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[Skanky]

After a busy weekend of home mechanics, ive finally done my cambelt, cam gaskets, water pump, aux belt, oil and filter change, brakes all round.

But i hit a problem with my sparks  :-?

2 of the plugs on the passenger side bank are stuck solid. And fearing a snapped spark plug or 2  I have left them in. Has anyone any advice as to how to get them out?

Thinking of taking it to a Garage so they can do it.

[JamesV6CDX]

Maybe a drop of plus gas around the plug...

I had a couple like that... I just kept carefully applying the pressure

It was scary  :-/

[Marks DTM Calib]

Try it with a hot engine....

[Dave-C]

Try very slightly tightening them first...  be careful with plus gas on a hot engine, but, heat and plus gas are the answer..

DC  Gud Luk

[BrianH]

Which plugs are they when I changed my the rear one was a complete bxxxxxxxd as it was hard to get the plug socket at a usable angle.
Might be worth trying another type of spanner.

Brian  

[toller]

I've also had this problem, 5 of the plugs came out really easy but the one on the passenger side right at the back was stuck solid, infact it even bent the handle on my spark plug wrench.

I let a mechanic frined have a go and he wasn't too keen on how it felt.  General feeling was that maybe whoever had put it in had cross threaded it.

In the end I just left it as it was.