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ste
24-01-13, 19:13
Lads any tips on how to loosen em up, they are practically welded in and I broke a plug in a head years an years ago and don't fancy it happening again so I'm afraid to put them under too much pressure
mattybyrne2008
24-01-13, 19:19
bit of wd40 down in the hole..never heard of anyone breaking them before..get a power bar if there that tight or air gun never had to do it tho.
Chuck_g
24-01-13, 19:26
Find someone with less girly arms :)
ste
24-01-13, 19:30
Find someone with less girly arms :)

The last time i got all popeye on plugs I snapped one and cost me a fortune so I won't be gettin all rough with em :-)
thegosson
24-01-13, 19:40
Did ya try it with the engine good and hot?
doug
24-01-13, 19:43
one thing id always be afraid of is braking a plug in the head,. what needed to be done to remove them?

as said try with the engine nice and hot and wd40 ,
spray the wd40 in first start the car leave it soak. whiles its nice an warm give it another spray and see then!
Mick K
24-01-13, 20:23
The last time i got all popeye on plugs I snapped one and cost me a fortune so I won't be gettin all rough with em :-)

Lollerskates:wink:
ste
24-01-13, 20:33
one thing id always be afraid of is braking a plug in the head,. what needed to be done to remove them?

as said try with the engine nice and hot and wd40 ,
spray the wd40 in first start the car leave it soak. whiles its nice an warm give it another spray and see then!

I was told the head was stripped and plug removed from the other side, head skimmed new head gasket too... Happened to me on a fabia
podgedun
24-01-13, 21:11
The last time i got all popeye on plugs I snapped one and cost me a fortune so I won't be gettin all rough with em :-)

just pull the bar evenly, don be jerkin.. a continuous pull is the trick in not breakin things
Frankae86
24-01-13, 21:11
Someone that is used to that sort of work like Gem say would know if the plug is going to break.
So my advice would be don't panic and let someone like that loosen them.
Often lads don't know what they are at break stuff be being rough and jerking ratchets etc.... Not saying that's you Ste
ste
24-01-13, 21:28
Yer alri frank I'm well up there in the fuck things up stakes, that's why I'm being cautious
thegosson
25-01-13, 14:00
How'd ya get on?
Stevo
25-01-13, 14:02
When you breaking it :D
ste
25-01-13, 14:26
In work at the min Shane ...

Stevo I Don't give up that easy :-)
shaneS14
25-01-13, 22:33
bit a wd40 ;) bring it for a nice drive get some heat around them , then nice pull bar on them :)
will_c
26-01-13, 01:23
As above, get the engine good and hot, plenty of spray oil down around the plug, let it absorb for a few minutes, and go at it.

Ive have one or two plugs break on me, it does happen especially on cars that havnt been well serviced, but i have all the extraction tools here in work and have been lucky enough to get away without taking the head off.

If you want a hand your more than welcome to pop down to the garage, and I'll see what I can do for ya!
stevek
26-01-13, 18:09
just pull the bar evenly, don be jerkin.. a continuous pull is the trick in not breakin things

good advice for everything that ! ;)
skelly
26-01-13, 21:47
its safe to say if u fell into a bucket of nipples ud come out suckin ur finger
pole drift
27-01-13, 00:36
Iv heard of people poring coke around the plugs and letting it loosen them up
Keith_200SX
27-01-13, 00:39
Iv heard of people poring coke around the plugs and letting it loosen them up

And when ur finished just snort the rest off the plug!
ste
27-01-13, 12:44
its safe to say if u fell into a bucket of nipples ud come out suckin ur finger

Ha ha ha brilliant