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Hello, I need some help figuring out how to remove one of the spark plugs without having to open up the heads. This happened of course on the passenger side, the last one after removing the other 3, the farthest back in the engine bay, cylinder 4. I am using the Lisle 65700 tool kit which includes the porcelain puller which is what I was using to try and remove the plug. I'm pretty sure the hex shell detached as I tried to unscrew the plug first until eventually there was no resistance and felt like it was free spinning. I then started to use the porcelain puller and it ended up pulling just the terminal out. Picture below. My next thought was to try and break the porcelain inside and keep blowing the broken porcelain out until I was able to pull the hex shell out and get down to the point where I could use the porcelain pusher and self tap puller. Any thoughts/assistance would greatly be appreciated.
your heading in the correct direction... but , i would rig up vacuum vice blowing. you gonna need to suck out broken up porcelain... did you remove the ecm and bracket for more room to work ?
I haven't had the displeasure of performing this job, but I think your thinking is correct. A shop vac with an appropriate hose taped to the end to go down in the hole will aid in debris removal.
I believe you may need to break off enough of the porcelain above the the threaded area that it doesn't fall out the bottom when you punch it down for the internal extraction process
I change my plugs today and I removed the battery and the ECM and bracket for room on the passenger side.
Get a vinyl tube and tape it to a vacuum hose. The hex nut of the old plug has to come out for the tool to work.
So bust break do what you have to get that part of the plug out. Then use the tool