Cannot remove spark plug, gasket stuck around nut park of plug..

[Shenanigans]

Don't ask me how but the gasket that is inside spark plugs sockets to hold them in place/remove them somehow ended up around the nut part of the spark plug so i cannot get the socket onto the plug to remove it...

anyone have any ideas?

[walky_talky20]

That rubber/foam stuff is usually pretty soft, so you might be able to just push on it a bit to work the socket onto the plug. Otherwise, just get some long pliers and a flashlight, and fish that crap out of there.

[Shenanigans]

That rubber/foam stuff is usually pretty soft, so you might be able to just push on it a bit to work the socket onto the plug. Otherwise, just get some long pliers and a flashlight, and fish that crap out of there.

already tried the first one its some pretty dense rubber... ill see if i can barrow the roomates car to get some long pliers or maybe a hook/pick set

[kbjy11]

magnetic pick-up tool?

[NewJerseyDevil]

Coat Hanger...hook it at the end... get a flash light and go fishing like above said.

[Timtheguru]

[S4 00 2.7]

+1 Coat hanger.

[infinkc]

happened to me recently, i used a coat hanger, bent one end and cut it close to the bend so it was sharp, then i got ahold of the rubber piece and pulled it up.

[Shenanigans]

oh man i just had a good laugh when i saw that...

got a hook and pick set and autozone, after that it was just some time and a couple foul words before i got it out

[highPSI-S4]

magnetic pick-up tool?

This! I have had this happen to me before and the magnet works like a charm. As a matter of fact I lost my rubber gasket and still use the magnet to get them out.

[Shenanigans]

This! I have had this happen to me before and the magnet works like a charm. As a matter of fact I lost my rubber gasket and still use the magnet to get them out.

i had/have one of those but the gasket wasn't made of metal...

[julex]

Looong pliers, they come very handy in our cars as the engine bay is a trap for anything dropped in there.

[qporscheq]

+1 Coat Hanger indeed.

I registered for this forum, just to say thanks for this thread. My wife would have killed me if she had come home and found her car un-drivable. 5 mins with the coat hanger and the gaskets from not one but two spark plugs were cleared. Phewwww...

[ChrisGS4]

Looong pliers, they come very handy in our cars as the engine bay is a trap for anything dropped in there.

It's always a lucky day when anything dropped in an engine bay falls all the way to the ground. With the s4 of course you have better odds of winning the lotto.

[tenspeed]

Screw in a 3 inch dry wall/deck screw and use the needle nose pliers to pull it out. I did that with a broken dip stick on my daughters Jeep.
Put a little RTV on the rubber collar and stick it back into the plug socket or just leave it out.