Why Transverse Engine?

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 03/02/2015 at 20:18 • Filed to: None

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You can always reach the spark plugs.

 V8 Rustler > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 20:19

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In an inline engine that is.

PS9 > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 20:22

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LOLNOPE

For Sweden > PS9 03/02/2015 at 20:23

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:(

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 20:23

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Always?

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 20:24

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If i remember correctly there are some transverse V engines you have to at least loosen the mounts to even get to the plugs, but I cant recall off the top of my head. Then there's longitudinally mounted engines that it seems like the engineers didn't rake in to account that at some point someone will need to change the plugs at some point. Even the v6 in my 05 exploder the plugs are buried under every bloody hose in the engine, and some of them don't like to budge.

For Sweden > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 03/02/2015 at 20:26

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Mods please tag this as NSFL

PS9 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 03/02/2015 at 20:29

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brt designed this engine bay.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > PS9 03/02/2015 at 20:30

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The serpentine belt alone is a two person job.

Party-vi > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 20:33

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Gerbil tubes. For the gerbils.

Alex from Toronto > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 20:48

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Always?

ly2v8-Brian > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 21:06

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My truck respectfully disagrees.

For Sweden > ly2v8-Brian 03/02/2015 at 21:06

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That's not a transverse engine.

ly2v8-Brian > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 21:11

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Exactly. I can always reach my spark plugs in my Longitudal engine.

doodon2whls > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 21:13

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not in a Mitsubishi 3000GT/Stealth

Nobi > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 21:27

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You don't know pain until you try to change the back 3 spark plugs on this.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 21:30

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LIES! Had to take off the intake manifold to get to the back three on my sister's V6 Tucson.

JasonStern911 > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 23:31

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While every car I own is a pain in the ass to work on, I have to give Honda credit for the engine bay in the Civic. Look at that - nearly all of the common maintenance and problem items with cars are easy to get to. Air filter = easy, spark plugs = easy, spark plug wires = easy, distributor = easy, O2 sensor = easy, catalytic converter = easy, timing belt = well, I said nearly all of the common maintenance items. And best of all, it's a rock solid reliable Honda, so all of those easy to repair items rarely need to be repaired!

BorkBorkBjork > ly2v8-Brian 03/02/2015 at 23:52

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Have you tried? Because that looks like a GM truck engine to me, and when I changed the plugs on my 07 Tahoe I had a helluva time. Sure, plugs 1-7 were easy, but that's how they get you. To change #8, I had to remove the passenger side wheel, remove the wheel well liner, unbolt and remove the heat shield for the A/C accumulator before I could get to it. Even then, I had to use a crow's foot and a low profile T-Bar wrench.

ly2v8-Brian > BorkBorkBjork 03/02/2015 at 23:58

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It is and I've done plugs before on a different Silverado. Easy. not sure what you were doing wrong.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 03/02/2015 at 23:58

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You have clearly never seen a transverse V6.

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/03/2015 at 00:07

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I do not associate with deamons

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > For Sweden 03/03/2015 at 00:29

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How about angels? My Neon's plugs are right there on top of everything:

For Sweden > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/03/2015 at 00:40

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:D

dogisbadob > For Sweden 03/03/2015 at 10:30

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Nope :(

dogisbadob > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/03/2015 at 10:31

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Neon != angel :(

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > dogisbadob 03/03/2015 at 11:15

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I've put less than $150 of parts into it in three years of ownership, so, yeah. It's been an angel.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > JasonStern911 03/03/2015 at 11:32

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The same can't be said for my old 1990 Integra. The Alternator was shoved up in there somewhere and it took quite a long while and some numbed hands to remove it.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > For Sweden 03/04/2015 at 13:09

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You can sometimes reach the spark plugs.