# Repair Question

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-question/6565>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 29, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-question/6565 "2007-10-29T17:02:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jmjohn9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jmjohn9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmjohn9)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-question/6565/1 "2007-10-29T17:02:06Z")

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I own a 2000 VW Golf. Last week I had a loud blowout and had the car towed to the VW dealer. They said today the #1 sparkplug blew and it will cost a) $1900 to machine the part and fix it b) $3500 to get the car fixed with a new part. Here are my questions: my wife thinks we should get a new car, which we really can’t afford. Does it make sense to fix the Golf for $1900 and ride it for a few more years? Is this spark plug problem a sign of things to come? I bought the car new and have taken care of it well. Is it reasonable to think the $1900 fix will allow for a few more years of safe use? I travel about 30 miles a day highway in the car. Any advise would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-question/6565/2 "2007-10-29T17:11:25Z")

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Ask that they attempt to repair the sparkplug hole with a SAV-A-THREAD sparkplug hole repair kit. This kit allows repairing the sparkplug hole without removing the head from the engine.

Tester

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**Author:** ![jmjohn9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jmjohn9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmjohn9)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-question/6565/3 "2007-10-29T17:18:53Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-question/6565/4 "2007-10-29T18:04:36Z")

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I agree with Tester that this could be easily repaired and I don’t see how they come up with 1900 dollars to do it. More like a hundred or so depending.

Also, it’s possible that the plug blew out due to whoever changed the spark plugs last. If someone got a bit ham-fisted they could easily have overtightened the plugs, pulled the threads a bit, and the weakened threads eventually gave up.  
Had the plugs changed recently? Just curious.  
If this is the case it might be a good time to revisit the spark plugs and make sure they’re properly torqued and not wrenched in as hard as someone can get them.