Removing Spark Plugs In My 1.6

[DanRM 0 1 Cars]

just tried to remove the plugs as its been misfiring and they are extremely tight. nothing that i have experienced before when doing them in other cars.

 

all of them are as if they have been welded in, if I apply any more pressure i reckon they are going to shear.

 

Any tips on freeing them?

 

Cheers

DanRM

[jord294 92]

try to remove when the engine is warm

[DanRM 0 1 Cars]

sorry didnt say that this was when engine was warm, tried again with cool engine a few minutes ago. still no luck

[stuart1298 6]

tap the top of the plugs with a hammer, no to hard in case you break it, might help free up the rust, also a bit of penetrating spray make sure none of the crap falls in the plug holes tho

[swordfish210 20]

I had a spark plug snap once whilst servicing a friends escort, not plesant . Try dropping some diesel down the plug holes and leaving for a while to see if that frees them up, remember to suck the diesel back out if you do loosen up the plugs though

[Redtop 14 2 Cars]

As been said above really. Another tip as well is to try and tighten ever so slightly then slacken. Ive done that a fair few times with awkward bolts/nuts so it breaks the seal/contact of rust/corosion and then screw them out, but go back and forward tightening and slackening the part as you do, incase it pulls the threads out with it. [Hard to put into words that]. Alot easier spending abit of time like that, rather than just sheering something off and ending up a head off job.

[boombang 2]

Get a proper spark plug remover with a T piece handle (on top of all the above).

 

Rather than the force being from one side as with a ratchet, you get a more even rotating force on the spark plug.

[johnhenry 20]

I had this issue

i had a correct sized socket, then got about as many extension bars as i could find (ended up with about 3 on there) then put a ring spanner on the end, essentially had about a meter long bar on the end of the socket, than but some 3-1/wd40/everyman oil on them (it) and then really gently apply force to the bar, keep making the bar bigger till it works,

[DanRM 0 1 Cars]

cheers for the tips. Managed to get them out with a breaker bar tonight. Seems ok now during idle (except a little jumpy) but will give it a run into town in a bit to see

 

thanks