should aalways use never seize on spark plugs especially into aluminum heads! try a little wd 40 on the plugs and try turning them out and cross your fingers
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should aalways use never seize on spark plugs especially into aluminum heads! try a little wd 40 on the plugs and try turning them out and cross your fingers
yea i asked my builder, he said they always put some on there... so I'm at a loss
typically when I hear about people breaking sparkplugs off in their heads... are they breaking them when they are putting them in, or taking them out?
I'm sure I could get a larger handle on it and they'd break loose... but the key word there is "BREAK" and that's something I'm afraid of at this point
i just don't think they should be in there that tight... unless this is normal? which is kind of what I'm asking I guess...
When you hear of plugs breaking that just the insulator. Go ahead and put some mojo on it and get them out. Try quick jolting pulls on the ratchet as apposed to steady hard pulling. It will break them loose easier with less torque on the plug.
But seriously, I highly doubt you will break the base of the plug. Thats a stout piece.
Alot of it is selecting the right combination of extensions, ratchets, swivels, etc. One plug you may just use the ratchet and spark plug socket. Another plug you may use a short extension. Another plug you may use a stubby ratchet, or longer pivot ratchet. Thats why my motto is "you cant have too many tools"
Use some kind of extension for a breaker bar effect. It makes for a smooth, progressive application of torque that will loosen them without breakage.
i guess....if something is stuck i always bump the ratchet with my palm pretty hard and the jolt will loosen it. constant torque IMO results in me breaking something usually. its kinda like an opposite of common sense effect....
pretty much the only one that'll enable me to put the socket wrench on them and turn it without anything in the engine bay getting in the way....
i'd say.... 45.8429371910385730283472981 degrees
I ask because there's a few plugs toward the front that you should be able to get to quite easily without a swivel. When you have to get at a crazy angle with a swivel on then it takes a lot more force on your part to get them out because of the angle. So, could you get any of the ones that would be at a 90° angle which would just be a socket, straight extension, and rachet/breaker bar? Cuz if you can't get those to break loose then there might be a problem.
I ask because there's a few plugs toward the front that you should be able to get to quite easily without a swivel. When you have to get at a crazy angle with a swivel on then it takes a lot more force on your part to get them out because of the angle. So, could you get any of the ones that would be at a 90° angle which would just be a socket, straight extension, and rachet/breaker bar? Cuz if you can't get those to break loose then there might be a problem.
yea... the easy ones are the ones I've been trying
When you hear of plugs breaking that just the insulator. Go ahead and put some mojo on it and get them out. Try quick jolting pulls on the ratchet as apposed to steady hard pulling. It will break them loose easier with less torque on the plug.
But seriously, I highly doubt you will break the base of the plug. Thats a stout piece.
Alot of it is selecting the right combination of extensions, ratchets, swivels, etc. One plug you may just use the ratchet and spark plug socket. Another plug you may use a short extension. Another plug you may use a stubby ratchet, or longer pivot ratchet. Thats why my motto is "you cant have too many tools"
well... if the bottom part of the plug is not known to break off in the threads then that makes me feel a little better... I guess i mis-interperated what I read before...
I'm wondering if I should get the engine nice and hot before trying... seems like i heard somewhere heat will help...
also, I took the car out for a spin tonight... sputters bad when "on it" full throttle... like it's missing or something... got a few pops from the exhaust...
anybody else think that sounds like a fouled plug or something...?
How do you get these friggin spark plugs out!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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What angle are you at with the socket?
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