Most of the articles I read suggested the only way to get the broken spark plug is to take it to a professional mechanic. The next morning I googled for more Ideas and found out this happens sometimes. I had no idea what to do when I went to bed and thought about it for a while. My car is worth about $2800.00, how would I spend that amount of money to fix an old car? blah blah blah he kept going on and on making a long list of things that needed to be done. When I asked why is it so expensive? The lead mechanic said “because we have to take down the head of the engine block, tap out the broken spark plug, install a new head gasket and ……. I went back to the mechanics and they said it will cost me from $1800.00 to $2000.00 dollars to fix it. My car now is completely disabled leaving me with no transportation. That was a disastrous and costly mistake with no easy solution. The next day my friends and I started changing the spark plugs and when we were changing the last one it broke almost in half. It looks like I have to change my car’s spark plugs, so I bought the best spark plugs I can get. After a while of sifting through the google jungle I found some hints. I decided to Google around and I was overwhelmed with the thousands of results. I went to the mechanics and they wanted from $450.00 to $1200.00 to do the work and still it is not guaranteed my car will pass. I asked some people and everybody had their own idea what I should do but, no one came up with a solid answer. This time, I was really worried what to do with the car to pass the emission. ![]() I did all that and took it back but, the car failed for the second time. I said to myself, he is right I will change the oil, the air filter, put premium gas and bring it back. His reply was predictable: "sir, I can’t tell you what to do we are not allowed to give out advice however a general tune up would help you" he said. ![]() I knew he would not give me any meaningful advice but I asked him what he thought I should do to get it to pass the emission. So, it wasn’t a big deal when the testing technician told me my car didn’t pass. ![]() I knew it wouldn’t pass the first time because the car was way past due for a much needed tune up. I took it down to the emission testing center but it failed.
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