Stuck Spark Plug Boot / Wire Fix By Professional Mechanic
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Spark plug wires & boots get stuck. Tackle the worst of them and prevent stuck boots in the future with these tips and tricks.
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Thank you for showing Shinner's footage. Great touch. His murder was a very sad thing... My heart goes out to his wife, 1 year old son and the rest of his family.
Great video, Brian, just 15 years too late for me! I got schooled by a mini with COP the first time I found stuck boots. It highlights a general recurring theme, that you may THINK you already know how to do a task. Until you gain the skill and tools to cope with problems, you really don't.
Today I ran into this problem on my daughter's car. I typed something in Google and this is the first video that came up. It was PERFECT. It was exactly what I was needing to see and hear. Thank you for taking the time to help people like myself. Very much appreciated.
Fantastic! You're welcome!
very similar scenario for me today, I had the thoughts of doing it, but tried to see if others did it, and here it is, confirmed, tomorrow I'll be working on it again, needed some very long nose pliers for the task
Thanks for the tip on the silicone spray for the melted boots. Just changed out my plugs and wires on my GMC truck and all the boots were stuck but they finally released with the needle nose method. Dielectric grease is a must on all the connection like this plus the light bulb sockets.
Never thought of it on lightbulbs. Smart!
Ran into that problem today with one of my customers VW 1.8L T Passats. Stuck coils. I have both of those tools so I will try your method. Thank you, Brian
Great video; came here for the info on silicone paste, but the best part of the video was the end. Thank you!
Brian, you are awesome. Thanks for paying respect to the fallen officer.
As always great video’s Brian. Something pretty simple can become a time consuming, pain in the back side. A few extra minutes to do the job correctly can save hours on the other end.
Great tribute to a fallen officer, thanks for taking a few minutes out of your day to show respect they fully deserve. Take care!
Hey Brian, Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but when the same thing happened on my 01 Ford F150, it happened to be on the 8th hole under the cowl and had very little room. What ended up working for me, was I got a piece of copper pipe (any material should work) that fit over the porcelain of the spark plug, then cut it to short piece that fit down into the hole, I had to slip the pipe over the plug, and it goes down in between the plug and the boot and separates them, then I just twisted it a bit and pulled it out and the boot came with it. Thats the only thing that I was able to get to work, but it worked well :D
I haven't done that- I love it! Thanks!
Reminds me of how much easier it was working on the old V-8s I usually owned. What a mess that eclipse engine was!
Saw your video on the blazer spyder injector some years ago, thought you were a Godsend then, still do. You're doing great great work, thank you for helping out. God Bless
This is a great video!!! I have a roasted ignition coil, the casing was burned and fused inside but I was able to get it out (took days) now the lower half of the coil and boot are stuck over the spark plug. I think I’ll use the silicone sealant you mentioned. Thank you for the tips!
Incredibly useful video. Love the ones that cover unique techniques. And especially the ones that cover when things go wrong.
Awesome video!!! And thanks for showing your respect for the officer's funeral
Great tips Brian. Especially using a indexing pry bar. I've use my 90 degree pliers a lot but I was missing something to make it even more doable.
Thanks!
godspeed to you brian, thanks for all these tips and tricks so far and all the diagnostics that help hone the mind looking for problems and a ways to solve them, cheers!
Thanks and you're welcome Alaude!
Good tips Brian. Sometimes it's just grunt work. Wow, that was a great turn out for a fallen officer.
Thanks! That was less than 1/3rd of it too. It reached over 8 miles from where the funeral was to how far it got as the last car pulled out. Plus there were 4 city buses packed with officers who flew in for the funeral. Absolutely unreal. It's a tough and often thankless job. And it's also an incredibly tight knit family/profession. Just like once you're a waiter- you leave better tips. When you understand what someone else is going through it's easier to have compassion for them.
I have a set of plug sockets with saw teeth on them. They are fast but you have to remember to clean out the hole before you back the plug all the way out.
I've never seen those!
Oh how I miss my old '68 Ford F100 with a 360. No computers or fancy covers, just pull on the boots and that's it. They worked fine, no need for the fancy valve covers with built in spark plug boots.
'68 Pontiac GTO convertible
Good work as usual. Your first link for the prybar goes to a wheel instead.
Thanks Brian, I've not had a stuck one yet, but that was good advice. Thanks.
