One of the spark plugs on my '96 Chevy S10 is stuck and feels like it's stripped. I've tried WD40, 3M, Freezing it and nothing. Is there any suggestion on fixing this? I know there's a coil repair or something like that. What suggestions do any of you mechanics have out there.
2007-03-12 09:48:42 · 12 answers · asked by Agent47 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If the spark plug thread is stripped, the only way you can get it out is to pull on it while you are turning it. Sometimes it can be done with vice-grip or channel-lock pliers dependent on how much clearance you have around the plug. If that won't do it, take it to an auto mechanic and have it removed with a specialty tool. This will be a lot cheaper than buying the tool.
If it's the spark plug and not the hole that's stripped you should be able to replace it with a new one. If it's the spark plug hole that's damaged you will need to have a "heli-coil" installed to repair it. If you are not experienced with installing these, I would have the mechanic install that too.
2007-03-12 09:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by Gordon B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stuck and stripped are two different things. If it is "stripped" it has spun the threads on the well; good luck and get it to a mechanic to use an ez-out or perhaps drill it out but a mechanic needs to do this.
If it is stuck or overtorqued into the well, then you need to slowly work it out without damaging the spark plug nut or rounding it. Once you have rounded it you are in the same position as when it is stripped.
Another alternative is to buy a 90 degree box end wrench the same size as the spark plug and use that in very small increments to break it loose.Once loose you can remove with a socket IF the nut isn't rounded.
An act of desperation is to take a hammer and chisel, then put the chisel on the rounded nut and hit the chisel with the hammer in the direction necessary to loosen the plug. You should only do this if you are a very experienced mechanic.
2007-03-12 10:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by Jim from the Midwest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i would take the head of that way u can get a better look when u take it off u will see the striking end of the spark plug u might be able to twist it out with a pair of needle nose pliers pending on how far it is out. well if u get it out ure going to have to re tap it again so u can put another spark plug in (make new threads)
2007-03-12 10:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by chevy man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soak it hard with Gunk Liquid Wrench, let is sit overnight and then use a wrench with a long handle. Work it free by loosening a little, pouring on more Liquid Wrench, turn it in and then out a little more and repeat until the plug turns easily.
2007-03-12 10:22:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please clarify your *current* condition of "stripped" -- it sounds more like the threads have seized, but we can't tell...
Is it the hex portion of the plug that you grab with the socket that seems stripped (tried to remove, but socket won't grab the rounded off plug), or the threads themselves (socket still grabs, but something else is happening)?
2007-03-12 09:57:33 · answer #5 · answered by C Anderson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell us what was happening from the start. Did you strip it out while installing it?
2007-03-12 09:52:04 · answer #6 · answered by gejandsons 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good luck! you probably have aluminum heads on your s-10 and have stripped it out, better take it to a mechanic.
2007-03-12 12:55:42 · answer #7 · answered by mister ss 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is not stripped, put a pipe on the end of your plug wrench(kind of a home-made torque-wrench)..and you should be able to get it to loosen.
2007-03-12 09:57:03 · answer #8 · answered by italianone70 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heat it with a torch untill its red then throw water on it and as fast as you can turn it with any thing you can get on it.
2007-03-12 10:05:54 · answer #9 · answered by johnny big block 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More info please. If you were takeing it out and tried turning it by hand it could be the insulator broke and is spinning.
2007-03-12 09:58:34 · answer #10 · answered by James B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