Wrong key jammed in ign barrel

[crobaa]

Hi guys, am overseas at the moment and gave my car to my dad to drive once a week for maintenance. Long story short he put the wrong key in the ignition and now it's jammed in there and can't come how. Just wondering what's the best course of action to fix this? New barrel? Funnily enough the car still starts with the wrong key (Honda hrv). But yeah it's stuck in there pretty good apparently.

[mocchi]

depends if the tumblers actually fukd or not. you might be able to extract the key out and if tumblers still works fine then all good
if you cant even extract the key, then new barrel would be the easiest alternative

[crobaa]

Hmmm. Any tips on key removal? All I can think of is yank really hard haha

[mocchi]

try wd40 it and wiggle wiggle

is it actually snapped off?

[crobaa]

Nah not snapped at all, just stuck in there. I heard graphite powder or something is good with locks, know anything about that?

[kcokla]

try a pair of plyers?

[mytfoz]

damn
i'll say go with mocchi and kcokla's idea.
or even multi grip/vise grip and pull

[Lukey]

give graphite powder a shot, its good stuff

[EKVTIR-T]

Bit of lubricant and needlenose pliers I reckon

[crobaa]

Thanks guys will give it a go when I get back. Hopefully I won't punch myself in the face upon removing the key

[mytfoz]

dw you'll b fine. just make sure ur not in holiday mode or jet lag mode and you'll b aiight

[ECU-MAN]

a HRV should not start with the wrong key as it has an immobiliser system that needs to read the transponder in the key.

he may of used another key for the car

[mocchi]

i think his dad used hrv key in the eg.

[crobaa]

Yep was a hrv key in eg civic

[mocchi]

did you end up taking it out?

[crobaa]

Man my arms aren't 5000km long!

[mocchi]

oh lol i thought youre back already
wheres my souvenirs kunt

[crobaa]

I hear your coming here next year. Buy your own souvenirs!

[ECU-MAN]

i think his dad used hrv key in the eg.

ahh OK, I missunderstood

hope he doesnt damage the HRV key getting it out :)

[crobaa]

No worries it's my Missus car key so dont really care muahahaha

[ultravioletvtec]

The graphite powder would only help to ge the key in the lock, or help sticky keys become smooth...think your only course of action is a crap load of WD-40 and pliers/multigrips, good luck!

[EKVTIR-T]

Any update hear? Did you pull it out?