Brian, great and informative tip. Hey I appreciate the help yesterday on my Paramotor. Looks like the loss of compression was the crank oil seals. Blue skies!
So glad to hear that. Thanks for the follow up!
The most easier part of the mechanic at the old times some constructors make it very difficult. Even the caps above the plugs! By the way nice job pal.
The bonus clip was much appreciated
Thank you Brian. Love your vids. I have always worked on my own iron. Love you advice and humor!
Welcome Eric!
You are still the master
Thanks. Still learning every day. This field is constantly evolving.
Thank you for the extra on the fallen officer. Ours is never an easy job.
Here here
Nice tribute at the end!
Brian;
Proper way for civillian to salute the flag or fallen warrior/officer is to REMOVE HAT, and place hand over heart. I can't talk for current days but I was taught that in grammar school in the 1950s. But great respect for showing respect.
Nice bonus footage, Brian.
Mr. Tips and Tricks. Love it.
Can't tell you how often people ring me for help after being SO stuck and they're SO close!
Top notch, loved the BFATE!
Thank you! This helps a lot.
Thanks Brian, nice tribute at the end.
Welcome koolkats- and thanks.
Great video Brian
Brian, watching you pry all over that valve cover made me wince every time. Those covers were so poorly cast it's hard to find any that aren't cracked and leaking.
Awesome video!!! I had this exact problem and this helped so much!
love the bonus sorry for your loss . may god be with him forever. god bless
Great tips, thanks for sharing.
Great bonuses footage Salute to the fallen Officer
Thanks Antonio! You're the man!
I'm working on a joke in my head that goes like "Its good that I'm such a good DIY mechanic, because my wife is such a good cook! An amazing cook, fast too. She can cook a starter in 22 seconds flat."
You have a dark gift.
A Hoover does a great job sometimes.
Excellent video
Brian; was that the police officer recently killed in the line-of-duty? Regardless thanks for showing your support.
the end of the coil getting stuck around the spark plug reminded me of when I had to change plugs about 6 years ago. Mine were not cooked, One was just so old the end of the boot just snapped. Got it out with really long needle nose pliers and a lot of patience
Of course it was a DSM; poor things would leak oil from their tires if they could! Surprised to see one in stock form though. Thanks for the video, keep up the great work!
Haha. I've worked on many DSMs and *never* seen plugs do this. But usually plugs get changed every 6 months. BTW, NGK plug wires work great on DSMs. Also the most stock looking Eclipse I've seen in a long time.
Yeah, it's been a garage queen.
The t-stat failed and it was driven till the wires shorted to the plug well and stopped the engine.
It stumbled onto it's face at 3K rpms after they re solidified. No CEL ever came on either. I was reading the MAF, checking the blow off valve, and went to check plugs and they
were a hot mess so i started there. Worked. You might believe this thing bucked like a broken washing machine with a bad front motor mount too!
@@briansmobile1 Dead front and rear roll stoppers aren't a surprise considering the age. The quick and dirty was to fill them with 3M window weld and let it set. Great video as always!
Just had this happen to me yesterday on my daughter’s Honda lol. So frustrating. I got some advice to spray some Wd-40 inside the boots and let it sit overnight
And light it up for a quick solution to the problem.
My car (2015 VW Golf) has been running fine, but 1st plug change is supposed to be at 60K miles, and I just hit 60k. Warmed the car up fully, because some said that would make it easier. Have been working at it over two hours and can't remove ANY of the coil packs..I've pulled hard enough to stretch one of the boots to 1/2 it's diameter., and if wouldn't release. Would spraying silicone between the rubber boot and soak plug well help release it? Is the silicone going to foul the catalytic?
Wow that was epic bud. She's cooked alrighty . Nice one Brian .
The label on the oil filter shrunk like an Easter egg wrap!
What about using one of those stud remover sockets on the spark plug tip and trying to unscrew it with that?I figure maybe you can just unscrew the plug and the plug will jack out the broken plastic and rubber.
Never tried it. It strikes me as genius, but it all depends on what kind of torque it would take to break the porcelain and how tight or rusted in the plug is.
I absolutely LOVE the way you're thinking though!
If plug wires are stuck on a distributor cap, can you use silicone spray to help get them off if you’re going to reuse the plug wires or will it cause issues?
Bloody hell...just like the Cadillac cts i worked on yesterday..lots of fishing for sure. not to mention the intake manifold on the 3.6😣😣😣😣
I feel you Javier!
