1998 Rav 4 Coil Plug.

[micknew]

Hi, I want to change the spark plug but the spark plug lead does not come out of the hole in the cylinder head enough to allow access for a plug spanner.

I tried to remove the coil plug end but broke the little loop on the plug when levering it out with a screwdriver,I thought it would move out and release the plug.

Any advice please?

[gjnorthall]

The HT lead is clipped in a couple of places - simply unclip, so you end up with sufficient slack to fully withdraw the HT connector.

[micknew]

Thank you ginorthall, are the clips on the sides and do you lever them out?

[micknew]

PS. I need to release the plug onto the coil as the leads do not have enough slack to allow spark plug removal.

[micknew]

Panic over, just gained enough on a lead to remove it.

I didn't think that releasing it from the cable clips would give enough slack, it was still tight bus managed it.

Thanks for the tip ginorthall.