Greetings,
I watched your video(s) on head gasket sealing, where you advised us to (a) take the thermostat out (b) take spark plug out (since fluids are getting mixed together, due to the compromised head gasket) (c) never mix coolant, etc.
I was successful, up till the point when I tried to take my spark plug out: I could not. My ratchet would ratch and ratch, but the spark plug would not come out. Thus, how do I get my spark plug out?
2013 Kia Forte EX
Engine: 2.0
Automatic
236,000
Thank you in advance, Scotty!!! Watching your videos, I open the hood in confidence!
JW
It sounds like the threads in the head may be stripped out. (Being aluminum it's more likely they're stripped than the steel spark plug threads.) If that's the case the threads will need to be repaired after the plug is removed. Either that or the spark plug itself is broken or rounded. Some ideas here:
https://themotorguy.com/how-to-remove-a-stripped-spark-plug/
https://www.championautoparts.com/Technical/Tech-Tips/Removing-Broken-Spark-Plug.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFSBVQ0PyXI
(Warning to the sensitive, the following video uses expletives.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilFCidZKBYI
are the heads aluminum? did you strip the threads?
stab the plug with a chunk of hose of the right diameter, and that to pull it out.
Actually, my spark plugs are not seized. In fact, my ratchet turned quite easily.
However, I can no longer tighten the spark plug (after failing to get it out), NOR can I pull it out after have had loosened the Spark Plug all the way.
I am thinking that I need to pull it out after loosening it, with some other tool?
Again, the spark plug is loose and I cannot pull it out NOR can I tighten it to a snug fit.
Use magnet tools to take out the spark plugs out.