hey guys i was testing my compression and now the hose is stuck in #3
i have a d15b2 not that it matters, and when i put in the hose i put it in hand tight just like the first 2. now the hose won't come out. the hose is spinning around but not unscrewing.

is there anyway to get this out without pulling the head and unscrewing from the combustion chamber side?

 

hose broke off but the rest is still in there
see pic for what is still in hole.

 

Spray a small amount of penetrating lube down into the spark plugs hole and let that sit for awhile. Next, grab a set of long nose, needle nose pliers. If you can't get a good grasp, you may have to remove the valve cover to gain more ground.

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Next time coat the tester threads in oil or anti-seize before testing.
Also, you don't need to tighten it down much either. The compression will do a good job of that as you can see. HTH

 

i'm on my way to autozone to grab some of those pliers.
i also put some anti seize on the thread and didn't tighten that much.
i have no idea why the hell it's stuck in there, but i'm gonna get it out without pulling the head.

 

just thought about it and there is nothing for the pliers to grip. so i'm gonna sleep on it and see if there is something else i can do

 

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If you can't physically grab the test through the spark plug hole, then you're only other option is to pull the head. It can only come out 1 of 2 ways.

As for why it is in there so tight, the pressure from compression did that. Same reason why your oil filter torques down more after driving the car following an oil change. Good luck, buddy. I've been there, but luckily I was able to use pliers on mine.

 

mmm red lock tite!!

 

tell u right now how to get it out because it happened to me. you take a long flat head screw driver and get it in the hole on the adapter that the hose hooks up too and turn it .it will come out everytime if the flat head is long enoughand wide enough it will work. and for next time dont use the adapter just screw the hose in

 

Easyout should work.

 

just wanted to thank everyone for the help.
i'm gonna pull the head.
but it's not just the adapter stuck in there. the whole hose got stuck then the hose fell off of the compression fitting that the maker put on. so now i have everything cept the hose stuck in there.
i've never worked on a d15b2, but it looks like if i take off the rocker assembly most of the spark plug tube comes off with it. if i can get that off i might be able to get some lockjaw pliers on it. tonight i'm pulling the head, unless removing the rocker assembly works.
the next question is should i compression test the #4 cyl or call it good?
the first 3 came out 175-180 which is perfect according to my chilton.

 

EZ OUT!

 

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if the extension was the only thing down there it would work, but with what is stuck down there it's not gonna work.
too tired to work on the car tonight so i will tomorrow.

 

here is a pic of what was stuck down there.
i took off the rocker assembly and with that most of the spark plug tube comes out too. after it was off i could grab the piece with vise grips. it came out really easy.

 

This happened to me, all i used were one of those spring loaded 4 jaw pick-up tools used to grap small things that fall in the engine bay. When you push on the spring it opens the 4 jaws and then when you let go it compresses. It was like 5 bucks at autozone, took me 2 mins to get out the broken fitting.

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it was screwed in to the spark plug hole. it wasn't just sitting in there.
a magnet would have pulled it out if it was just sitting in there

 

I see why the ez out wouldn't work now. wtf is that thing inside of it anyhow?

 

It looks like something is wrong with the threads at the bottom. Did you do that trying to get it out, or do you think that might have been the source of the problem?

 

maxpsi, the threads are fine, it's just some anti seize.

snowseaker, it's the part that goes in the hose. when i was trying to get it out the hose fell off.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by vegas hoe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it was screwed in to the spark plug hole. it wasn't just sitting in there.
a magnet would have pulled it out if it was just sitting in there</TD></TR></TABLE>
I know that the adapter was threaded in, the problem is that the hose isn't crimped tight enough and the hose popped off and the adapter was stuck in the head, I know. With that 4 jaw pick-up tool it clamps down on the adapter and you spin it out just like if you were to use those 8" or 12" needle nose plier.

 

do those grabber things clamp on that tight?

 

It worked for me, this happened to me last week, didn't even have to take off my valve cover, i've also used the 12" needle nose before in the past, i just couldn't find mine and the autopart store was closed so i used my 4 jaw pick-up tool.

 

not to sound ignorant here but wouldn't a deep socket and an extension solved this problem?? Correct me if i'm wrong &gt;.&lt;

 

I think a socket has to thick of walls.

 

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The adapter fittings are to thick to fit a deep socket into the spark plug tubes, and it was the threaded part of the tested that was crimped to the hose that broke off and got stuck into the head.

 

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The adapter fittings are to thick to fit a deep socket into the spark plug tubes, and it was the threaded part of the tested that was crimped to the hose that broke off and got stuck into the head.</TD></TR></TABLE>
yup yup.
if just the adapter got stuck then a socket would not work cause the walls are too thick, but needle nose pliers would work, however more then just the adapter got stuck so none of that would work.