Question: My generation free-spark plug? I cannot remove it. It just keeps turning. A little bit of background, before changing the head gasket, I did a cylinder leak-down test. That had an adapter on it. It seems the adapter got stuck in the spark plug hole. I look with my light. A camera light and seen, wow, the adapter came off. Went to the store, got an easy out and a tap. Came right out, I ran the tap, just a turn or two, and the spark plug the whole was fine. A few months later, I did a head gasket, and I had no problem with this cylinder. Fast forward this weekend, the plug keeps turning and turning. I got fatigued, and I said, You know what, I think this has been like this for a while. So I put the car back together with three new plugs start of the motor. I hear no compression leak. The car runs well. Drove it 140 miles yesterday. Use the car for work like a taxi cab. Any advice? I think the car is going to continue to run well. The option is to take the head off??. having it retapped. Or getting an extra head, I'm doing a swap. But if it runs good, I'll do that in the future before it gets cold two hundred and thirty-two thousand miles.
Eventually, the plug hole will fail. What's keeping the plug seated is the coil pushing on it. You might be able to find a machine shop that could pull the plug out, and install a heli coil with out having to remove the head. But sooner or later, that plug and/or coil will fail.
Makes perfect sense. Never really thought about it. The coil kinda locks it down some. As far as a machine shop. You mean I can maybe find one who can get it out on the car.. kinda like a repair shop.?? When it fails think the plug will blow out. How should I prepare. I have a feeling it may have been like this awhile.