# Spark plugs **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** corolla, toyota\ **Created:** [October 21, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425 "2009-10-21T20:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tomtator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@tomtator](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tomtator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/1 "2009-10-21T20:14:42Z")
2007 Toyota corolla… what kind of ngk should i use… thanks… 1.8 ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/2 "2009-10-21T20:21:43Z")
Use The Ones Specified By The Manufacturer. Is This Information In Your Owner’s Manual Or On A Sticker Under The Hood Or In Front Of The Engine Compartment? CSA ---
**Author:** ![tomtator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@tomtator](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tomtator)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/3 "2009-10-21T20:22:57Z")
thanks ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/4 "2009-10-21T22:44:55Z")
Your local parts store will also list the correct ones. ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/5 "2009-10-21T23:04:38Z")
Your Toyota should have platinum tipped plugs that should last for at least 60,000 to 100,000 miles. You may not need to replace them yet, only being 3 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/6 "2009-10-22T00:28:40Z")
True, but it is a good idea to replace them more often that than to reduce the change of them freezing in the block. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/7 "2009-10-22T00:59:37Z")
So platinum is a waste of money?? In many of today’s cars, a plug change is such an ordeal, they will be LUCKY if they EVER get changed… So put in the double platinum’s and those will take it to the shredder… ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/8 "2009-10-22T19:44:26Z")
I believe the 2007 uses irridium plugs. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/9 "2009-10-22T23:56:21Z")
Caddyman that is a logical approach as most of your ideas are. ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/10 "2009-10-23T00:27:31Z")
I just picked up a used 09 Rondo & FWIW it also uses iridiums. From the owners manual: “Spark plugs (iridium coated) replace every 100,000 miles or 10 years.” BTW,do any of you guys happen to know what a “fuel tank air filter” (replace every 30,000 miles) is. I’ve never heard of such a filter. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/11 "2009-10-23T00:36:21Z")
It’s a coffee filter looking thing clipped into the bottom of the evap carbon canister. Few are ever changed… ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/12 "2009-10-23T00:38:18Z")
I saw an Iridium flash once…Pretty cosmic…it had nothing to do with spark plugs… ---
**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/13 "2009-10-23T01:08:10Z")
Thanks Caddyman & in that case I wont bother with the silly thing either. ---
**Author:** ![Bladecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@Bladecutter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bladecutter)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spark-plugs/38425/14 "2009-10-23T16:42:04Z")
Removing and reinstalling the same plugs with new anti-seize every 30k miles is probably the best bet. Doesn’t cost you a new set of plugs, AND prevents the set that’s in there from seizing to the heads. BC.