# Wow... umm sparkplug help. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 5, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740 "2008-08-05T14:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/21 "2008-08-05T15:54:25Z")
oh, this happened on my motor, and i threw the motor out. GL ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/22 "2008-08-05T16:00:00Z")
> [@psychopjv](#): > > 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. this is probably your best bet. if it was me i would just pull the head. good luck dude ---
**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/23 "2008-08-05T16:26:00Z")
Question… did you by chance use a swivel socket to try and remove this plug? ---
**Author:** ![Inn-Tune](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/inn-tune/32/7588_2.png) [@Inn-Tune](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Inn-Tune)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/24 "2008-08-05T16:39:07Z")
Our SnapOn guy was just telling me they have a special tool for when this happens on those engines because it’s so common. I didn’t get into it any further since we don’t work on them, but now I’m curious what the tool is. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/25 "2008-08-05T16:59:55Z")
Google to the rescue! [http://www.search-autoparts.com/searchautoparts/Hot+Auto+Products:+Cutting+Edge/Snap-on-Tools-introduces-Ford-Spark-Plug-Extractor/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/519758?contextCategoryId=41884](http://www.search-autoparts.com/searchautoparts/Hot+Auto+Products:+Cutting+Edge/Snap-on-Tools-introduces-Ford-Spark-Plug-Extractor/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/519758?contextCategoryId=41884) ---
**Author:** ![Estorvito](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/estorvito/32/7234_2.png) [@Estorvito](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Estorvito)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/26 "2008-08-05T17:22:54Z")
not hard at all… This happend to my buddie a couple weeks ago installing new plugs on a triton ford engine. You need a Ford Spark Plug Extractor Kit Snap on has it. I have one in my box, but its at work and im off till’ Friday so youre fucked. lol Good Luck ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/27 "2008-08-05T17:27:57Z")
> [@jimbo13kaz](#): > > 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 Bet your car still leaks oil. I used liquid gasket because the fuck I bought it off destroyed the oil pan and its not completely flat on the gasket surface. I never really fucked with the headlights, nor the stereo(came like that). The airfilter was like that when I got it, I was told it was a performance exhaust from the guy I bought it off of. I never put any additives into the oil, only the cheapest bargin non-sythetic oil I could find. Incorrect oil filter? That was the same exact oil filter that the car came with out of the factory. You bought a 1995 Audi… with 198,000 miles, and you’re complaining about problems. If its anyone that sucks with cars. You bought a $1500 Audi for $3800, and it had 198,000 miles. ---
**Author:** ![Jim1234664](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim1234664/32/7438_2.png) [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/28 "2008-08-05T18:30:27Z")
burn baby burn… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/29 "2008-08-05T18:40:47Z")
> [@sobo](#): > > Bet your car still leaks oil. I used liquid gasket because the fuck I bought it off destroyed the oil pan and its not completely flat on the gasket surface. > > I never really fucked with the headlights, nor the stereo(came like that). The airfilter was like that when I got it, I was told it was a performance exhaust from the guy I bought it off of. > > I never put any additives into the oil, only the cheapest bargin non-sythetic oil I could find. > > Incorrect oil filter? That was the same exact oil filter that the car came with out of the factory. > > You bought a 1995 Audi… with 198,000 miles, and you’re complaining about problems. > > If its anyone that sucks with cars. You bought a $1500 Audi for $3800, and it had 198,000 miles. I was gonna post something helpful for you till this post. You acknowledged the fact you sold someone a lemon, call them stupid, yet you’re still a moron who just broke off a sparkplug because you don’t know how to use a ratchet. And don’t blame it on someone else. You turned the ratchet. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/30 "2008-08-05T18:54:55Z")
Man, you new guys really like to tear each other a new one these days. That plug extractor tool is pretty nifty. ---
**Author:** ![mazdamemories](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mazdamemories/32/5188_2.png) [@mazdamemories](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mazdamemories)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/31 "2008-08-05T20:17:39Z")
Why not a lefthanded drillbit with a bolt extractor and low gearing on a drill? get a guy to hold a shop vac for any shavings…Im ghetto/hoop-d riffic. just a thought ---
**Author:** ![HYBOOST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hyboost/32/5088_2.png) [@HYBOOST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HYBOOST)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/32 "2008-08-05T20:18:40Z")
I’ve gotten several of these out with a tool just like that. I push the center until it breaks into pieces, with a vacuum close by sucking as much as you can. I then heat the plug base nice & hot (don’t heat with aluminum heads) let it cool & repeat a few times. Got my easy out in there & it comes out without much of a problem. The worst I ever had was on a S-10 blazer plug #6. Pain in the ass to get to. Half the battle is access. If you can get to it, you’ll get it out. Try it, what do you have to lose? If ya can’t, then pull the head. Once it’s out, get a large piece of vacuum hose & rig it to your vacuum cleaner. Then I turn the engine over (disable ignition so it doesn’t start) with the plug out to get the rest of the junk out of there. ---
**Author:** ![mazdamemories](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mazdamemories/32/5188_2.png) [@mazdamemories](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mazdamemories)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/33 "2008-08-05T20:20:32Z")
:word: ---
**Author:** ![Boomin99GT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boomin99gt/32/7306_2.png) [@Boomin99GT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boomin99GT)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/34 "2008-08-05T20:34:29Z")
> [@HYBOOST](#): > > I’ve gotten several of these out with a tool just like that. I push the center until it breaks into pieces, with a vacuum close by sucking as much as you can. I then heat the plug base nice & hot (don’t heat with aluminum heads) let it cool & repeat a few times. Got my easy out in there & it comes out without much of a problem. The worst I ever had was on a S-10 blazer plug #6. Pain in the ass to get to. Half the battle is access. If you can get to it, you’ll get it out. Try it, what do you have to lose? If ya can’t, then pull the head. Once it’s out, get a large piece of vacuum hose & rig it to your vacuum cleaner. Then I turn the engine over (disable ignition so it doesn’t start) with the plug out to get the rest of the junk out of there. I agree with everything except also pull the fuel pump relay when cranking over the engine so you’re not spraying fuel into the cylinders. ---
**Author:** ![HYBOOST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hyboost/32/5088_2.png) [@HYBOOST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HYBOOST)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/35 "2008-08-06T08:02:15Z")
> [@Boomin99GT](#): > > I agree with everything except also pull the fuel pump relay when cranking over the engine so you’re not spraying fuel into the cylinders. **True.** Good point… ---
**Author:** ![nelstoys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/48db29/32.png) [@nelstoys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nelstoys)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/36 "2008-08-06T08:08:36Z")
wd40 and a left hand drill bit may do the trick. Other then that an extractor kit, and not a cheap kit. ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/37 "2008-08-06T09:04:58Z")
> [@Bastinado](#): > > I was gonna post something helpful for you till this post. You acknowledged the fact you sold someone a lemon, call them stupid, yet you’re still a moron who just broke off a sparkplug because you don’t know how to use a ratchet. And don’t blame it on someone else. You turned the ratchet. Never said it was a lemon. Car drove fine and worked great. It didn’t leak oil when i had it AND I even included another gasket with it. ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/38 "2008-08-06T11:07:18Z")
I got it. I started the truck up in V-7 mode, blew out the ceramic shit, then used a easy out bit. No shavings… Nothing. Woo 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/39 "2008-08-06T11:14:07Z")
is the head aluminum? I’d check the threads over closely to make sure nothing got stripped, otherwise you may be in for more problems in the future ---
**Author:** ![sobo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sobo/32/5267_2.png) [@sobo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sobo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wow-umm-sparkplug-help/52740/40 "2008-08-06T11:31:57Z")
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