Spark plug insulator tip broke?

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Nov 11, 2011 | 09:04 AM

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Spark plug insulator tip broke?

what would cause that to break??? on a boosted car of only 5 psi?

Nov 11, 2011 | 09:29 AM

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Over tightening or a miss-aligned socket pushing against it while tightening. Could be boost related, maybe.

Nov 11, 2011 | 09:54 AM

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im talking in the combustion chamber..the white insulator tip by the electrode

Nov 11, 2011 | 10:05 AM

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A defective Plug. A Very small possibility of something flowing thru the intake system into the cylinder and out the exhaust.....but highly unlikely. Over 40 years and I have never seen a broken tip.

Nov 11, 2011 | 10:11 AM

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i put a new plug in after that and it still didnt fire on that cylinder...took the plug out and held my finger over the hole and it spit oil and gas on my hand

Nov 11, 2011 | 12:44 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jak2908

im talking in the combustion chamber..the white insulator tip by the electrode

OK, miss-understood where it had broken.

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i put a new plug in after that and it still didnt fire on that cylinder...took the plug out and held my finger over the hole and it spit oil and gas on my hand

I'd check compression on that cylinder. Could be that a broken ring-land hit & broke it...or something damage related in the area of the combustion chamber.

Could be leaky valve stem seal, damaged valve, piston, rings...

Sounds like you'll be pulling the head.

Nov 11, 2011 | 01:06 PM

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its just strange because nothing else on the plug is damaged..the ground strap isnt even touched...and where the insulator tip is broke its broke about 3/16" down