@@briansmobile1 me too!
What’d ya say about dialectic grease on threads of spark plugs - yes or no?
Love your videos bro. Tks
What about Liquid Wrench? Can I spray that in there??
Is it better to remove stuck spark plug boots when the engine is hot or cold?
Cant say for every case, but hot is generally better to let go, but can be easier to tear because of softness.
at this time of the year you will be happy to lean over hot engine
@@valpanig you've got that right.
Hi bro i just saw your channel and i love your video! Can you please make a full video on spark plugs and coils that how to check plugs?
Right angles are called Mixters
Wow. Learnt something new!
Ok Hawkeye, clamp that vein.
Great Work
Thanks Benny!
Talk about frustrating repairs.. I tried pulling my upper ball joint out of the control arm for the second day in a row, with new specialized tools to do it.. and still wouldn't budge. I am so demoralized I want to sell the damn thing.
Wow! Can’t believe that engine got that Hot that it fried the spark plug wires
But how do I do this on a 95 Explorer XL without removing the engine and the wires are hard to reach?
what made it so hot?? runs good now?no leaks??bet the valve cover gaskets burnt too. like the adj lady slipper cool.
Thermostat stuck closed and went undetected till it died from the spark plug tubes melting. Video on some of that to come.... some day. I only edit about 20% of what I film.
I'm not very efficient about either.
@@briansmobile1 great job any way never seen them that cooked with out other problems .rember one drove into dealer with front timing cover melted.good will warenty cause she said she was at the commuter lot writer said drive it in there was alot close not where she was 25 miles away the cover was dripping lol.warrenty short block.short flat rate that week.lol good chanell thaks
I have one stuck in my 2003 Lincoln Towncar how can I get it out?
Excellent video Brian. Learned this the hard way first time I changed the plugs on the wife's Volvo. Thanks for sharing. Now, need you to help diagnose why my trusty 1997 Suburban won't run after replacing fuel lines from tank. If "return line" is kinked or pinch a bit would that cause irregular running? Sound like a wxcellent project if you ask me...
Why did the boot get overheated?
rhose cars are notorious for the timing bels breaking and the valves bending.
Interesting video ty 💪
Great tips! How many miles are on that car? It looks pretty mint minus the issues you mentioned.
68k It is. Paints pretty good too. It has been a fair weather weekend car / investment car. Not sure about the return, but it's been loved.
Thanks for replying Brian! They are rare in that trim. The auction site Bring A Trailer has sold some older Japanese cars for a lot of money recently. There seems to be a healthy market for low mileage cars from the late 90s to early 00s.
Nice old car too
Gsx is the fast one and the good one this is slow fwd car
Hey Brian , I’m looking affordable bidirectional scan tool for working on a small fleet of GM trucks. I wondering if you have any recommendations. Thanks .
I heard tech stream isn't too expensive. Just does GM....not sure if it's more Chevy or more...
DE Nichols thanks for the info
@@darrylgriffin9603 your welcome.
@@DENicholsAutoBravado Agreed.
R.I.P. Officer
Can I use silicone spray instead of PAM when I make french fries? Lol
Of course you can- just don't eat the fries.
I guess I'm a bad mechanic then with regards to silicon paste. Many bosses wouldn't supply the shop with silicon paste. They say wires come with it. I explain it. Response. I'm not buying that.
Me: Sigh. Not enough to be helpful.
Sounds like a profitable shop to me.
If you are replacing wires and plugs just break off the plugs, then boots come right off.
god how do you do that on a boxer engine?
Pull the two motor mount nuts and trans mount bolts and lift it up a little if you have to.
I didn't know the BFATE was supposed to make me cry
I cried a lot that week. I was editing the Saturday night it happened and couldn't function. All the feels in me went off.
He was shot 2 blocks from my old house. Another reason I live in the middle of nowhere now.
What a mess
did that TWEEKER on the bike ever stop talking AT you??
Don't bring silicone spray into a body shop you have been warned.
Fish eyes, fish eyes. Rolly polly fish eyes! Yeah, that's the worst.
I have a tool for that. less than 5 min job
What is it and where can we buy it?
Wtf was that shit at the end?
A young officer was shot and killed by a criminal. That was the funeral procession for it.
Officers came from all over the country to honor him. I volunteered for traffic control duty.