I was just servicing my partners 2003 Ford ka 1.3 Duratec Engine. When I came to the spark plugs I noticed that there was a lot of rust around the top of the plugs. I scratched it all away and left some WD40 to soak in before attempting to unscrew the plugs. Although extremly tight, 3 have come out in-tack but one has snapped in half leaving the threaded part in the block. I managed to hoover out the remains of the ceramic part from with-in the plug although I know some may of already fallen inside the head.
I bought a set of stud removers and attempted to remove the remains of the plug. We used more WD40 but it just would not shift, the stud remover was gripping well but we didn't dare put any more force onto the breaker bar(we did give it plenty!!)
Anyhow we have now given up and I plan to tow the car to a garage tomorrow. Are they likely to have a better method for removing the part left and successfully clean out whatever may have fallen in or will they just remove the head and machine it out properly?
Either way how much should I expect to pay and how long would such jobs take?
What I was hoping would be an easy Sunday morning job has turned out to by a real pain in the ass! Thanks
Rob