Removing And Installing

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Version 1, Removing

-- Remove the engine cover. Refer to ENGINE COVER, REMOVING .

-- Remove the bolts -1- from the connector strip.

Fig 1: Identifying Bolts And Connectors

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-- Push the connector -2- toward the ignition coil, open the retainer by hand and disconnect the connector.

-- Position the Ignition Coil Puller T40039 only on the topmost thick rib -arrow- and pull the ignition coils one after the other off the spark plugs.

Fig 2: Identifying Ignition Coil Puller - T40039-

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NOTE:

Note the installed position of ignition coils with power output stages.

Be careful to not kink or damage the wiring.

-- Remove the spark plugs with Spark Plug Removal Tool VAS 3122B.

Version 1, Installing

-- Use the Spark Plug Removal Tool VAS 3122B to tighten the new ignition coils to specification.

-- Lubricate the ignition coils. Refer to IGNITION COIL, LUBRICATING .

-- Align all the ignition coils one after the other and insert them loosely into the spark plug shaft.

-- Press the ignition coils evenly onto the spark plugs by hand. Do not hit them.

-- Push the connector -arrows- toward the ignition coil at the same time until it locks.

Fig 3: Connecting Connectors To Ignition Coils

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-- Tighten the screw -1- on the connector strip to the tightening specification.

Fig 4: Identifying Bolts And Connectors

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-- Install engine cover. Refer to ENGINE COVER, REMOVING .

Tightening specification	Nm
Spark plugs in cylinder head	30
Connector strip bolts	5

Version 2, Removing

-- Remove the engine cover. Refer to ENGINE COVER, REMOVING .

-- Remove the connector -1- for the Heated Oxygen Sensor -G39- from the bracket.

Fig 5: Heated Oxygen Sensor -G39-

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NOTE:

Ignore items -2 through 4-.

-- Unlock the connector -1 through 4- disconnect all connectors in -direction of arrow- from the ignition coils.

Fig 6: Identifying Ignition Coils

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-- Remove the ignition coil bolts -arrows-.

Fig 7: Identifying Ignition Coil Stage Bolts

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-- Carefully remove ignition coils upward.

NOTE:

Note the installed position of ignition coils with power output stages.

Be careful to not kink or damage the wiring.

-- Remove the spark plugs with Spark Plug Removal Tool VAS 3122B.

Version 2, Installing

-- Use the Spark Plug Removal Tool VAS 3122B to tighten the new ignition coils to specification.

-- Lubricate the ignition coils. Refer to IGNITION COIL, LUBRICATING .

-- Align all the ignition coils one after the other and insert them loosely into the spark plug shaft.

-- Press the ignition coils evenly onto the spark plugs by hand. Do not hit them.

-- Tighten the ignition coil bolts to specification.

-- Connect the connector at the same time.

-- Install engine cover. Refer to ENGINE COVER, REMOVING .

Tightening specification	Nm
Spark plugs in cylinder head	30
Ignition coil bolt	10