06 5.4L Spark plug Problems???

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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 12:54 PM
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Hey, here's the story used the lisle 65600 to remove the broken spark plug and it pulled out, but a piece of the porcelain tip broke off I'm assuming from pushing through the metal strap... anyways, I can also assume that piece is in the cylinder. Need to be pointed in the right direction by people that know best. Am I screwed or what? Please help with what my next steps should be.

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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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If you have a vacuum adapt a flexible tube smaller than the sparkplug hole to the end of the suction tube and try to vacuum the cylinder out with that.....
 
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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It's probably not in the cylinder. Most that have experienced this use a shop vac and rig up a small tube to go down the sparkplug hole and retrieve the porcelain.
 
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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duck tape+vacuum hose+shop vac..
 
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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Is turning over the engine after vacuuming it out? Will that help?
 
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 02:10 PM
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I would vacuum it out then hit it with compressed air then vacuum again then install the plug and hope for the best. Suppose it wouldnt hurt to crank it a bit with the plug out..
 
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Old Dec 14, 2011 | 02:16 PM
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yeah, that's what I'll do, but I have to go to work so it's a project for the morning. This spark plug job is a pain in the a**, but I no matter what I refuse the pay the dealer for any work as they seemingly forgot to mention this issue to me even after I bought the truck.
 
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