4g64 sucked #3 plug into cylinder - HELP
OK time for the pros to answer this one.
What would cause a spark plug to be sucked into the combustion chamber.
My #3 is unreachable with a plug socket.
How did I find out? Oh, severe vibrations on the interstate when I lost cylinder #3. Then the wire boot had shot off. And then there's the photographic evidence:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/DSC03471.jpg
So what do I do now? And, how the hell did it happen"? I spent 4 hours searching this issue online and only managed to find ONE relevant topic, involving a 2002 RSX, and even then only a piece of the electrode fell into the chamber.
Has anyone heard of this before? And how do I fix it?
thanks
steve
Your spark plug boot seperated.
the picture in your first post looks to me like your spark plug wire boot has seperated into two pieces.
compare the plugwire boot you pulled out from that cylinder to the other cylinders,
and you will notice that it is missing a little rubber donut(looking) thing.
this happens a lot unfortunatly, but its not difficult to get it out.
you can try a grabber if you'd like.
or you can simply put your entire body weight onto your ratchet as you try to turn. this should get the plug loose to where you can completely remove the plug. once its freed from the threads, you can pull it out with a telescoping magnet.
in closing. your engine is fine.
buy new plugwires,
and if the reason the boot seperated, was that there was oil in the spark plug tube.....
then you need to install a new valve cover gasket set. :D