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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / August 2007

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Sheared 406 plug !

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Juper Wort - 05 Aug 2007 20:14 GMT
you could guess the language i was shouting ! On Hols next saturday, thought
i will change the plugs on the 406 2L '99.
Damn & ^&*^% Sheared one plug at the edge of the head undoing the thing,
down a hole ! (&(*&&^

As far as I can see, there is no way to get at it & I dont want broken bits
of ceramic in the cylinder. Looks like a head off job. Dammit.

Am I right ?
Chrs - 05 Aug 2007 20:22 GMT
Can you still get the plug socket on to any of the plug?(nut)if you can
soak it with wd40 over night and by the evening you should be able to
remove it(do it up a little just to crack the thread)
Juper Wort - 05 Aug 2007 21:47 GMT
Sheared at start of threads. I have the bit down to nut in my hands !

> Can you still get the plug socket on to any of the plug?(nut)if you can
> soak it with wd40 over night and by the evening you should be able to
> remove it(do it up a little just to crack the thread)
Chrs - 06 Aug 2007 20:00 GMT
can you get a punch in there and tap it round,or force somthing into
the plug whats left of it and try and turn it out.
Malc - 06 Aug 2007 21:38 GMT
> can you get a punch in there and tap it round,or force somthing into
> the plug whats left of it and try and turn it out.

On a 406? I doubt if I could get a pair of snipe nose pliers on the plugs in
mine (2l 16V)!

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djimbo - 07 Aug 2007 11:27 GMT
> can you get a punch in there and tap it round,or force somthing into
> the plug whats left of it and try and turn it out.

It sounds like a nightmare scenario, if it was so tight it sheared off at
the threads, it's unlikely to want to tap out and as previously stated they
aren't the worlds most accessible.
Any kind of stud extractor inside runs the risk of ceramic & ctr electrode
into the combustion chamber.
The only good side I can see is it's not my car(!)
The only possibility that springs to mind is freezing the remains of the
plug itself, which may shrink it enough get it to turn.
(TV shop freezer cans will theoreticaly get it down to -40DegC if liquid
Nitrogen isn't available)

Djimbo.

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juperwort - 08 Aug 2007 13:16 GMT
> > can you get a punch in there and tap it round,or force somthing into
> > the plug whats left of it and try and turn it out.
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Its booked at at a motor engineers. head off job. Will get head
skimmed & cambelt done whilst in there.  dammit
Keith Willcocks - 08 Aug 2007 14:21 GMT
>> > can you get a punch in there and tap it round,or force somthing into
>> > the plug whats left of it and try and turn it out.
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> Its booked at at a motor engineers. head off job. Will get head
> skimmed & cambelt done whilst in there.  dammit

Might be worth thinking about replacing the water pump while your at it.
People on here seem to think it best to do it at the same time as the belt.
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Chrs - 09 Aug 2007 16:02 GMT
More bloody money hahahaha just because of a spark plug..
 
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