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i was changing my spark plugs and the porcilin broke and fell into the engine i cleanedout as much as i can and put the new one in.

but when i started the car it started making a klunking sound

i need help im desparate

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i was changing my spark plugs and the porcilin broke and fell into the engine i cleanedout as much as i can and put the new one in.

but when i started the car it started making a klunking sound

i need help im desparate

industrial strength vac maybe? thats all i can think of....hopefully the damage hasnt already been done

lol i know a moron very good friend of mine who did a very similar thing... uncanny!

Needless to say, he doesn't do mechanical anymore :D

Im surprised you started it though without getting it checked. Short of taking the head off im not sure of many options as its not metallic.

Really if you have started it its a little to late

other than pulling the head

Damn I am sorry

Snap on make a kinda camera that may fit in there to give ya a better idea

http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item.asp?P6...amp;dir=catalog

Called a borescope you might luck out an find someone who has one you could stick that in there an get a better look

They are exy an not a lot of mechanics have em

other than that ummmmmmmmmm

you may find someone like techrentals (here in darwin ) who you can hire one from

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A GTR turbo fails in one second, same thing happens, it wouldn't surprise me.

Depends where the bits/pieces have ended up etc during those 500 revolutions... cause think about it, 30 sec, 1000rpm... whatever is in there has certainly done the rounds.

i turned it on for 30 seconds man i doubt it will neeed a rebuild

As nismoid said, 1000RPM for 30 seconds... It's gone around and been ground to pieces 500 times... PLUS you heard all that nice clunking...

You've 99% likely farked your motor. Start stripping it out.

i'd be more worried about the turbo than the engine.

i accidentally did the same thing servicing my mum's camry, it made nasty noises, crushed up the porcelain and spat it out the exhaust.

put a new plug in, started and ran fine after that.

your main concern are bits of porcelain getting stuck in your turbine, but u never know your luck, if you can still boost it then chances are it was crushed up so fine that is passed straight through the turbine and out your exhaust.

put a new plug in and try your luck I say :D

harden up bitches

ive done this when pissed once

just idle the motor for a few miniutes

in my case i lost compression for about 2 minutes ( i think it jammed in the valve)then after a while it cleared up no dramas( eg crushed it out)

compression came back and i flogged the flamin mongrel out the engine for another 10k.. then re- built it

now i dont know if the rebuild was a result of my drunkan spark plug change????

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