I'm new..... don't judge please.

Anyway, has anyone ever seen a coil pack literally melt inside the chamber? I cannot get it out for the life of me, I'm trying to to see if anyone has any ideas on removing the rest of the coil pack, and replacing the spark plug. How in the world could this happen

 

that sucks, i think someone else had this problem where the a/c drain got plugged and spilled all over the ECU, which then in turn fried the coil pack(s)

 

yea, I hope not. I'm gonna check it out when I get off of work. I am so mad!

 

I'm wondering if you have a symptom similar to the guy with the melted plug. If it was hot enough to melt the threads on the plug, I'd think it would be hot enough to melt the plastic on the coil.

Is the coil physically in tact still, or is it broken and you see melted parts of it? I can't think of anything offhand that may assist in removing it if there is indeed a melted piece within the plug tube.

Edit: Looks like the cause for yours, and the melted plug may indeed be the loose plug issue, it just melted instead of blowing out. http://www.odyclub.com/forums/52-200...-2006-exl.html

 

yea, the whole coil pack melted. Plastic and all. Now after fixing that problem, my VSA, Engine, and the triangle with the exclamation point is on. fml

reading off tons of codes

 

^re-tighten the plugs before catastrophic damage occurs.

the plugs are loose allowing heat to escape to melt the coil packs.

 

Took care of the coil pack and spark plug. but now I'm having a hell of a time with electrical issues. Can't shift from park unless I hit the switch in the gear box. My VSA button just does not even feel like there is anything behind it. reading off p0279, p0161, and steering angle malfuntion.

 

check your ecu/pcm. I'll bet it's fried...

 

Yea that was me. This sounds like the same problem. Check your ecu with a legit shop scanner. If there are a lot of codes, chances are its the computer thats fried. You can source a used one, program and get it back up and running for about $750 (thats in NY).

 

You can sometimes physically look at the ECU without removing it and see the water stains on the casing...

 

Any way of checking it to see if it is fried? Or just replace it?

 

My current issue.. How in the world will I get that out and clean? Any ideas?

 

Hopefully that is cylinder 4,5 or 6 (history says it's 5) next to the radiator?

Round file? Long, slender knife? Scrape it from top to bottom with a flathead screw driver? You only need to get enough off so you can pull the plug to check it/replace it. But before you run the engine again, you need to determine if your ECU/PCM is fried (see posts above). Also, while I doubt that plastic pieces would damage the piston/cylinder, I'd find a vacuum with an attachment that can suck out the scraped particles (or as many as possible) before removing the plug.

 

I just saw this in my 07 TL-S the whole plug melted and im sure the threads on the head that hold the spark plug became stripped, im going to remove the head this weekend and inspected and most likely get all the theads rethreaded, it was cylinder #4 good thing its the easy side lol

 

Now, I am curious what is the cause of this and why are these things happening? Is it because of the loose plugs on the J series? I checked my car right away after reading this, and holy shit, cylinder number 5 and 2 was hand tight!