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Originally Posted by The Cold War Kid
Here's what I bought. Look like the real thing to me. Except that denso were advetised and asian supplied.
What do you think?
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Like I originally said, even looking at my genuine original injectors and the fakes, side by side, they looked good. The fakes did have a skinnier red top o-ring, which it looks like they've learned was a tell. And on the eBay auction, the pics show the red o-rings.
Dunno, cheap knockoffs are usually made to sell at a profit even with the super duper unbleivable too-good-to-be-true pricing. Which means they're cutting corners somewhere. Certainly in quality control.
Who knows, you might get lucky. Like I said, when I tried an identical set of cheap eBay fakes on mine, they caused problems. Hard to start, hot or cold. Lots of cranking. And a somewhat uneven sounding idle. I emailed them and got this explanation:
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Also, there is a small break in time when new injectors are installed. The car needs to be continuously driven at 60 mph for 30 minutes for the injectors to break in properly.
These could be the reasons for why you are experiencing these issues.
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Which is BS, but sure, why not, I'll give it a go. I drove it more, the issues only got worse. Until I got a set of non-fake injectors off a junkyard 4Runner with 190K miles, and put them on. No more long cranks, smooth idle.
It's a PITA to get down to the injectors to swap them.