Hello all, I just picked up a used 03 grand caravan se with 3.3l V6. I went today to check out the plugs. (front ones) when removing they were extremely tight and when un tighting i can only get about a half of turn. I dont want to wrench on them with the fear of them breaking. Anyone might know what the deal might be?
Also, it didnt come with a remote. Do i need to go to the dealer to get a remote?

The van came with 120000 miles on the clock. This is my first dodge but i have basic mechanic skills.

Any suggestion on maintenance for a this van? I

 

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Spray wd40 around the spark plug and work the spark plug back and fouth, until they come out.

 

Thanks will give that a try.

 

You might want to think about a thread chaser to clean up the threads and make sure you use a good anti-seize compound on the spark plug threads.

 

When I first got my rig I had a similar problem. The thread on said plugs are very long. A lot of contact area for corrosion. The good news is the harder to get at rear plugs aren't as effected because they are somewhat protected from the elements.

 

if the WD40 dont work i have used a bit of Zmax and a eyedroper in the past as zmax will get in to the metal

 

I bought a used '05 Caravan SXT w/3.3 V-6 in spring of '09 to replace my '93 Grand Caravan SE.

The '05 had about 70,000 miles. While running fine, I didn't really want to wait till 100,000 miles to change the spark plugs. I did an early plug change and I remember the front plugs being a bit more resistant to removing than the back row of plugs.

Having started with cars requiring 12,000 mile plug changes (and points/condensers), I'm slow to pick up on 100,000 miles - 30,000 miles was OK.

 

I could replaced two sparks plugs in front, but the middle one was stuck. I bought 'PB Blaster' and applied it couple times for last few days. I finally could take it out. I noticed that that lubricant actually penetrated up to the middle of the thread, worked like charm.

 

PB Blaster -- I was going to sugest that instead of WD-40. It is better at rusty coroded things. I save WD-40 to fix wet wires, remove glue, and for my lures when fishin..