Don't Be Intimidated! Watch This And Replace Your Jeep's Spark Plugs In No Time

Brian Eslick from How to Automotive www.howtoautomo... takes you step-by-step through the process of replacing the spark plugs on a 2012-2017 Jeep JK Wrangler.
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[@RichardKassner]

Thanks for the video. This convinced me to pay $655 for the dealership to replace the plugs rather than do the job myself. (I can devote my energy to finish painting our house instead.) I am 62 and I have worked on various cars over my life from replacing water pumps, lifters, rings, air conditioning compressors, timing belts, alternators, brakes, shocks, drive-axles, radiators, catalytic converters, etc.. It seems that Jeep made changing spark plugs WAY more complicated than it should be -luckily spark plugs maintenance, as I understand, is recommended at 100,000 miles. Also, your video reminds me to "look for before I leap" when thinking about buying another vehicle.

[@uniqueballard7996]

Damn you had me crying 😂😂😂, I said the same thing

[@FreeKanal]

It's great to see someone who isn't afraid to admit their mistakes. Honesty is what I love :) Great job.

[@HowtoAutomotive]

I agree honesty is the best. Thank you for watching!

[@Stella-n-Luna]

I’m a 42 year old, single lady with two Jeep Wranglers…I’ve always done my own oil changes and some other stuff but I’m about to do the tune up on my 2016 Rubicon, myself. I appreciate your helping me study up beforehand by making this video!

[@HowtoAutomotive]

Glad to help. That rock that you’re doing your own work!

[@Stella-n-Luna]

Thanks but we’re doing this job together! Haha😂 I’m watching while doing, today’s the day! 🙏🏼🤞🏼

[@scottyscott1898]

@@Stella-n-Lunahow’d it go?!

[@Stella-n-Luna]

@ it went great! I was able to get it done 😊🙏🏼 Thank you so much!! I’m only bummed now cuz my other jeep got stolen by my neighbor and I’m hitting stone walls trying to get the cops or courts to help me. Don’t ever do work in somebody else’s garage, no matter how cold it is outside!

[@kellie9274]

Thanks for this. I'm learning to work on my own Jeep and I watched 3 different videos on this process. Yours was by far the best!

[@kidphillyorg]

You did a good job explaining this. I still miss plugs, wires, cap, and rotor replacement on 350 5.7L small block Chevy. Everything right there.

[@bobnoblesjr.465]

Great video! It will certainly come in handy when I change my plugs. Great step-by-step instruction!

[@HowtoAutomotive]

Thank you and thank you for watching!

[@dannyl2246]

I might get myself in trouble, but this video has inspired me to take a chance and change my spark plugs. Thanks for the in-depth explanation.

[@HowtoAutomotive]

@@dannyl2246 you got this! Thank you for watching!

[@tflnorthamerica4585]

Always impressed with your workmanship but that is a lot of work just to change plugs!

[@HowtoAutomotive]

Thank you! Overall, it’s not that bad it’s only about two hours worth of work

[@joebones9242]

Great video and very informative! I appreciate the insight and the tips regarding starting the job all the way to completion. Got my work cut out for me! Thanks again!

[@JackwDyles-zu3jt]

I just got my 2013 jeep wrangler sport 4x4 and have had it 5 weeks now and I've noticed a very little mess in the motor. It's got 128010 miles on it and it's a 6speed ŵith the V6 3.6 and soft top and I love it 😀

[@jriff79guitar]

A little tip. Save some time and just remove the brackets on the driver side of the motor that are preventing you from removing the intake manifold. The front bracket under the throttle body only has two bolts, just remove it. The other bracket further back has two bolts. Just loosen them enough to lean the bracket out of the way, and the manifold will come right off. Just did this today.

[@Bruce6001]

Great job making this video, I will be doing this on my Jeep soon, I definitely don’t have much experience doing mechanical work but I’m trying to do all the work I can on my Jeep at this point it’s almost a member of the family and I don’t trust people much

[@chrish9165]

Good video, no vulgarities😄 will follow your lead when I go to replace mine soon, but not forgetting the foam😄👍🏼

[@XHollisWood]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Brian ❤

[@HowtoAutomotive]

Thank you for watching!

[@GametimeSlime]

I’m glad I own a 3.8 this is so extra man

[@joshnelson9571]

Right!

[@jayfarmer3911]

Literally never heard anyone say they were glad to have a 3.8. 😂

[@rafaelmarin1963]

Great to see you sir. You make it look simple.

[@HowtoAutomotive]

Thank you!

[@JohnIzzo-y4m]

I didn’t see the part numbers for gaskets and spark plugs

[@lilker1]

What size mm sockets did you use for this job? 🤔

[@briank4322]

What are your milage increments for doing this?

