compression tester stuck in head
 

like the title says, this is so stupid. The hose just keeps twisting and twisting. I tried starting it on 3 cylinders hoping it would heat the head enough to expand the spark plug hole and let it go, didn't work. What should I do? :1

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man that sux, that happened to us on my friends b16 but it wasn't spinning at all, the rubber kept wrinkling n twisting but not rotating. i dunno how they got it out tho cuz i left after an hour of trying. good luck :X

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haha, I love these threads. Bambooseven did the same exact thing and was gonna tear the whole motor apart. lol. He ended up getting it out somehow. :D

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They should make a tester with a solid hose. Would make a lot of sense for motors with the plugs sunk into the head.

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i'm glad we've all done it before, who knows how to get it out?

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Going to a concert tonight, bad night to decide to compression test my car. looks like I'm taking my mom's car O0. Keep the replies comin guys.

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http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog

Get one of these for next time. I've got one on order from my dealer. As far as getting yours out, did you try filling the hole with some PB blaster or something? It may help.

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so the hose is still attached right....pull until the bitch breaks, then take a thin wall 19mm (i think) and get the tester out. you might have to grind down the outside of the socket. i did a similar thing: left the extension on the end of the tester, which got stuck down there

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hmm gonna look into getting one of these

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i did this same thing, finally after a couple hours of twisting and tryin it finally popped loose.

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Just a thought, Try one of those gator grip sockets. If not, use a long nose pliers and pull off as much rubber hose as you can, then use a socket that is tight fitting onto the tester then tap it on the tester with a hammer. It should bite into the fitting and you can unscrew it. :6

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cut the hose and use a socket ... only way .. or take the head off and use fise grips on the thread in the combustion chamber... lol

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i did the same thing, because i didnt tighten the two ends together on it and it was tighter in the head than on the hose, got it out with a long long pair of needle nose pliers.

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Id whack the hose off and then use needlenose visegrip pliers.

As far as im concerned needlenose visegrips, could darn near assemble a entire car......lol

Once you get the hose out of the way the visegrips can crunch down on it and should grip enough to twist it out.

Gotta use real visegrip brand tho... Ive found all the others are junk.

Steve :)

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note to self, never ride in your car. :-*

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He's right, I used a pair of visegrips to hold on my distributor, was on there good and strong till I pulled the motor, there is nothing wrong with vise grips. :P

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pull off the head, and replace it with a vtec one. :6

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thatyll teach you to use antiseize