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#1 ·
Like a number of people on this forum I tend to do my own servicing.
Looking at the workshop manual for the Juke 1.6 petrol tenka it appears changing the spark plugs is not as straight forward as on most cars due to the number of items to be removed and the cooling fluid to be drained.
Ok not a major task which I accept is something only needed doing every 2 or 3 years depending on mileage but still seems odd
 
#2 ·
Hi Mate, I have never known the cooling fluid to be drained when changing the spark plugs.
I have only removed the engine cover, then the individual coil from each plug and then unscrew the plug.
Then the reverse to install the new plug.
 
#3 ·
Thanks for your reply.
Looking at the Hayes workshop manual 1A.16 section 26 park plug renewal it says ' On 1.6 litre engines remove the inlet manifold as described in chapter 4A section 14.
That goes on to describe draining of the coolant etc.
Has the Hayes manual got it wrong ?
Clearly you have renewed the plugs without the need to do this, seems odd Hayes made such a mistake anyone else with a copy of the manual have comments on this ?
 
#4 ·
Looking at the engine on my 1.6 petrol Juke (2012) I can see no way the cowling can be removed without first disconnecting the various hoses.
Can someone with the same engine confirm it is possible to change the plugs without disconnecting these hoses.
Pity there is no youtube video that shows the proceedure
 
#7 ·
Hi I have only just noticed this subject. However the instructions are very different for the Turbo engine and natural asperated version.
The instruction from Bernie are correct for the Turbo engine.
For the normal engine the inlet manifold must be removed the Haynes manual is pretty good except you dont need to drain the cooling system just remove the cap from the rad to remove any pressure and have a bit of rag to mop up the small amount that will leak out when you unclip the hoses from the throttle housing.
You also dont need to remove the header tank just unclip it and move it to one side so there is enough clearence to remove the manifold.
I found I need a special spark plug spanner as it was smaller then anything I had.
I would also recomend a new manifold gasket.
Despite everything I found the job not as bad as expected when I did it a few weeks ago.
 
#8 ·
@vum,
Thanks for that, as you say the Haynes manual clearly states that the coolant needs draining but you have managed to do the job without the need to do that.
Seems there are a fair range of engines used in the Juke.
Will check out the size of spark plug spanner needed, I have a very old ford plug spanner that is small so might do the job.
 
#11 ·
@VUM,
Thanks for the youtube link. I did find a youtube video for the Nissan note which was similar.

@Vexorg,
Yes I agree with you it seems a silly design.

Not sure what a Nissan dealership would charge for a fully service including the plug change but I have no intention of paying that, even doing it yourself the total cost of genuine spark plugs + gasket is not exactly cheap.
The only good news is the large number of miles the plugs can do until the next change.
 
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