how to install a spark plug boot on a 2006 Cadillac cts engine 3.6 v-6

2006 CADILLAC CTS
43,000 MILES
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CADIE
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having trouble know how to replace the boot
Nov 26, 2011 at 8:07 PM
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FACTORYJACK
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What do you mean by boot? The 3.6 does not have a boot. It has a coil, and spark plug. Which cylinder as well, there are only two cylinders that can be serviced without upper intake removal.
Nov 26, 2011 at 9:45 PM
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Thanks for the reply. How can you tell which coil is arching? I can hear the spark jumping but no visual in the dark.
Nov 27, 2011 at 12:37 AM
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You will probably have no visual, as the spark is delivered at the bottom of the port at the plug. From a shadetree standpoint, if it is continuously misfiring, you could try and disconnect each coil, 1 at a time. Is the check engine light on?, it should be. A diagnostic test may point to a single cylinder by code, or in misfire data.
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:41 AM