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To hoover bits out of awkward places stick a length of thin pipe into the hoover snake and seal it with a rag. You can push this into the cylinder. Even if the bits are too big to go up the pipe they often cling onto the end by suction.
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To hoover bits out of awkward places stick a length of thin pipe into the hoover snake and seal it with a rag. You can push this into the cylinder. Even if the bits are too big to go up the pipe they often cling onto the end by suction.
I wouldn't dare stick a vacuum cleaner hose into a cylinder. Any fuel vapour in there will be drawn into the vacuum cleaner, and if enough of it reaches the motor, there will be a big bang. I suspect you would have to be quite unlucky for this to happen, but if the inlet valve is open in the cylinder you are vacuuming, and you have a carburettor that leaks a bit of fuel into the inlet manifold...
Richard Hall
Richard Hall
bangernomics.tripod.com
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Been here before. The jammed in screw driver sometimes works but if you don't get it out within a few tried go for a screw extractor but feed a long thin strip of clean rag down through the whole with the piston at the half way point.
The extractor will produce metal debris but this will be moped up by the rag so when you have the plug out you can hook the length of rag whilst offering up a vacuum cleaner nozzle then pull out the rag and hopefully all the bits.
Vacuum inside the cylinder useing a small and all being well your done.
What make of plug was it because I do not want to buy any of those.
Good Luck
Peter
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Peter D
The spark plugs where Motorcraft. I spoke to the previous owners and they said they've never changed the plugs and they had the car four years!!
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Well, that explains it then, every 10,000 miles is the minimum required! Did they describe the car as been well maintained in their advert? Or even as having any recent servicing? If so you may be able to screw them for a bit of cash to fix it! :)
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>> I wouldn't dare stick a vacuum cleaner hose into a cylinder. Any fuel vapour in there will be drawn into the vacuum cleaner, and if enough of it reaches the motor, there will be a big bang. I suspect you would have to be quite unlucky for this to happen, but if the inlet valve is open in the cylinder you are vacuuming, and you have a carburettor that leaks a bit of fuel into the inlet manifold...
You make me want to try it now!
My guess is that even if anything did happen it would just be a rather feeble little flash out of the back of the hoover. I often clean out my Rayburn flue without shutting down the fire, using an OLD vacuum cleaner, and it seems to handle flames and sparks quite comfortably.
Don't try this at home if you are of a nervous disposition
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Never had a problem and I always vacuum around the plug holes. If you are really really concerned, stick your finger over the plug holw and establish which is the compression stroke them both valves are closed.
Or use compressed air through a Schults or parrafin gun and attache your small peice of pipe onto the pick up tube. Best vacuum is available with a Schults Gun ( Under Sealing Gun )
Combustion is most powerful at 14 air to 1 fuel, min mix for a bang is 100 to one and the outgoing air from the vac is probably 2000 to one even if you could ingest fuel through the system.
Go for it and get that plug base out.
Peter
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Well I tried the easy out option and failed miserably!! It is well and truly rusted in there, so this afternoon I shall be taking the head off and getting it machined at a local workshop. Thanks to everyone who replied, and lets hope I don't require anymore help from here on in. Did I just tempt fate!!!!
Andy
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