Well that's a Pickle... (Spark Plug Broken)

Brilliant work! I'm sending you $20 to buy a Power Ball lotto ticket for me. I'll even share the winnings with you 50/50.

 

No kidding, he is the luckiest guy. I'll add to that $20 for a 1/3 split.

 

I'm planning to do my plugs this weekend

I hope this isn't a sign....

 

Replace my spark plug and valve cover gasket. Bought it from Amazon. At first car start with no problem. After turning off the car and tried starting again, the car look like is going to.die. so I turn it off and check the codes. And most of the cylinder have a misfire. So check it out everything back again, took off all the spark plug. And install it back. Clean off the coil. And put it right back. There's no check engine light but the car acting like they're dying. Same problem so I didn't know what to do I stop everything thinking a broke something. After a day of sourting, reading and researching still cant figure out thing. To make the story short my friend mechanic suggested to replacing all of the coil. Check it online and it's around 80$ each but it coming from Europe that about 15 days max before they arrive. So called the local dealer. Ask for the coil he said 1000$ each each each again each... OMG no kidding. Called up my friend and ask to check again the code. And called me back he said he repalce all the spark plug and the car runs ok now. Wtf this thing killing me for the whole week.... so it's fix. I suggest buy your spark plug from your local auto store specially we don't know how Amazon handles our spark plug. Hope u guys Learned something.

 

The degree to which counterfeit spark-plus and coils are now endemic on Amazon and eBay is rendering those platforms unusable. Even small part shops are not immune to the disease.

 

I've got NGK plugs and even bought the special spark plug anti-seize referred to in the WSM, fingers crossed!

 

Really getting ridiculous with these crappy, don't give a damn, rip off companies. Something's got to give. I own a shop and the worst part about it these days are incidents just like this. Legit manufacturers better find a way to authenticate their products or this kind of thing is going to ruin a lot of trusted brands. I install parts that should-- and used to-- last years now lasting only a handful of months. Makes my business life miserable.

 

I've been putting off changing my plugs because I was afraid of breaking one. The threads are long and the the metal is thin. Looks like it wants to break. My plugs are original too, so are likely in pretty tight.

Thanks @vrsurgeon for the writeup. You give me confidence. Harbor Freight is right nearby too.

 

I did the plugs in my 430, easy enough if you have the right length extension bar, i welded the plug socket to mine and glued in the rubber grommet that grabs the plug. No chance of it all falling apart in the hole

 

I have a nice set of locking extensions and the correct plug socket. It's the spark plugs I've been worrying about. I've never broken one before but I've never had a car with the plugs so deep in the manifold and difficult to see.

 

you must have soiled yourself when you pulled it out originally, then you must have passed out when you got the remainder of it out with the HF tool. You had a stressful few days. May I recommend a nice bourbon and a stogie to recover....

 

Hmm, none of this sounds reassuring, I was initially thinking this would all be fine having done plugs many times in other cars with no issues.

 

On a 430, if you shorten the extension bar you can it to the right length so you can use a torque wrench on it.

 

vrsurgeon was very lucky that the ceramic portion came out with the plug and only the metal sleeve remained. If the ceramic center has broken off and stayed with the engine, it would have been a lot worse. They make a kit for that extraction too. No fun.

 

This is what I plan to do, with tips from this thread and the nicely written aldous voice write-up


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