Hi all,
I am new to the forum and also the original owner of a 2003 Vibe, acquired new in Dec 2002. The vehicle has in July 2022 only 51,500 miles (not a typo, very low mileage).
I had the car maintained with regular oil changes, etc. Transmission fluid was flushed and replaced at 50,000 miles.
I know the iridium spark plugs that were originally installed by the factory are supposed to be replaced around 120K miles, but I am wondering whether 19.5 years to run 51K miles would be enough to trigger a spark plug change well in advance of the 120K miles.
I got a set of NGK # 4996 -- Laser Iridium Spark Plugs -- IFR5T11 --4 PCS NEW
Also, I am wondering whether anyone had problems when removing the original spark plugs, I do not want to damage the block threads while removing them. Has anyone replaced them after many years?
Any recommendations on the install torque? I am planning to use a bit of anti-seize grease on the threads, possible requiring 20% torque reduction.
Thanks in advance.