<p>I am new to 3d printing having only recieved it for christmas. The filament is jammed somewhere in the extruder of my Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus. I have tried removing it with the included hook but was unsuccessful. Is there anything else I should try before I before I dismantle the extruder, which i very much want to avoid.</p>

[{'answer_id': 5218, 'author': 'Fernando Baltazar', 'author_id': 4454, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/4454', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Try to preheat your printer, the temperature should be above 180°C then push the filament to come out from the nozzle just 4 to 7 mm, then take out the filament from the extruder. With this step the plastic lump will get soft and will release the filament.</p>\n\n<p>Then use the tool to clean the nozzle pushing the residue inside the nozzle.</p>\n\n<p>This is a common problem if someone tries to change the filament without feeding a little bit (3-5mm).</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 5773, 'author': 'IanCaz', 'author_id': 10439, 'author_profile': 'https://3dprinting.stackexchange.com/users/10439', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I follow the techniques spelled out in this video on Tom\'s 3d:\n<a href="https://toms3d.org/2017/01/09/basics-cleaning-clogged-nozzle/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Basics: Cleaning out a clogged nozzle!</a></p>\n\n<p>Essentially you:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Heat up the hot end past the point you normally print at.</li>\n<li>Manually (gently) push filament out of the hot end.</li>\n<li>Turn off heat &amp; continue applying pressure to the filament, until it quits extruding (it has cooled off).</li>\n<li>Set the heat on the hot end to normal printing temprature for the filament &amp; immediately start pulling <strong>firmly</strong> on the filament, but not too hard.</li>\n<li>As soon as it melts enough, it will just "slip out" &amp; bring any stuck crud with it.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>I went ahead and bought some white nylon filament so I can heat it up hotter (good for cleaning out ABS) and since it\'s white, I can see the nasty crap it pulls out.</p>\n'}]
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