Pulling plugs
03-17-2014, 02:19 PM
#11
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Pulled the battery and ecu. Got the cops out(that was much more difficult than I expected). I didn't expect all the wiring to be such a b#€£@ and I wanted to be extra careful not to disconnect anything I didn't know how to put back. Blew out the well with comp air, sprayed the lube, cranked the plugs an 1/8 and now waiting 15-20. By the time I got the cops off the motor wasnt so hot anymore. I've seen fellow members saying they finished in an hour to two....I'm going to take my time and pray I don't the lisle so I can return it.
03-17-2014, 03:15 PM
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Pulled my plugs on Saturday. First change with 108,000 miles. Took me just under 4 hours taking my time. No broken plugs and I have a new, never used extraction tool.
03-17-2014, 03:21 PM
#13
Pulled the battery and ecu. Got the cops out(that was much more difficult than I expected). I didn't expect all the wiring to be such a b#€£@ and I wanted to be extra careful not to disconnect anything I didn't know how to put back. Blew out the well with comp air, sprayed the lube, cranked the plugs an 1/8 and now waiting 15-20. By the time I got the cops off the motor wasnt so hot anymore. I've seen fellow members saying they finished in an hour to two....I'm going to take my time and pray I don't the lisle so I can return it.
MGD
03-17-2014, 04:02 PM
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So, it's been about 2 1/2 to 3 hours...plug 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 no brake and no problem. I'm pretty sure the regular seafoam had a lot to do with that after seeing little to no carbon on the plugs. However, 5 is very interesting to me. I've seen lots of broken plugs around the forum...this one...I don't know. So it seems the porcelain is still intact but the outside of the "bolt" is moving up and down around the plug but the porcelain and the tip under the porcelain won't move. What can I do? It's the part between my index finger and thumb.
03-17-2014, 04:17 PM
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That's been seen before on here and elsewhere, unfortunately. Seems the only recourse, (if repeated attempts to extract the rest of the plug with very long needle-nose pliers and additional solvent to break the bond between ground sleeve and head does not work), is to break the porcelain and vacuum it out , pulling out the electrode with pliers until you can access the ground sleeve with the Lisle tool - both the pusher and puller.
BTW - yer more likely to have little carb buildup due to quality fuels and fewer short trips than Seafoam. Folks who run Chevron / Texaco and / or use Techron have similar results - still, no guarantees.
good luck
MGD
That's been seen before on here and elsewhere, unfortunately. Seems the only recourse, (if repeated attempts to extract the rest of the plug with very long needle-nose pliers and additional solvent to break the bond between ground sleeve and head does not work), is to break the porcelain and vacuum it out , pulling out the electrode with pliers until you can access the ground sleeve with the Lisle tool - both the pusher and puller.
BTW - yer more likely to have little carb buildup due to quality fuels and fewer short trips than Seafoam. Folks who run Chevron / Texaco and / or use Techron have similar results - still, no guarantees.
good luck
MGD
03-17-2014, 04:23 PM
#16
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I had that part separate on one of mine. Look at the video. After I got it to sit on top of the plug I used long needle nose pliers to pull that out. I then pulled out the rest of the plug but had to use the lisle tool to extract the broken tip. I had 5 of 8 break. After the first few it didn't really matter and I just proceeded to take them out as quick as I could instead of letting the PB blaster soak in over time.
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03-17-2014, 04:35 PM
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Hi. That's been seen before on here and elsewhere, unfortunately. Seems the only recourse, (if repeated attempts to extract the rest of the plug with very long needle-nose pliers and additional solvent to break the bond between ground sleeve and head does not work), is to break the porcelain and vacuum it out , pulling out the electrode with pliers until you can access the ground sleeve with the Lisle tool - both the pusher and puller. BTW - yer more likely to have little carb buildup due to quality fuels and fewer short trips than Seafoam. Folks who run Chevron / Texaco and / or use Techron have similar results - still, no guarantees. good luck MGD
03-17-2014, 04:41 PM
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Dang
03-17-2014, 04:43 PM
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03-17-2014, 05:11 PM
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