Just changed the plugs on my truck today. First time that I've done it on this truck. The last time they were done the dealership changed them while I was having warranty work done to replace my leaking intake manifold. I can attest to running a few bottles of Techron thru the gas tank first. These things were really clean for having roughly 50,000 miles on them. Kind of a pita to get to cylinders 4 & 8 but definitely doable. Whole job from start to finish was only about an hour and half.

 

Good to hear you had a good experience with your plug change. BTW, the 2V engine is not the one with all of the horror stories about plug changes. That would be the 3V engines - and only prior to early 2008 when a design change pretty much solved the original problem. What about earlier 3V engines? Most techs have found ways (and special tools) to make even that job relatively drama free.

 

Yeah I knew this old girl wasn't a problem child, just a pain to get those back 2! But I was just attesting to how well the techron and better gas overall works on cleaning everything out. I've never pulled plugs that looked that good before.