spark plug hole stripped! help!
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Year: 1995
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Engine: 4.0 HO inline six
spark plug hole stripped! help!
Ok so I try to loosen it and it gets tighter? Wtf the hole is cross threaded! What do I do. Do I have to get a new cyl head?
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squirt some PB blaster around it and work it back and fourth and see if it frees it.
Worst comes to worst you will have to helicoil it, not sure it can be done with the head still on the engine.
Worst comes to worst you will have to helicoil it, not sure it can be done with the head still on the engine.
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Probably has carbon buil-up on it. Try removing it after the engine is hot.
Spray some penetrating oil on it and slowly work it back and forth. Hopefully,
it's not crossed.
Spray some penetrating oil on it and slowly work it back and forth. Hopefully,
it's not crossed.
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This is a comin problem for Fords with the triten motors. Heliecoil is done to fix them and dealers do not take the head off. Guess all those fine shards just get blown out the tail pipe.
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The OP's situation sounds more to me like the plug is siezed rather than crossthreaded, as many have, stated, keep shooting the penetrent in there and work it back and forth (patience is your friend) once you get it out do yourself a favor and apply a tiny bit of copper antisieze to the threads of the new plug. You'll thank yourself for that later!
Last edited by Desert Rat; 11-20-2011 at 06:23 PM.
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