Well this is interesting

[Grsemky]

I recently ordered a tune from Dizzy, to prepare for the tune I ordered new plugs. Pretty normal stuff except when I pulled the coil I found a bunch of pebbles sitting in the spark plug well... I tried using air and a vacuum but my current attachments do not penetrate far enough to reach the debris out create enough flow to suck them up..


ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS? obviously I'm not pulling the plugs until I get that debris out.

 

[Intuit]

Haven't had to do plugs on my ride yet, but in three prior vehicles I've used a blow gun with 150 PSI compressed air.

Just keep your peepers clear of whatever debris comes shooting out of that hole.

 

[TyphoonFiST]

I will improvise and use a Long Pick with tape with the sticky side out on the end and wrap it around and dab it onto the debris and pick it up. Re-apply tape as necessary and repeat.

 

[Grsemky]

I will improvise and use a Long Pick with tape with the sticky side out on the end and wrap it around and dab it onto the debris and pick it up. Re-apply tape as necessary and repeat.

I am about to buy extra long forceps and something sticky. The pebbles seem to hit the flange of the plug and bounce back down with compressed air... The valve cover shape isn't helping lol

 

[Intuit]

What PSI are you using? Should be fling'n those pebbles around like (extremely high velocity) popcorn... eventually they all find a way out.

 

[Grsemky]

What PSI are you using? Should be fling'n those pebbles around like (extremely high velocity) popcorn... eventually they all find a way out.

I think part off the issue is my nozzle isn't quite long enough to reach down into the well(story of my life). It's the no. 4 cylinder, the other were easy to remove the gravel... Whoever owned this before must have loved offroading, I don't know how you get rocks under the coils like this

 

[Intuit]

Most if not all the roads are covered with tiny tiny rocks. We just don't see it.
They manage to find their way into plug wells that are capped, even; just not nearly as much as those that aren't capped.

 

[Grsemky]

Most if not all the roads are covered with tiny tiny rocks. We just don't see it.
They manage to find their way into plug wells that are capped, even; just not nearly as much as those that aren't capped.

Especially here in AZ, I've just never found them this difficult to remove lol

 

[Grsemky]

Well I got it out cylinder 4, but they moved to cylinder 3😮‍💨🤣 I ended up doing one at a time as the debris just moved from one cylinder to the next

 

[Grsemky]

 

[M-Sport fan]

That's strange.

It's almost as if the previous owner changed those plugs during a haboob (severe dust storm) or something.

(Unless you are the original owner from new, or you already changed the plugs yourself one or more times?)

 

[Intuit]

Must be linked. 🤔
Is using a rag to kind of plug the adjacent before blowing feasible?
Otherwise just do the ones you can then chase them back to another for the final one.

 

[Grsemky]

Must be linked. 🤔
Is using a rag to kind of plug the adjacent before blowing feasible?
Otherwise just do the ones you can then chase them back to another for the final one.

That's pretty much what I did, blew one out verified no debris and swapped plugs, then on to the next... Time consuming but pretty easy

That's strange.

It's almost as if the previous owner changed those plugs during a haboob (severe dust storm) or something.

(Unless you are the original owner from new, or you already changed the plugs yourself one or more times?)

I'm the second owner, bought it a year ago with 75xxx on the clock and just passed 86k... They were ford plugs so who knows if and when

 

[Intuit]

I'm around 80-ish. Engine idles smoooooth. (for a 4-banger) How were the plugs a look'n? What was the gap?

 

[Grsemky]

I'm around 80-ish. Engine idles smoooooth. (for a 4-banger) How were the plugs a look'n? What was the gap?

Plugs didn't look terrible little browning on the porcelain with a slightly white electrode, gap was around .036-.040... I agree it idles smooth, even with my RMM

 

[Intuit]

 

[Grsemky]

They were definitely used lol

 

[rallytaff]

A blob of bubble gum on a stick would work!

 

[Grsemky]

A blob of bubble gum on a stick would work!

Honestly I wasn't far from doing just that🤣

 

[rallytaff]

Much safer than blasting it with high air pressure!