Stripped Spark plug Fitting (Long)

[Joshua Van Tol]

It's quite possible some debris from the heli-coil job made its way 
into some of the other cylinders and fouled up the valve seating. I 
think a compression check is in order.

On Jul 20, 2004, at 10:16 PM, Mholme3 at aol.com wrote:

> Well after getting ready to clean up the 4kq and make it nice 
> again(new summer tires, exhaust, fixing the A/C), I was reminded that 
> just when you think you've fixed everything on these cars twice...
>
> Driving to work this morning, all was fine for the first 5 miles, then 
> I heard a loud "POOF" from the engine area and loud exhaust noise.  
> Thought it was my exhaust finally giving up so thought nothin of it as 
> a new one should be here tomorrow. 3 miles later after getting to 
> work, take a look under the car, exhaust is in tact.  Pop the hood and 
> see the number 2 plug wire and plug hanging over the valve cover.  
> This can't be good.  I tried to re-seat it but it was good and 
> stripped.  Sent an employee out to get a Helicoil spark plug kit.  Got 
> it installed after work with some help from the maintenance crew and 
> off I went.  Car sputtered for the first few miles but seemed to clear 
> up, got worse as I neared home.  Pulled into drive and it basically 
> died.  Went to restart and it ran VERY rough for about 10 sec and 
> died.  Haven't been able to restart since.  All I've done so far is 
> verify timing, spark and fuel. All are fine.  I did notice when 
> checking for spark very strong fuel smell after pulling the plugs, 
> don't know if that is normal.  Am I experiencing results of running on 
> 4cyl with 5 injectors firing?  I'm at a loss.  Thanks for any info.
>
> Marques
> 87 4kq
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