Ignition Leads WTF!!!!

[loudstealthGT-Four]

So last night a hose in my car split and spewed all the water/coolant out, the temp gauge started to go over half so i stopped and found some water and let it cool down, this didnt work so i towed it home. fixed the hose today filled it up with water and now it wont fire up, tried to take the leads out to see if they had any spark but they are stuck in there some how. managed to get 1 out and SUPRISE!!!!!!!!!!




can any one tell me why the fcuk this has happened?????????
has any one else had this problem??????

Thanks Tyler

[MR2BOY23]

That first picture is a bit blurry, has it melted? or has something else happend to it

[fxgt race]

Best you chip at what is left on the spark plug with a screw drive and hook a hose to a vacum cleaner that will fit down the spark plug hole to suck out the crap. A new leed and she be sweet.

[fivebob]

It's melted because it overheated.

Are those genuine Toyota leads?

[loudstealthGT-Four]

yea but i dont want to fork out another $180 because i only just got these in july. is it a fault of the leads or what?

yea there is a rubber bit at the end that in melted and Fcuked

[loudstealthGT-Four]

It's melted because it overheated.

Are those genuine Toyota leads?

No there Champion.........

It didnt overheat the temp gauge went just over half so i stopped???

[fxgt race]

If the temp gauge was only just over halve way when you stopped it should be ok , so hopefully the engine will be fine. check water in oil etc, put new leads on and give it ago

[loudstealthGT-Four]

If the temp gauge was only just over halve way when you stopped it should be ok , so hopefully the engine will be fine. check water in oil etc, put new leads on and give it ago

yea checked the oil its all good

cant afford some new leads though

[fivebob]

It's melted because it overheated.

Are those genuine Toyota leads?

No there Champion.........

Thought so, genuine leads have rubber feet so they don't melt is situations like that.

It didnt overheat the temp gauge went just over half so i stopped???

The condition of your plug leads says that it did.

Temperature sensors only really work properly when the're immersed in coolant, when it's just vapour they take a lot longer to react so the head would be a lot hotter than the gauge indicated.

[loudstealthGT-Four]

oh ok thanks. (really hoping i havent $&#$% the motor)

[DeeCee]

i have some leads just floating around the place - pm me

[fivebob]

oh ok thanks. (really hoping i havent $&#$% the motor)

Probably not, most of the melting would have occured after you shut the engine off as there was no coolant circulating to carry the heat away.

Worst that is likely to happen would be that the head has gone soft, but even that is unlikely.

[KwS]

OH NOSE BHG!



Man, i thought those leads would've been rated to like, hundreds of degrees....

[Akane]

The million dollar question is, how is he gonna get the remaining bits out?

[jakesae101]

maybe its like that ad remove the sump then the crank, conrods and pistons to get to the spark plugs ???

[KwS]

tip engine upside down? Just get some mates together, get them to all grab the same side of the car, and lift. Problem solvered.

[frost]

Best you chip at what is left on the spark plug with a screw drive and hook a hose to a vacum cleaner that will fit down the spark plug hole to suck out the crap. A new leed and she be sweet.

[Lloyd]

Mash the plastic bits with a screwdriver until its broken off and then blow compressed air down there

[sergei]

superglue and a stick; smash the remaining bit to million of pieces and vacuum it; hook it with wire; etc

[loudstealthGT-Four]

Will the spark plugs be $&#$%???