Sentences with phrase «spark plug holes»

I've done the same thing working on carbs (tiny butterfly screws, for instance) and most effectively when helicoil or other thread insert work on spark plug holes.

A few days later, when doing a compression test, steam came out of the spark plug holes.

An old trick for this is to remove a spark plug, then feed a length of string into the cylinder through the spark plug hole, leaving enough string hanging out to pull it all out when done.

Basically anything that fits down the spark plug hole and will be substantial enough to be removable without fear of breaking (e.g. maybe don't use dental floss).

I personally would not add the mixture directly in the spark plug hole.

After the compression test, though, I could see coolant seeping into the number 2 cylinder when looking down through the spark plug hole.

It basically gets down pulling a spark plug, getting that piston to Top Dead Center (TDC), threading the tester into the spark plug hole, hooking up compressed air (at a minimum pressure), bringing the cylinder pressure up to a set amount, and...

If this happened during a plug change If you have roadside assistance / towing, I would highly recommend getting it towed home, then purchase a cheap USB inspection camera or a inspection unit like this one from Harbor Freight and look inside the spark plug hole to see if there is any remnants of the plug and any trauma to the exhaust value.

Well, everything is going fine until my extension comes off my socket wrench and falls into the spark plug hole.

Put petrol down the spark plug hole making the bore wet with gasoline which helps move the piston faster will take 10 pulls after to first get running but will fire straight after tht every time

So do you really think that the magnetic tool will have enough magnetic power to pull an small extension with 8 mm socket; up and out of the spark plug hole.

Dry Test — Install the compression gauge into the spark plug hole and crank engine over 5 - 10 revolutions.

Am I right in assuming that these two attachments can be jammed into the spark plug hole without threading to perform a compression test?

The words you want to remember while setting the timing is top dead center ready to fire.You want both valves closed.They make a tool that inserts in the spark plug hole that whistles as you rotate the crank to alert you that both valves are closed.Or put your thumb on it and feel the pressure.You want to be TDC on the compression stroke which is 180 degrees opposite of TDC of the exhaust stroke.Both TDC will read 0 on the crank timing ring.

Pressurize the cylinder through the spark plug hole at around 100 - 115psi.

Wet Test - With the spark plug removed, squirt about one teaspoon of 30 - weight motor oil into the spark plug hole.

It basically gets down pulling a spark plug, getting that piston to Top Dead Center (TDC), threading the tester into the spark plug hole, hooking up compressed air (at a minimum pressure), bringing the cylinder pressure up to a set amount, and then watching how quickly it comes down again, and if it settles anywhere.

If the head is attached, your leak down tester should have an attachment that screws into the spark plug hole.

I have brought to magnetic tools and neither one will go through the small spark plug hole.

The only real place I'm seeing discoloration in the picture is around the spark plug hole, not around the exhaust ports.

Not exact matches

There are but two valves per cylinder; twin spark plugs per hole help eliminate misfiring.

When you're done, remove the string by pulling it back out the hole, and re-install the spark plug.

But I've been wondering if theoretically some hydrogen from an old battery could pool up under a closed bonnet (assuming it has no holes in it) and be ignited by old and frayed arcing spark plug wire while driving slowly.

The problem I had with the center hole and its odd threading / diameter I solved it by re threading it for a spark plug:) I'll post photos when I start the «journey» next week.

The issue is that hole has some weird diameter and threading: a spark plug looks to have the same diameter, but the thread is like 1.25 however it fails to be such when I use the threads gauge.

The 5.4 Triton engine has a major problem with blowing the spark plugs out of their holes, resulting in high repair bills.