Wanting to change my plugs on my 2016 Maxima that just hit 100k miles. I’ve found a video in a language I don’t speak but can’t find anything else online. I see I need to take off the intake manifold, but I can’t find anything online about torque specs for the bolts, if there’s a gasket that lines the intake manifold and if I’ll need to tighten the bolts in a specific pattern.

anyone done this job yet? Looking for any helpful information
maxima, maybe if someone knows this language and can help me translate? I don’t know what the thing is at 4:55 or how to remove it, he points to it and then the video cuts off and it’s removed.

 

Go to nicoclub and look up the factory service manual.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. However that manual is so generic when it gets to the bit about spark plugs it basically says remove them and put new ones in.

it doesn’t have any diagram about the intake manifold or the bolts or torque specs or anything.

Nico manual

 

I purchased a subscription to alldata to try and figure this out. I have found the section that talks about the intake manifold and the diagrams listed are confusing the hell out of me.



The video shows from OP shows there being 6 bolts, and a bracket behind, a couple hoses like in my car, to remove the intake manifold and get to the three spark plugs underneath.
Alldata shows there being 8 bolts. This makes no f’n sense.

 

I used that exact same vid today to change my spark plugs it was a pain I won’t lie but u have to unplug a bunch of hoses and the intake manifold and a couple hoses from the back and a screw in the back it’s not as hard as it seems

 

The mechanics is same as the previous Gen. Pull a YouTube and you should be good.

not difficult @ a 6 out of 10

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