Start by searching for a small cylindrical metal object sticking out of the engine. Chances are it’ll be on one side. This is the spark plug. Look for a fairly thick wire at the end of the spark plug.

If you are the owner of a Ford truck with a three-valve (3V) modular V-8 or V-10 engine built from 2004 thru 2007, you have either faced the misery of broken spark plugs-or you will. The Ford 4.6L, ...

Vehicle maintenance is not cheap, unless you can do the most simple of repairs by yourself. Lifehack.org listed 10 basic car repairs that everyone should know. Some are practical and can be done in a ...

Recently, my son-in-law's 2005 Acura 3.2 began to misfire. While changing the spark plugs, the end of the ''coil on plug'' wire for spark plug No. 3 came off, leaving the coil in my hand and the ...

Q. I have managed to shear off a new spark plug from my 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000. What are my options for getting it out? Oz Stephens, email A. You may well have to lift the cylinder head to get at it, ...

This story started with a trip to our local parts store to borrow a compression tester from the fleet of rental tools there. While looking at the laminated tool card we saw the listing for a spark ...