Date:         Thu, 16 Dec 1999 08:18:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Captain Ray Nemo <busray@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Captain Ray Nemo <busray@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Stripped spark plug threads!!!! (No vanagon)
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HELP!  No vanagon content.

The wife starts up our 94 Camry yesterday.  Car
runs fine for a few minutes, then all hell breaks
loose.  I think the muffler has fallen off and
tell her to shut the car off.

I find instead that a plug has been blown
completely out of the head.  First to threads on
the plug are buggered a little (they seem to be
pushed back, that is as if they had been pushed
INTO the head).  Plug wouldn't thread back into
the head.  I tried another plug, no dice.  I even
bought some new plugs (just praying at that
point), still no dice.

The plug was otherwise normal.  No electrode
damage.  Only the first two threads were clean to
the metal.  The rest of the threads were coated
somewhat (looked just like the electrode and the
insulation).

I REALLY cannot afford a new head.  I understand
that I may be able to use a top on it.  Or maybe
a helicoil.

Any wisdom from the list?  Please respond pmail
unless you think the concepts apply equally to a
vanagon with the same problem.

Sullenly submitted,
Ray





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Ray Nemo
IXOYE
No name 84 Vanagon GL
Wild, Wonderful West Virginia
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