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Sounds like a crazy idea...

894 views 15 replies 7 participants last post by  suzuki_rider_327 
#1 ·
But here me out.
I am changing the plugs in my car and there is a piece of the ceramic coating from the old plugs in the way so I cant get a plug socket over the spark plug. I have been fighting this for days now and have tried everything to get it out. Then I thought of this possible stupid idea. Does the ceramic coating float in water? I will try on another plug to make sure it does. So if it will float in a glass, then it will float if I put water in the spot were the plug goes, plug is still in there so no water can get into the motor hopefully. Then it will float out and then haha, fixed my problem. Im desperate if you guys have other solutions.

But the main question is this, will putting water in there hurt anything at all just to remove the ceramic piece and then suck the water out... Wait, another idea. Vacuum it out... going to try this now.

Let me know what you guys think haha :D
 
#13 ·
Ok so here is the deal. Its fixed WOOOOHOOOOO

Its running lean as **** and I probably need to change the fuel filter.
It was the new plug that seemed to have broken when installing. Which I'm not to thrilled about but I had extras laying around to use for now. Got some pictures here for you guys showing what happened.

Here is the "New" plug. Probably a good 1000 miles on it. Notice the flat edge on it? :fp:


And my awesome contraption to suck it out of the hole. And that failed miserably.


So what I did was get pissed, hit it a few times with the socket until I could get the plug loose, then just took it out and proceeded to take all the little piece out with a piece of safety wire and some thick tape to pick up all the little pieces that went in the motor and on the edges. Now it seems to run just fine. If it messes with cylinder walls up then O well I'll just get a new motor.
 
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