Re: Blew A Spark Plug

[Igor Kessel <four_rings@worldnet.att.net>]

Don Muirhead wrote:
> 
> '86 CGT finally popped a spark plug and put a nice ding on the hood (sniff
> - new last year) and left me sitting in a service centre about 140 km from
> home this morning.  While I was waiting for the tow truck I checked the
> rest and I have another thread that's a little weak as well.
> 
> Engine has nearly a million km's so I guess it was due to happen some day.
> 
> I never had to put a heili in anything so the big questions are:
> 
> 1. To heili-coil or not - does it work, or

Yes. BTDT on the '85 5000s.
Used the rethreading kit: one two-step tap and several solid threaded
inserts. NOT a helicoil.
The kit was $30 from Pep Boys.

-- 
Igor Kessel
Two turbo quattros.