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Old 06-25-2009, 07:28 AM
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Removing stuck spark plugs

So my $500 car seems to have had minimal maintenance...is it possible to put 170k miles on a set of plugs...I hope it's not the case, but they are pretty rusty. Trying to remove the first one, I got about a 1/16 turn and an awful squeek. So I sprayed a little PB on each one and left well enough alone. Car runs ok, but would like to replace them. Any good advice? Other than don't bother buying a $500 car.
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Old 06-25-2009, 07:42 AM
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Spray a good amount of pb into each spark plug hole, let it sit over night(do not drive the car), then attempt to remove them the next morning. The pb needs some good soak time to work.
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mine was $900 lol...so i may have alittle better luck than u
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Old 06-25-2009, 09:12 AM
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I buy $500 cars but I don't expect much out of them other than to go and stop.
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Got 'er done...let the pb soak 1/2 day, spent 30min cleaning crap from around the plugs, let it soak again overnight, and they came out. Cyl 6 was a Bosch platinum, and I thought "well I guess that's ok if they were replaced at 60K", found the others to be NGK BK6ES. Really worn out but clean. Glad it's done and no damage.
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Originally Posted by Curt Deiner
Got 'er done...let the pb soak 1/2 day, spent 30min cleaning crap from around the plugs, let it soak again overnight, and they came out. Cyl 6 was a Bosch platinum, and I thought "well I guess that's ok if they were replaced at 60K", found the others to be NGK BK6ES. Really worn out but clean. Glad it's done and no damage.
Good sign that they were clean. Sometimes I think people dont even think about sparkplugs these days unless there is a misfire... They dont last forever
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Good sign that they were clean. Sometimes I think people dont even think about sparkplugs these days unless there is a misfire... They dont last forever
not like the 140k cap/rotor/wires/plugs that we changed on my brothers 92 G20?
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