Originally Posted by JohnMc

I paid about triple on eBay for a set of 'new OEM' injectors, and they were well-made fakes. Hard to tell by looking even closely.

One sign of trouble in the ad? Denso doesn't make the original injectors, they are made by Aisan.

I went ahead and installed them on mine, and it ran OK once started, certainly better than running on 5 cylinders. But it was hard to start. Cold or hot, it would take a long while cranking to fire. Something like 5 - 10 seconds of cranking.

I sent them back and got a set of injectors from a junkyard 4Runner. And the idle was smoother, and it starts within a second like it should.

There's nothing magical about eBay suppliers. They can't find actual genuine brand new OEM Toyota injectors for $67 for a set of 6. Those are fake. And you might get lucky and they might work OK for a while. Or not. Either way, they're cheap chinese knockoffs. That look correct even up close.