Plug chang warning.

[formula154]

I was changing my plugs the other day. I was blowing the holes out before I removed the plugs. I blew out the second hole and put the wrench in to remove the plug. I felt a kind of a crunch when the wrench went on the plug. I got a small mirror and flashlight and looked in the hole. The glass had broken on the plug. Pieces of glass were laying beside the plug. If I had taked the plug out and a piece of that glass had fallen in to my engine, it would have been a major problem. Any time I change my plugs in the future, I will visualy check to make sure nothing is in the plug well before I remove the plug. I suggest you all do the same.

 

[ant_mb]

I though it would be really hard for anything to get in there with the sealed wires, but I still blew them out before I changed my plugs. How did you get all the glass out?

 

[wrightme43]

Did you break the ceramic removing the plug caps?

 

[gonecrazy]

shop vac should suck them out

 

[kinderwood]

Yeh, I know checking around the spark plug to make sure it's clear and clean is part of the procedure for changing them; but reading reminders like this always help to make sure I'll remember when the time comes to do it myself. So, thanks for the tip and reminder.

 

[formula154]

I don't know how the glass broke. I might have broken it somehow. I ended up laying the bike on it's side. I put a plastic tube on the air blower and stuck the tube in the plug well and pumped it up and down and all around. One piece got wedged some how between the plug and wall. I had to get a piece of wire to work it out then blew it out. It was a major pain in the bottom. I'm just lucky I decided to look in the plug well with a mirror, divine intervention I guess.