VW Golf IV (4) 2 litre Spark Plug removal kit 21-11-08 DSCF1990flkr
Part of text sent to VWDriver magazine:
You may remember that a few years ago I decided to change the plugs on my Golf4, the car prefers a change at 20,000miles or two years. Also my oil burning problems were causing the occasional misfire, so I wanted to switch to a more open ‘surface gap’ design of plug.
Anyway once I had done a little research for the ‘job’, I also decided to change the plug leads at the same time, the leads on my previous Golf a Mk2 having failed after 4 years (the clip in a cap failed leaving the cap vibrating on the plug), hundreds of miles from home in the Christmas break.
I needed a plug cap removal tool; vasillalov at VWVortex.com suggested using the tool which had previously been clipped to the bonnet props of the Mk3 Golf in certain markets – North America for instance. VW removed the bonnet prop from the Mk4 so there was nowhere to attach the tool; the tool was therefore deleted,Lol.
The tool has a part number of 021 012 213 and had a rrp of £12.66 plus Vat, in January 2006.
The plug leads had been upgraded since my originals were produced, the ‘body’ was longer & the leads were reinforced with an extra layer of silicon – this was going to cause a little difficulty with the tool. The part number was 06A 905 409 L & rrp £47.86 plus Vat.
I did not use a u/j on my socket due to severe space restrictions; I managed to buy an extension with what amounts to a ball end, giving approximately 20 degrees of articulation - just enough for the job.
The tool worked fine on extracting the plug caps & the plugs came out after unclipping various pieces of fuel injection kit. The caps and leads were more difficult to remove from the car but came out ok. If you car has an air pump – you must remove this to get to the coil ends but I was lucky in this respect. Comparing the new & old leads it was obvious that the new leads would not fit through the slot on the removal tool due to their extra thickness, so I decided at this stage to open up the slot with a drawfile – a Dremmel sander or similar may be preferable to do this task. Only open up the slot edge, opposite the notch on this side of the tool. Once I had checked the new leads did slide through the boot tool, a deep breath was taken before manhandling the new leads into place on the engine.
I believe the tool works ok on most Mk3’s, Mk2’s & early non turbo large block Mk4’s (plus other Vdubs), the mods mentioned being necessary on later models.
VW Golf IV (4) 2 litre Spark Plug removal kit 21-11-08 DSCF1990flkr
Part of text sent to VWDriver magazine:
You may remember that a few years ago I decided to change the plugs on my Golf4, the car prefers a change at 20,000miles or two years. Also my oil burning problems were causing the occasional misfire, so I wanted to switch to a more open ‘surface gap’ design of plug.
Anyway once I had done a little research for the ‘job’, I also decided to change the plug leads at the same time, the leads on my previous Golf a Mk2 having failed after 4 years (the clip in a cap failed leaving the cap vibrating on the plug), hundreds of miles from home in the Christmas break.
I needed a plug cap removal tool; vasillalov at VWVortex.com suggested using the tool which had previously been clipped to the bonnet props of the Mk3 Golf in certain markets – North America for instance. VW removed the bonnet prop from the Mk4 so there was nowhere to attach the tool; the tool was therefore deleted,Lol.
The tool has a part number of 021 012 213 and had a rrp of £12.66 plus Vat, in January 2006.
The plug leads had been upgraded since my originals were produced, the ‘body’ was longer & the leads were reinforced with an extra layer of silicon – this was going to cause a little difficulty with the tool. The part number was 06A 905 409 L & rrp £47.86 plus Vat.
I did not use a u/j on my socket due to severe space restrictions; I managed to buy an extension with what amounts to a ball end, giving approximately 20 degrees of articulation - just enough for the job.
The tool worked fine on extracting the plug caps & the plugs came out after unclipping various pieces of fuel injection kit. The caps and leads were more difficult to remove from the car but came out ok. If you car has an air pump – you must remove this to get to the coil ends but I was lucky in this respect. Comparing the new & old leads it was obvious that the new leads would not fit through the slot on the removal tool due to their extra thickness, so I decided at this stage to open up the slot with a drawfile – a Dremmel sander or similar may be preferable to do this task. Only open up the slot edge, opposite the notch on this side of the tool. Once I had checked the new leads did slide through the boot tool, a deep breath was taken before manhandling the new leads into place on the engine.
I believe the tool works ok on most Mk3’s, Mk2’s & early non turbo large block Mk4’s (plus other Vdubs), the mods mentioned being necessary on later models.