have a good amount of room to the back to replace the plugs.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

remove the top front engine braces and rock the engine forward. I would use a tow strap to pull it forward. Then you have a good amount of room to the back to replace the plugs.

This method works too. I used a turnbuckle I got at the hardware store.

 

[daturbosix]

05 malibu that needs plugs already? sounds like you have something else thats causing a problem.

 

[Angus]

who knows, could have gotten some bad tanks of gas to ruin the plugs of a 5 year old car could more than likely be pretty high in miles already...

 

[daturbosix]

well yes, miles... GM says 100k miles on OE iridium plugs.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I changed my plugs and fuel filter twice a year

 

[pewterz55]

im sure he puts the cheapest gas possbile in it and its got about 80k on it i think. and he sure as hell doesnt baby it

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

You guys, its not like the W body, doesnt have dog bone mounts on the front. It has a 3500 motor (like the 3400 motor in other n-bodies). In short, there is no easy way to get back there. They are not bad to do at all though. You need to feel around a bit for them. I used to kneel on the radiator support or the intake manifold some times.

 

[pewterz55]

damn it was sounding pretty easy til you showed up snailblazer haha.

 

[Angus]

so find someone with skinny arms I guess...

 

[pewterz55]

welp i just changed the plugs and wires on his car. it struggles to start without giving it gas, and he said it dies sometimes on him when hes at a light. MAF? any suggestions

 

[smug]

You guys, its not like the W body, doesnt have dog bone mounts on the front. It has a 3500 motor (like the 3400 motor in other n-bodies). In short, there is no easy way to get back there. They are not bad to do at all though. You need to feel around a bit for them. I used to kneel on the radiator support or the intake manifold some times.

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