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brian gochnour Posted on Oct 09, 2016
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Spark plug blown out there is no more threads in hole , plug falls into the head of the engine. How does this happen.

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It most often happens because a spark plug has become loose and compression begins to escape past the threads. As hot compression forces it way along, the cylinder head becomes very hot and especially with alloy heads, the threads will burn away or melt. Cross threading a spark plug can cause the same outcome.
Often the spark plug hole can be fixed by drilling out or dressing up the hole (cylinder head may have to be removed) and then inserting a helicoil (many sizes). This is a repair object that has threads on the inside (for the spark plug) and an outside surface that when heated up will "weld" itself to the cylinder head. It is a solid repair.

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