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Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs V70-XC70 99

posted by  someone claiming to be Eugene on  Sun Dec 10 13:37 CST 2000 [RELATED]

I'm not averted to letting a service department work on my car, but I've always changed my own plugs as well as doing other basic maintenance. I recently took off the plastic cover on the engine expecting to find the plugs but I only saw what appeared to be electronic parts...no plugs. I didn't want to mess around with anything else since I don't know what I'm doing. Is changing plugs a major service department job now? Or can someone who's done this at home suggest what to do next other than buying a manual. Thanks.







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    Re: Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs V70-XC70 99

    posted by  someone claiming to be Rich K. Fairfax, VA on  Sun Dec 10 16:38 CST 2000 [RELATED]

    You were in the right spot, you just stopped short. Your car doesn't have a distributor/cap or rotor, and no plug wires. Those "electronic" parts you saw were the coil packs (one per cylinder/plug). The coil packs are held in place with a 10mm bolt, remove the bolt and the coil pack will lift up with a little wiggling, and now you can remove the spark plug. I use a white marker to number the top of the coil pack before pulling them out just so I don't mix them up. Numbering is 1,2,3,4,5 starting from the cars right.







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      Suggestion: Add picture to Bay 13 V70-XC70 99

      posted by  someone claiming to be Ram Gopalkrishnan on  Mon Dec 11 16:44 CST 2000 [RELATED]

      Rich: just a suggestion. You already have a picture of a normal set of plug wires...why not add a set showing these coil packs and how to remove?

      (I'll need the information in a few months...:) :)







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      Re: Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs V70-XC70 99

      posted by  someone claiming to be John O on  Mon Dec 11 12:33 CST 2000 [RELATED]

      Numbering is a good idea because if not carefull, you can mix some of them up and it won't run right until you correct it.







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      Re: Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs V70-XC70 99

      posted by  someone claiming to be Vladimir on  Mon Dec 11 04:11 CST 2000 [RELATED]

      Rich K. Fairfax, VA wrote:

      > You were in the right spot, you just stopped short. Your car doesn't

      > have a distributor/cap or rotor, and no plug wires. Those

      > "electronic" parts you saw were the coil packs (one per

      > cylinder/plug).

      Rich is this right? Volvo went to the distributor-less ignition in '99? My '98 S70 still has a distributor and plug wires. Interesting...







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    Re: Embarrassed to say I can't find the spark plugs V70-XC70 99

    posted by  someone claiming to be Willy Post on  Sun Dec 10 15:10 CST 2000 [RELATED]

    Assuming the '99XC engine is the same as my 850 (I'm not familiar with the XC), the plugs are directly under the cover located on the top of the engine. With the cover off, you should be able to see the ignition wire boots that slide over the plugs. Lift them off individually, and the plugs will be visible. It's easy to change them, assuming they're not frozen. If they don't loosen with a reasonable amount of force, stop and have a professional take over. It's recommended that anti-sieze be used on the spark plug threads on reinstallation.






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