Wow... umm sparkplug help.

NYSpeed Automotive
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Yeah so my dad needed me to change the sparkplugs on his truck…

Blah blah its a 5.7L vortec v8, GMC Savana 2500hd.

Okay on the 4th plug… I was losening it and it was being a complete bitch. So I torqued on it harder and all of a sudden SNAP the spark plug broke.

I was like oh whatever its not like i need the ceramic anyway… Then I look closer and see that the nut part of the sparkplug is in the wrench.

So essentially, I have the threaded end of the sparkplug left, and its flush with the engine block…

Anyone have any ideas on how to get this bastard out? I need a way that will still allow me to have alot of torque because its friggen in there.

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good luck …

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god bless ya. Moral of the story, don’t crank on spark plugs. take the head off and carefully drill it out?

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ughhh good luck

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I was gunna say this too bud I didn’t want to take you the hard route just yet…Im hoping sum 1 is gunna post sum knowledge up

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sweet now its a vortec v-7

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Yeah I’m kinda beginning to think I’m in a bit deeper than I hoped.

I really don’t know If I can tap the fucker out because its still in really tight and… its ceramic with a metal electrode running through it.

And there really wasn’t any other way, I needed to get the sparkplug out and it wasn’t rusted so PB blaster was no help. Nor was silicon spray.

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Someone forgot the anti seize last time…

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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071013134543AA0OmFL
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBF_enUS246US253&q=how+to+remove+snapped+spark+plugs

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lol that sucks

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Oh boy that’s no good. Good luck to you.

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There was plenty of anti-sieze on the ones I pulled… But the plugs are 70k miles old.

The un-welcomed guest to the engine block:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/alexsobo/HPIM1857.jpg

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+Karma. You need it.

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happened to me on a GMC Sierra 4.3 liter. I was able to drill it out and clean the threads and it was good to go. you will however need a neat little sucky hose to suck as much crap out of the cylinder. then you can crank it over without a plug in to remove as much more debris as will come out. While i drilled i had a vacuum there sucking while i drilled also.

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haha, then you can use the vaccuum for your own personal pleasure after :slight_smile: or when you get frustrated.

I vote take the cylinder head off and sex up the vaccuum while you drill it out

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wow you just suck with cars don’t you?, after rewiring all the stereo, replacing the oil pan gasket (with a real gasket this time) aiming the headlights up so they don’t point directly into the ground, fixing the “performance” - aka stock exhaust with a hole in it, recharging the WAY past due air filter, using the correct oil filter, unsiezing a caliper, and taking whatever additive you put into the oil to hide the smoke out and actually fixing the problem turned out to be a pretty nice audi i got from you… karma sucks

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yea no rust there just lots of cracked brown paint…

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shit ididnt know gm made their van with a V8

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you’re fucked lol

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70k miles without new plugs? I wouldn’t even have taken the job.