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Originally Posted by Jkr4runner
I need to repeat: the 2 pic's are of the same plug taken from each side. It's odd to me that one side has the tan color and the other side does not.
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No, I read that in your original post. I’m standing with the tanning color being a normal but worn plug condition. As I said, it almost appears as if the bottom plug is newer. So, I agree it’s strange they are so drastically different.
My main point is neither plug condition in an isolated analysis is abnormal. No obvious signs of wet/dry oil/fuell fouling, erosion, overheating, melting, deposits (from coolant) etc..
If you don’t have any other symptoms like coolant or oil loss and so on, I wouldn’t be concerned with the result. It could well be that the bank with the more tanned plug is the hottest running cylinder due to the coolant path.
Plugs often come in packs of 4. Could it be one pack was actually counterfeit (2 of the 6 from previous change)? This is a documented issue.
Those are my visual observations. Did you measure the gaps?