so some time ago i had a failure on cyl #1.
It turned out to be the solenoid.
Replaced it with new one and that's fixed.
Today I came back to replace the ignition coil gasket because I could not change it when I Replaced the failed coil, and the original 22 yrs old one got all messed up and half broken.
Well today I replaced the gasket and I had first to remove the old one and it was not easy I had to use a cutter.
The bad thing is that a small piece of the gasket, a debris, fell into the spark plug well.
The spark plug is there so it may eventually be a problem if I have to replace the spark plug. I could not get it out in any way, my vacuum cleaner is too weak. I put the ignition coil back and closed the cover.
Could the piece of rubber become a problem with heat, burn up or anything else ?
thank you

 

Chopsticks . Otherwise nope .

 

tried with those.. no luck. it's really small.
my concern was only about if I can safely forget about it until next spark plug change.

 

medical forceps are very handy .

 

yes I do not have those. the problem is that the tiny piece fell really deep next to the spark plug and you need really tiny tips to reach it. Also it is not well visible.
I mean can I just leave it there or it can catch fire and damage something ?

 

COMPRESSED AIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bob

 

If you have a source of compressed air as Bob suggests, try aiming at one side of the plug well so the debris can come up the other side.

If you can't make that work, you could try folding the end of a strip of duct tape around the tip of a long screwdriver or one of your chopsticks with the sticky side of the tape outward. Wrap the tape on up the shaft far enough that you can hold the end of the tape with your thumb (eliminating the possibility of losing the tape in the well). Dab around the bottom of the well with the tip of the screwdriver or chopstick to see if you can adhere to the debris and carefully withdraw it.

Another idea is to duct tape a length of vinyl tubing/vacuum hose of a suitable inside diameter (3/16" ?) to the end of your standard vacuum hose (1-1/4" ?). Leave a gap in the duct tape seal so your vacuum motor won't overheat trying to draw air only through the smaller tubing. Feed the tubing into the spark plug well and see if you can suction out the debris.

Cheers,

Don