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Old 03-16-2018, 12:12 PM
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Help!!! Spark plug blew out, but stuck?

so driving down the highway, a plug blew out, no big deal not my first rodeo have helicoils laying around at this point because I have owned a lot of tenth gens. BUT I got it home, and the plug is still in the head, seems to be unthreading but won't come out. It's definitely stripped threads it split the boot all the way up, and blew the boot off, u can here the compression slamming past the plug. But the plug won't come out. I've tried unthreading it, wich of course didn't work, magnets, pliers. Nothin, I'm pretty sure it's spinning, but it's ain't coming out. I think it's cocked in the whole. Any suggestions?
 
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Old 03-16-2018, 12:20 PM
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https://www.staples.ca/en/atd-ford-t...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

This might help... Not sure about ones that spin in the head though.
 
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Old 03-16-2018, 01:34 PM
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Was it a previously repaired spark plug hole? If so your insert could be what's spinning.
 
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I don't think it has been but I'm not sure
 
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And thanks but that extractor is for the 3v tritons for when they snap
 
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you might have to do something like a 5 minute epoxy and glue the socket to the plug hex... then use a puller on the socket ( or tackweld the extension to the socket to pull on )
 
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It's really going to suck if you have to pull the head off because of that one spark plug.
 
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Old 03-19-2018, 12:59 PM
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So I got it out eventually, I helicoiled it, and you can feel compression hitting the boot, it's not blowing it off, but u can feel it. So guess it's time to sell another tenth gen haha
 
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Get the Helicoil out of there before it blows again. This time, Timesert it and then you won't have to worry about it again.
 
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Originally Posted by Mikefrfd
So I got it out eventually
What magical trick did you end up using to get it out?
 
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