On Jul 28, 9:42*pm, Brent > wrote:
> On 2009-07-29, GILL > wrote:
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> > Mark G7#9 wrote:
> >> If any of you gents have a minute, can you look at the below vid
> >> please :
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> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdbbLLgud6Q
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> >> Car was fine on the ride home, but right before pulling into the
> >> garage, something happened (it started shaking, making a tractor sound
> >> and stalled).
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> >> All fluids are ok. Belts look fine. Can't see any leaks. No Service
> >> Engine indication.
> >> Car has 105K and the only thing ever changed was the clutch.
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> >> The car starts ok but makes a horrible noise, shakes a bit and stalls
> >> after 45 seconds (see vid).
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> >> Thanks
> >> Mark
> > Sounds like you popped a spark plug. Pull the coils off, see if one is
> > not loose.
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> I was going to say the same thing without even listening... sure enough
> that's exactly what it sounds like. That a plug has ejected itself.
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> There are a number of kits on the market specifically for the 4.6 to
> restore the thread with the head on the car. I used the helicoil one on
> a '99 GT. No drilling required with that kit (the tap is designed to
> remove the minimum amount of material). Just went slow and easy
> with lubricant on the tap, taking it out frequently to clean off chips
> so they didn't fall inside the cylinder. Once tapped a vacuum cleaner
> with a small hose attached to it (homemade attachment) did a good job of
> sucking out the few chips that did fall in. Turning over the engine
> with the coils upluged was another step to eject anything that may have
> been left out the open spark plug hole.
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> The downside is that the kit is $200. But the tool and the tap is
> specially designed to get down the deep spark plug wells.
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> Those with superchargers and such might want to consider one of the kits
> with more robust inserts. But those require drilling the hole larger,
> which means more chips, etc and so on.- Hide quoted text -
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If so, why is there no ODB code set. I would imagine a misfire would
be detected by the computer.