[s-cars] Help! How do I get the spark plugs out of an AAN???

[Paul Heneghan]

Thanks for the quick reply Bob, but...

I had already tried the lug wrench in my S6's tool kit, and it didn't have
the plug wrench at the other end - it was just a circular tube!  I've just
gone out and tried my wife's lug wrench, and hers DOES have the spark plug
wrench at the other end, but it's also too big to fit down the recess
either.  I've now tried two 1/2" square drive spark plug wrenches, a Morris
Minor spark plug wrench and a 1996 UK S6 wrench and they're all too big to
fit down the hole.

Am I being exceptionally stupid here?  I've never been defeated by a spark
plug before.

Paul
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Robert Myers [mailto:robert at s-cars.org]
  Sent: 12 June 2005 13:32
  To: Paul Heneghan; s-car-list at audifans.com
  Subject: Re: [s-cars] Help! How do I get the spark plugs out of an AAN???



  Use the long end of your lug wrench.  It's a plug wrench.  You can also
use the screwdriver handle inserted into the short end to increase your
leverage for the job.  Hans und Fritz managed to get that one right.

  At 08:31 AM 6/12/2005, Paul Heneghan wrote:


    I got a sudden permanent misfire a few days ago - cylinder #2 isn't
firing.

    I took off the top alloy cover (four hex bolts) to reveal the coils and
the
    recesses that the spark plugs live in, and discovered that recess #5 is
    black and charred - obviously a leaking spark plug.  So I tried to take
the
    plug out and discovered that none of my three spark plug removal tools
will
    fit down the hole!!!

    Do I need to take the entire cam cover off?  Surely not!  The Bentley
says
    the following:
    - Remove screws from ignition coil mounting bracket (arrows).
    - Remove  spark  plugs tools

    No mention of any special spark plug tools or further dismantling of the
cam
    cover.

    Do I need to buy a special slim spark plug socket?

    Paul
    1995 S6 Avant (UK spec)
    1996 S6 (UK spec)

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