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Old 11-09-2011, 02:16 PM #1
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Half Denso Half NGK
Just a curious question, but why have half NGK and half Denso in the 4Runner?
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Not ALL are like that...just some came through the factory that way. When the engine goes through the assembly line....there's a guy on one side and someone on the other. What plugs they have in their bin at the time is the one that gets installed in the engine.
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Toyota messed up early and made contracts with NGK and Denso and had to honor them both by putting half and half on early 4runners
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There is no contract that says they MUST put their plugs in the engine...They have a contract to buy so many Denso and so many NGK plugs....They can choose to throw all the Denso plugs out if they wanted to and only use the NGK plugs. I also don't think it was a screwup on Toyota's part. They've had contracts with both companies for decades.
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Mine was like that. Dual sourcing contracts maybe..?? I buy the Denso replacements from Rock Auto for $2.63 per plug...so who cares. You will find a lot of OE Denso parts on Rock Auto as well. I just got 9 Denso OEM oil filters for $27 from them.
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FWIW this only occurs on V6's.
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I believe it is just the v6, but it also occurs on the same v6 in the tacoma even though the engines are built in a different plant.
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