trigger

my first thought would be to try a pair of needle nose vice grips, you may gain a little more traction on it... and turn it as you pull, might be worth a shot...maybe spray a little wd-40 in between it and the plug to help lube things up.

CrazyWJ242

So this is where im at...

i'm thinking screwdriver and hammer, and maybe break it up a bit, vacuum it out... hopefully it would get to the bottom of the plug...

worst case is snap the plug, and use a easy out to remove the rest of the plug... i rather not do that...

trigger

just make damn sure you have ALL the debris out of the hole before removing the plug, you don't want any of that to drop into the cylinder...

oldfart

From what I can see, that piece should be either rubber or plastic. You really don't want to break the plug, really. Ok here's an idea, find a piece of tube that will go over the ceramic part of the plug and cut some teeth in one end,making sort of a hole saw, then use it to cut the piece away.

trigger

what about some kind of mini puller that you could hook below the rubber seal and lift it out? should be pretty easy to rig up and doesn't have to be super strong since you aren't removing pulleys with it...

trigger

started off the morning with a visit to my mechanic to check if i was good to get my e-test done, all was fine, then spent $90 to fix my exhaust, had a decent hole below my upstream O2 sensor and a smaller hole above the sensor (where the heat shield attaches). then took trigger for a drive and then in for e-test...passed no prob. then i went and got my new registration sticker.

glad everything went smoothly... i've been hearing some horror stories about the new e-test format...

CrazyWJ242

So its a good day all around... i got that stupid plug out... broke it up with chisel heated up... twisted it all around the plug... 5/8 hose to the vacuum cleaner and pulled the plug out... have a missfore on another cylinder 7... looks like a stubborn connector

trigger

glad you're having some success! hope you don't get too many more issues w/misfires... at least now you know what to do if another rubber seal sticks...

side note= the new e-test only shows if you pass or not, it doesn't provide the numbers like the old pipe-sniffer test. bummer... i like to see how well it passed, not just pass/fail.

trigger

glad you're having some success! hope you don't get too many more issues w/misfires... at least now you know what to do if another rubber seal sticks...

side note= the new e-test only shows if you pass or not, it doesn't provide the numbers like the old pipe-sniffer test. bummer... i like to see how well it passed, not just pass/fail.

CrazyWJ242

the motor seems to be running much smoother now... which is a relief... hopefully economy can go up a little aswell... heres wishful thinking...

i just hate a tank of supreme only goes so far... when your used to paying for diesel supreme prices are not that bad!