Okay, so today me and my dad changed my distributer cap and rotor, spark-plugs and wires for the first time in our time owning my car. It has 94k on it, and I'm unsure of how well it was maintained before my ownership.

When changing the middle spark plug on the drivers side (4th in the firing order I THINK (Don't quote me here.)) neither of us could get it loose from the head, in the end we just left that plug in. My dad's a mechanic, and he says not to worry about it until it craps out, however I want the best for my car, and was worried about it. What would be the best route to fix this?

 

try hitting it with pb blaster or try getting a longer ratchet to get more leverage on it

 

Listen to yur Dad. Don't think you know everything already in life.
Take his advice always.

Problem is it most likely gonna remove the threads from the hole too, Which means you gotta then pull the engine apart to helicoil it or find a new head.

Then ya can't just stick one new head on. gotta do them both.
And it snow ***** real easy. Gotta it that far apart might as well do the cam...........


Do like he says and leave it alone until the plug is bad.
Don't give yourself a headache now unless you got the money and time to pull it apart.

Only thing I would try is try removing it hot after you get done driving.
Don't be using long levers. Yep its gonna be hot, gonna get get burned if you touch anything. Mucho easier then tearing an engine down.

 

with the socket in the plug and wrench turning (to loosen)lightly tap in the back of the wrench with a rubber mallet, gradually hit it harder ( still turning to the left ) untill it breaks free. a homemade (ghetto) impact wrench. its how i lossen everything, that sticks.








if that doesnt work , ????????????????????????, ^^^^^^^ what he said.

 

Actually here's a trick that works.
1. Heat the engine up.
2. Pull the plug wire off and jam a stick of wax into and around the spark plug.
The wax will wick it's way into the threads and act as a lubricant. You should be able to then loosen the plug.

 

would it be bad though! if wax chunks were to fall in that hole?

 

nope the wax will liqify and burn the next time u fired the engine,it wouldnt do any damage.more then likley the threads are cross threaded,if thats the case and u pull that plug ur only gonna have 2 options one of wich is 2 pull the heads,and the other is to run a spark plug thread chaser threw the hole,u put lots of white grease on the chaser to catch all the shavings,but some will still get inside the engine possibly causing more problems.if u have to go this route i suggest u do it with the ex valve open and once ur done blow compressed air into the cyl to try to get any metal chips to make there way out the ex port,u can also disconect the coil and crank the motor with the spark plug out of the hole to try to blow any chips that may have fallen inside the engine out the spark plug hole

 

Slow down there chief! I'm not a rambunctious teenager like most of them. I take time and think things through and didn't plan on doing anything to it until my dad said otherwise. I asked this mainly out of curiosity to see what I WILL need to do down the road.

Anyways, after the change to the wires / plugs / cap / rotor my car runs SO SMOOTH now. It's amazing, and I love it. I think I'll do some minor performance mods here or there, but keep the 3.1 stock till she dies or I get a lot of left over extra cash. Then upgrade to the 3.4 + NOS or a Turbo.

 

Couldn't you magnetize the thread chaser, then the chips wouldn't become a problem?
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Try the wax first, though.