broken spark plug

Coasty wrote:

"Muat" <muatclan.TakeThisOut@socal.rr.com> wrote in message news:af2761863c2c7814d6c60a6869acaf87@localhost.talkaboutautos.com... >I have a dodge raider with a broken spark plug in the engine. Does anyone > have any suggestions on how to get it out?? > Hopefully just the porcelain end is broke and the nut head is still there if so just us your spark plug socket with an extension to get some leverage. If you totally twisted the nut head off leaving the threads you will need to use an easyout tool to remove the rest of the plug.

If the plug metal body is stuck in head, even a easyout may not work because it takes a lot of force to break one off and it is likely cross threaded too. If this is the case, your best bet is to remove head and try to drill plug out (just under the size of the hole) and collapse the old plug and remove it and check the threads. If you use a easyout and break that off too, drilling will be a lot more difficult to do.
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 17:30:41 -0400, "Muat"
wrote:

>I have a dodge raider with a broken spark plug in the engine. Does anyone
>have any suggestions on how to get it out??

If you have snapped the "nut" off, blast it good with Liquid Nitrogen,
CO2, or Freon to chill it quickly and hopefully break the "rust"
holding it in. Then carefully remove with EZ out. Or heat the
remaining shell with a small tip on Oxy Acet torch to accomplish the
same thing. Be VERY carefull NOT to let ANY chips or abrasive
particles into the cyl.
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"Muat" wrote in message

>I have a dodge raider with a broken spark plug in the engine. Does anyone
> have any suggestions on how to get it out??
>


I just sent an Old dodge raider to the junkyard......with a broken plug in
it........did you happen to just get it?? out of jersey??
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On 19 Sep 2005 01:35:50 -0400, SnoMan
wrote:

>"Coasty" wrote:
>>"Muat" wrote in message
>>
>>>I have a dodge raider with a broken spark plug in the engine. Does
>>anyone
>>> have any suggestions on how to get it out??
>>>
>>Hopefully just the porcelain end is broke and the nut head is still
>>there
>>if so just us your spark plug socket with an extension to get some
>>leverage.
>>If you totally twisted the nut head off leaving the threads you will
>>need to
>>use an easyout tool to remove the rest of the plug.
>>
>
>If the plug metal body is stuck in head, even a easyout may not work
>because it takes a lot of force to break one off and it is likely
>cross threaded too. If this is the case, your best bet is to remove
>head and try to drill plug out (just under the size of the hole) and
>collapse the old plug and remove it and check the threads. If you use
>a easyout and break that off too, drilling will be a lot more
>difficult to do.


If you break the EZout, the head has to come off. If it is already
off, there is no problem, as the EZ out can be very easily removed
from the "back side". Just a good jab with a punch, motivated by a
small hammer, and the job is done.

As for requiring a lot of torque to break off a plug shell - some take
VERY little after 3 years or more of hot and slop.
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I broke of a easy out in a broken head bolt once 30 years ago. I managed to drill it out with a nitrate bit just under the bore size and a very big drill motor and salvage the threads too. Easy outs do not always work if the bolt wrung off to begin with because it was seized up.
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"rix53" wrote in message


> P.S. And how in the world would a crackhead smoke thru a plug anyway ? or
> did i miss sumthin. I have heard tho, that they use old hollow radio
> antennas somehow.
>
didn't you read the story link?

then yes, you missed something.
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