my friend has a citreon saxo and three of the spark plugs are seized in, does anyone have any tips on how to unseize them
thanks
Posted 16 February 2018 - 04:03 PM
my friend has a citreon saxo and three of the spark plugs are seized in, does anyone have any tips on how to unseize them
thanks
Posted 16 February 2018 - 04:09 PM
Posted 16 February 2018 - 04:19 PM
yep will have to give the penetrating oil a go
Posted 16 February 2018 - 04:26 PM
Probably best to attempt removal when hot. Could try slight tightening alternating with loosening as well.
Posted 16 February 2018 - 05:00 PM
Posted 16 February 2018 - 05:07 PM
Swap out the engine for a good one!!
Posted 16 February 2018 - 05:33 PM
+1 for penetrating oil. Then if they are still seized you could try using a rattle gun, but this is risky.
I used this on a very old Aquaplane alloy head where the sparking plugs had probably been in for about 30 years. After a lot of soaking in oil they all came out, this was using an electric rattle gun (from Lidl)
But one plug cracked in the process. Not a problem as the head was off the engine.
Posted 16 February 2018 - 05:54 PM
Posted 16 February 2018 - 06:09 PM
A few drops of 50/50 acetone and ATF mixture in each plug recess and leave to penetrate into the threads for a day or two.
Cheapskate! - seriously though this works very well indeed (pure acetone is often sold in poundland as nail varnish remover)
When they're out smear a bit of copper grease on the threads and the issue will never happen again....
Posted 16 February 2018 - 08:11 PM
You need to tread carefully here as the head will be aluminium and too much force runs the risk of stripping the threads.You might find the threads are already worn which could be part of the issue.As above soak in penetrating oil and leave overnight and try to gently rock them back and forth (tighter and looser) and hopefully the seal will break and you can remove them.
Posted 16 February 2018 - 09:01 PM
A longer lever.
Posted 16 February 2018 - 09:13 PM
Posted 17 February 2018 - 08:30 AM
A few drops of 50/50 acetone and ATF mixture in each plug recess and leave to penetrate into the threads for a day or two.
Cheapskate! - seriously though this works very well indeed (pure acetone is often sold in poundland as nail varnish remover)
When they're out smear a bit of copper grease on the threads and the issue will never happen again....
Posted 17 February 2018 - 03:12 PM
Hold the plug and get some mates to turn the car round
You might damage the engine mounts
Posted 19 February 2018 - 12:13 AM
Don't we just love modern cars and engines....
Vauxhall Vivaro Van a 4 hour specialist job to remove 1 injector with drills taps and a 20 ton puller, engines designed by idiots
Bi Turbo Range Rover turbo actuator seized Land Rover quote a £2700 body off job. I did the job for £400, it was a stainless linkage with a rusted mild steel bolt. They don't even have a dipstick on the engines now, they stay in the design office hahha.
The 4 air suspension pipes at the front are some 4 feet long, nothing wrong with that, but each one has 19 bends...!!! takes 17 hours to fit new ones on a 6 year old car...and again its an expensive body off job according to Lrover....a 50 year old Mini can still have the original pipes.
If you ever have too much money buy a 3 year old Range Rover.
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