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      10-10-2015, 09:31 AM   #79
UA_civ_eng
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Drives: '11 550i Past:'11 E92 M3
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Originally Posted by UA_civ_eng View Post
I did my change earlier today. The previous instructions made it a breeze. Somebody said at one point you need a 15 mm socket; as several others said, though, it is a 14 mm.

Two things I'd like to add for anybody about to do this job:

First, my coils needed cleaning on the insides pretty badly, where the metal contact the the plug is made. Damp Q-tips worked very well for this. Here is a before and after pic



And second, this tool makes grabbing the plugs out of the engine a breeze. I would highly recommend getting one of these, which has a claw on the end, or a magnetic one will work too.

How do I get these damned photos to work?
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