I need to put new plugs in my 96 Tacoma V6 4×2. Any comments on the
performance difference in the Bausch Platinum single ground electrode
plug Vs. the NGK 2 ground electrode plugs that come standard?
06
Sep
Bausch Platinum single ground Vs. Toyota Factory 2 ground plug.
"Jeremy Roberson" <wheels…@cox.net> wrote in message
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> I need to put new plugs in my 96 Tacoma V6 4×2. Any comments on the
> performance difference in the Bausch Platinum single ground electrode
> plug Vs. the NGK 2 ground electrode plugs that come standard?
We don’t refer to them as Botched for nothing. Some will tell you they work
fine in their car, and that may be, but after many years of seeing these in
different vehicles, I would never use them. I’ve seen a lot of cars run like
crap with them. Used to be common to have the old vans towed in. Swap the
plugs for factory ones, and they started right up and never came back for
the same problem. Also I’ve seen one V6 Tacoma with the Botched +4 plugs
were all the side electrodes broke off. Needed to pull the head on that one
and have some machineing done.
Chris
Chris wrote:
> We don’t refer to them as Botched for nothing. Some will tell you they work
> fine in their car, and that may be, but after many years of seeing these in
> different vehicles, I would never use them. I’ve seen a lot of cars run like
> crap with them. Used to be common to have the old vans towed in. Swap the
> plugs for factory ones, and they started right up and never came back for
> the same problem. Also I’ve seen one V6 Tacoma with the Botched +4 plugs
> were all the side electrodes broke off. Needed to pull the head on that one
> and have some machineing done.
> Chris
What Chris wrote!
And if you want to increase your service intervals on the plugs, get
some factory ND platinums or even ND irridiums for that matter.
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> Chris wrote:
> > We don’t refer to them as Botched for nothing. Some will tell you they
work
> > fine in their car, and that may be, but after many years of seeing these
in
> > different vehicles, I would never use them. I’ve seen a lot of cars run
like
> > crap with them. Used to be common to have the old vans towed in. Swap
the
> > plugs for factory ones, and they started right up and never came back
for
> > the same problem. Also I’ve seen one V6 Tacoma with the Botched +4 plugs
> > were all the side electrodes broke off. Needed to pull the head on that
one
> > and have some machineing done.
> > Chris
> What Chris wrote!
> And if you want to increase your service intervals on the plugs, get
> some factory ND platinums or even ND irridiums for that matter.
I think I would actually go with NGK’s over ND’s on this plug. Next time you
do a tune on one with the original plugs with both types of plugs in it,
compare the wear of the two types. Almost every time I have the ND’s have
more wear than the NGK’s
Chris
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> scott
My V6 came with ND’s on one cylinder bank and NGK’s on the other. Both
looked the same @ 15K miles.
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> I think I would actually go with NGK’s over ND’s on this plug. Next time
you
> do a tune on one with the original plugs with both types of plugs in it,
> compare the wear of the two types. Almost every time I have the ND’s have
> more wear than the NGK’s
> Chris
They come from the same factory, IIRC.
The ND brand is the in house brand name and the NGK is the aftermarket brand
name.
At least, that’s what I deduce from looking at the 2 plugs.
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> My V6 came with ND’s on one cylinder bank and NGK’s on the other. Both
> looked the same @ 15K miles.
> > I think I would actually go with NGK’s over ND’s on this plug. Next time
> you
> > do a tune on one with the original plugs with both types of plugs in it,
> > compare the wear of the two types. Almost every time I have the ND’s
have
> > more wear than the NGK’s
> > Chris