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[Bandit127]

Been thinking about this and would like to retract my former advice, The reason is that the piece of rubber is sitting at the side if the piston, it being a V engine. (Looking diretly at the plug hole, it will lie in the 6 o'clock position).

The squish gap is what - 15 thou? Just over 0.5 mm. The rubber piece is maybe 6 mm in diameter? It could take a LOT of force to sqeeze it down to 0.5 mm. As all the force is applied to the side of the piston, you could break the skirt or bend a con rod.

In my now considered opinion - if you are thinking of turning the engine over - do it with a spanner first.

Apologies for earlier advice.

[JamesV6CDX]

I think after hearing that from yourself and Mr Sassanach I may just pull the heads off. It  is, after all, a 150k engine... a couple of new HGs and a new oil cooler can't hurt it...

[Andy B]

I think after hearing that from yourself and Mr Sassanach I may just pull the heads off. It  is, after all, a 150k engine... a couple of new HGs and a new oil cooler can't hurt it...

You knew all along that you couldn't resist the excuse of removing the heads!          

[JamesV6CDX]

I think after hearing that from yourself and Mr Sassanach I may just pull the heads off. It  is, after all, a 150k engine... a couple of new HGs and a new oil cooler can't hurt it...

You knew all along that you couldn't resist the excuse of removing the heads!          

Actually, this one time, you are wrong. It's the last thing I wanna do, purely because I have some things I need the car for very soon. It's gonna be off the road for a couple of weeks now  

[hotel21]

Fibre optic lamp source - you got any Ikea fancy jobbies knocking about? - to get the light all the way into the cylinder without blinding you in the process.
Small piece of mirror on a metal rod, so it can be bent about a bit.
Thin metal rod with a gob of sticky grease - underwater type I know works well - to pick up the wubber with.  Any extra gobs of grease dropped in the cylinder will cause no probs and be quickly spread around and burnt.

Yes, it will take improvisation.  Yes, it will take perseverance.  But it will save quite a few squids and work hours...

I know what I would be trying before whipping the head off....

You wouldn't know I served my time as an Engineer in the Merchant Navy, would you?  Solutions such as this gave more time in the bar.....  

[Bandit127]

I think after hearing that from yourself and Mr Sassanach I may just pull the heads off. It  is, after all, a 150k engine... a couple of new HGs and a new oil cooler can't hurt it...

Shame to have to do all that work. for a pesky piece of rubber.

Following your line of thought, you could do the valve guide oil seals too. Although, I have to say that I have never seen a smokey Meega. They seem to have got that right. (Unlike old Fords - must be 10 years of Escort & Fiesta production that those seals would go at about 60,000 miles).

One last thought - an echo of an earlier post.
One of these
Would sort it, if fishing is your bag. Probably a tenner from your local spares shop.

Good luck James.