A mechanic friend and I were changing the dreaded plugs on my truck today. All 7 went fine with some creeking and noises until we go to the back plug on the drivers side. The metal jacket part (sleeve that the socket fits on). came out and left the ceramic center and the lower metal sleeve in the cylinder. We soaked it with Kroil earlier but it won't budge. Well the ceramic broke off with us pulling on it with pliers. Now their is nothing to grab onto and nothing to screw the extraction tool into. The mechanic has it soaking in Kroil overnight and is going to try it in the morning. He was thinking of starting it I think and seeing if it shoots it out. His other thought was to use an ice pic and try to break up the ceramic to get it out of the way so the extraction tool could be used. I was concerned aobut the ceramic being left in the cylinder and he said his shop vac with attachment would clean all that out. Please help. What do you suggest.

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The easiest way to get it out is to start it up and get it hot and hope to God that it pops out.

 

What? what if it gets sucked in the cylinder? Then the guy would really be screwed. The dealer has a tool or there is one avalible for removing the broken off plugs. I saw a demonstration video of one being removed linked off this board. You should be able to find it if you do a search.

 

It is recommended that the dealership start up the truck and try to shoot the plug out.

 

I've only had my truck a few months but am learning a lot on this site. Wanted to know if this problem is only with the 3 valve motors or does the same thing apply to the 2V motors and if so where can I get a copy of the TSB I've seen mentioned? I have a 2003 with the 5.4

Thanks

 

2V motors have the opposite problem, they spit the plugs out of the head.