how to remove broken spark plug?

Sketchy564

Sketchy564

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Yes i already have another thread, but i need my car to get to school tmr so i need a quick answer

so my cars been having misfiring issues latley, i decided to buy a little gapper tool for 98 cents and ajust the gap since i never did that when i put the spark plugs in not too long ago

ive never ajusted the gap before, so im guessing i over stressed the head or whatever that top part is that i have to bend down, because when i was putting the spark plug in and setting it to torque, it just kept spinning freely so im like ok wtf

i take the spark plug out and im like, somthing looks funny

not my actual picture, but it pretty much looks like this
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i got the spark plug itself out, but the threaded piece with that thing you bend is still stuck in there..... any idea how the hell i can get this thing out?
 
BoostedKouki said:
Damn man i hope i never get your luck with cars..
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tell me about it...


i found out today spark plug torque specs are in INCH pounds
my dumbass used 18 foot lbs :0wned:


im gonna try easy out and see how that goes

would over-torquing the crap out of my spark plugs be the cause of the misfiring?
 
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i could have swore i saw a tool for this at work at advance auto parts the other day.... i think it was called save a plug or something like that...
 
there is a special tool they came cuz its a common problem for newer ford trucks. try a flathead and a hammer to notch a groove in it to spin it out with a screwdriver.next time put it in by hand and then do 3/4 turn if its a new plug or a used plug do 1/4 turn
 
i was going to say, there's no way gapping did that. that was from being over torqued!

damn though, sorry this happened to you.
 
Sketchy564 said:
tell me about it...


i found out today spark plug torque specs are in INCH pounds
my dumbass used 18 foot lbs :0wned:


im gonna try easy out and see how that goes

would over-torquing the crap out of my spark plugs be the cause of the misfiring?
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omg im sorry but damn that was funny as fuck!
 
Well i double checked the owners manual, and it says 12-24 FOOT pounds, not inch pounds, so atleast i didnt over torque it by using the wrong measurement

but i still probably over torqued it, and i dont really like to trust a torque wrench of that light of a torque... why i did? i have no idea

anyways im gonna try using easy out to get hte spark plug out, and i got new spark plugs AGAIN, and im gonna use the wires from my old engine since i never had any problems with that

hopefully the problem was the wires, if not... then i have no idea
 
Sketchy564 said:
Well i double checked the owners manual, and it says 12-24 FOOT pounds, not inch pounds, so atleast i didnt over torque it by using the wrong measurement

but i still probably over torqued it, and i dont really like to trust a torque wrench of that light of a torque... why i did? i have no idea

anyways im gonna try using easy out to get hte spark plug out, and i got new spark plugs AGAIN, and im gonna use the wires from my old engine since i never had any problems with that

hopefully the problem was the wires, if not... then i have no idea
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check your other thread, and good luck man
 
i would never torque sparkplugs period lol.

the way i do it to make sure its on point is mark the sparkplug with a marker, then install them with all the marks facing the eright way,then get them till they are handtight then turn them 1/4 turn(to make sure its tight) and match all the marks with all the other sparkplugs, so its perfect.

I've never had issues with my spark plugs :)
 
yeah i leanred that athe hard way lol, anyways i just got a video of my car driving

it was misfiring like a bitch but you cant really tell from the video.. and i actually got a video of it dying out at a stop sign, and when i tryed to start it back up, i had to keep the rpms steady at 1.5k meanwhile the needle was boucning around between 1 and 2k

gunna upload the video and put it in the other thread
 
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