so anyways i thought i was gonna have to do major work on the car before shipping it out back to the states this month. well i got 24k miles on it majority of them autobahn and german city driving. but i figured before sending it back stateside do a lil tuneup. well i first took out the first sparkplug it was in there pretty good and cracked nicely out. then comes the second one and im sure you can see what happened next

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and no i wasnt going backwards!

 

And the other half is where?

 

yikes

 

the other half came out perfectly lol slid right out of the threads with the nut perfectly together... where its located i know i should have kepted it but i was pissed and threw it.. so its probably somewhere on post here laying in the grass somewhere.

 

That must have sucked trying to get out after it broke!

 

Next time antiseize!!!!

 

it wasnt too bad. i work in a maintence unit here in germany and we have a trailer full of tools so i grab some good extractors and it came out pretty easy and then stuck a magnet inside to make sure they was no metal shavings. now waiting on a new set of plugs maybe the ngks will be a lil better.

 

lol i hope i wont have this next time haha. but just wanted to post this because i dont want someone else run into this surprize attack hahaha

 

Think of it this way, though - At least you didn't strip the head lol

 

I've heard of another guy talking about this but I assumed he was just really hard on things and one of those " hurry it up types" and didn't have the socket parallel with the plug causing it to snap the plug .


I've got 35k on my plugs changed them 5 or 6 times then swapped using Craftsman spark plug sockets with a rubber grommet inside so that you cant be off center when torquing and removing the spark plug ...


I've heard never to use anti seize on these plugs on this engine but whatever..

at least now I know what most peoples look like when this does happen ..

 

My Irwin Bolt-Grips woulda pulled that broken plug right out!

 

Was the engine completely cold? The plugs are harder to get out on a warm to hot engine and usually the threads get stripped.

 

According to the factory service manual, you should NOT use antiseize on the spark plugs. Just an FYI.

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Allex

 

use a torque wrench. saves money

 

antiseize is a good idea, but iv never done it and never have had issues on any car. id say do it, plus dont tighten them so tight.

 

anti-seize to me is a bad idea, but i know some tech's that do it but to me spark plugs should not have it, same you should not put anti-seize on wheel studs but people still do it.

 

Why are you not suppose to put antiseize on plugs?

 

Do yourself a favor and use stock plugs. Trust me on this.

 

Because anti-seize can cause the plugs to back off.