# Popping spark plug

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/popping-spark-plug/47270>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sparkplugs\
**Created:** [April 11, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popping-spark-plug/47270 "2010-04-11T00:43:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jeff\_lowell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jeff\_lowell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jeff_lowell)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popping-spark-plug/47270/1 "2010-04-11T00:43:05Z")

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i drive a 2000 Plymouth neon.it just started popping the no.2 spark plug right out of the cylinder.i was wondering if anyone out there  
  
 could tell me why.(after the first time i tried a new plug,and it only lasted about 50 miles before it blew out)thank you very much

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/popping-spark-plug/47270/2 "2010-04-11T00:56:12Z")

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Stripped spark plug holes are a fact of life. I would say that your #2 plug has had a bad thread repair. That, or the spark plug hole is stripped out and has not been repaired. You need to have a good mechanic check it out.