I have a subaru wagon, 56K miles. Bought it from original owner grand son in law. Body is i perfect shape. Spark plug shot out of the head...any thoughts?

new head or used one thats resurfaced

You don't need a new head, or even removing the one that's in there. You can get a kit to re thread the spark plug hole and add an insert, then thread the plug back in. I had to do this on an old car I had, worked great.

^^^ what he said. I had to fix a Legacy once. No big deal really.

Yep a Helicoil kit of the right size will work just fine. Had to do it to my moms Forester at 250k.

You don't need a new head, or even removing the one that's in there. You can get a kit to re thread the spark plug hole and add an insert, then thread the plug back in. I had to do this on an old car I had, worked great.

 

wouldn't rethreading it make really small pieces of metal go through the engine?

not if you know how to do it right.

axle grease in the tap. catch the shavings.

Heli-Coil has saved my life more than once!

 

Make sure once you installed the Heli-Coil insert, that you use a needle-nose and break off the tap before hand before threading the spark plug in (Don't want that little tap sitting on top of the piston)

 

I want to see some pics of this wagon, damn.

axle grease in the tap. catch the shavings.

^And this

not if you know how to do it right.

^This

wouldn't rethreading it make really small pieces of metal go through the engine?

heli-coils are great i had to do this on a Toyota once it worked great

 

a '79 wagon with only 56k? pics please!

Edited July 29, 201213 yr by mikaleda