[@kodiakarcher]

Any codes that made you change spark plugs. I keep getting a $07E8, and $07E9 code. Cant figure out what they are for but pretty sure my oil cooler is leaking

[@steven5548]

Dude this is ridiculous work to get into the spark plugs what in the world😂, I’m gonna end up having to do this to my Jeep gladiator but Jesus Christ wtf are the manufacturers thinkin? Oh let me guess! Don’t give the average at home car worker an easy day and scare them into a dealership mechanic to overcharge them , I’m guessing over 1K for a simple spark plug tune up . I can’t imagine what they would charge for an oil change , spark plug, Tran fluid, tire alignment, and AC system. Easily over 4K in California. Thank you for the informative video your a godsend✌️

[@steven5548]

Also why do you use power tools instead of the sockets for the beginning of the video? I’m just asking , won’t it strip the screws overtime ??

[@user-pl6ph8mo1j]

It is a bit of work but honestly it's not as bad as it looks. I just did it and it took less than an hour. I think the video makes it feel more difficult than it really is. A few beers and some good conversation with my son an boom- saved $1,000

[@uniqueballard7996]

Yeah , I’m definitely gonna do a LS Swap

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

After leaving that insulator off one time you will put it on top of air intake after removing it . We’ve all been there

[@Hatchet-wy3vn]

Great video, great instruction. Thank you for taking the time to make it. FIAT (some call it Jeep, Jeep died a long long time ago) sucks azz. The design of this enging is totally, completely, without question, F'd up. To have to remove, pretty much the entire top tier of this engine to replace 3 plugs and/or coil packs is INSANE. Since 1983, I have owned 4 Jeeps (real Jeeps, not FIAT's). This is a perfect example as to why FIAT has lost it's customer base. You should NEVER have to conduct moderate surgery to replace plugs and coil packs. This video has decided for me, I will not purchase a new FIAT. Thank you for posting.

[@TheSchmed]

One reason I like the 3.8 better than the 3.6 on the JKs, I have both, well 3, a JLU too. I like the 3.8 single coil too, like a distributor cap, one coil for all plugs, and $80 to replace, for ALL The plugs. All these new motors are a huge pain to change the passenger side spark plugs. The other reason is the stupid oil filter housing and that needing replacement 1-2X on just about every Pentastar. If I could have found a low mileage 2006/4.0 with a decent frame, I would have gotten that instead.

[@mightyhealthy8227]

Do you need dialectric grease for the coils

[@campbellc0321]

Very informative thank you.

[@HowtoAutomotive]

@@campbellc0321 thank you for watching!

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

Great video I think you meant heater core lines not AC 👍🏻

[@HowtoAutomotive]

You’re right I did miss speak

[@Tyler-m4b]

Awesome video thank you

[@HowtoAutomotive]

@@Tyler-m4b thank you for watching!

[@TheSchmed]

They say change your plugs when it comes time to change a leaking oil filter housing, but mine went at 42k, so didn’t do my plugs, wish I did, but it was a warranty fix, so they would have probably charged me $550 to do the plugs, although 90% of the work was done for the oil filter housing.

[@cuddlybear4524]

Don't be intimidated!!!???? I need therapy now! 😭

[@HowtoAutomotive]

@@cuddlybear4524 lol

[@chinothedreamgiver1629]

Wow wow wow.. that is a lot for just the other 3

[@HowtoAutomotive]

@@chinothedreamgiver1629 I know crazy.

[@boRichter13]

I hate working on my wife’s JK, it fights me for everything.

[@robskully3539]

Sadly I got hosed at a dealership here in Massachusetts for $1400 for parts and labor to have this done 😢

[@kellie9274]

Just to replace the spark plugs and gaskets?! That's robbery!!

[@robskully3539]

@@kellie9274 yes it was … I didn’t realize it until I got the bill and looked on KZbin on how it is done. When I originally asked the service advisor what was needed at the 100k service he said they had to take off a lot of stuff to access the plugs, I figured it was way above my ability. One guy on KZbin said his Son that has limited mechanical skills did theirs in 3 hours. Plus when I looked up what the prices they charged for parts and found out they charged THREE times the amount I could have bought them at the store.

[@christinedelfeld567]

It shouldn't be that complicated to replace spark plugs. This is really poor design by jeep. You did a great job describing the process though!

[@HowtoAutomotive]

It is crazy. Thank you for watching!

[@jeremyreagan3974]

I've been changing Spark Plugs for 30 years across multiple platforms, many times... This Jeep JK Plug swap "IS" the the most intensively "Stupit" and complicated spark plug replacement I've ever seen. My 03' TJ spark-plug change so easy and strait forward... This JK Wranger is a Poor, Poorly designed excuse of a design as I might have every seen regarding the subject. Not even a tightest Japanese "Transverse" engined vehicle could ever be dreamed up being designed/packed into this kind of "Stupid-ness" that Mopar has. You'd have to try and make things this dumbly complicated. Udder FAIL Mopar. And I'm sad to say this but I am a Huge Jeep fan and have owned 3...

[@billywiggins5181]

put rubber knee pads on. the blue onnes

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Geesh! 😂 you’ll need an engineering degree to replace the spark plugs! Being sarcastic! Yikes!😳

[@PhillyDee215]

.......💪

[@HowtoAutomotive]

Thank you!!