Personally I’d go with 0.7 gap, gives a slightly smaller but more powerful spark against a bigger but weaker one. At full throttle when load of fuels pouring into cylinder a stronger spark gives a more consistent burnFor those monitoring this thread - What do you make of the fact that the stock plug is gapped at 0.7mm and the aftermarket NGK plugs are gapped at 0.8?
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The standard NGK plugs are iridium (DILKAR8U7G).out of interest: when I was young, the latest shit to put in our japanese rice cans were iridium plugs from denso. are those still recommended?
Swapped these yesterday. Cars idle was bit uneven in startup, that appears to be gone with new plugs. Havent driven much lately (working 24/7 for last 6 months) but feel like its bit smoother again.Let us know what you think once you install these.
How many Kms?Swapped these yesterday. Cars idle was bit uneven in startup, that appears to be gone with new plugs. Havent driven much lately (working 24/7 for last 6 months) but feel like its bit smoother again.
Here’s old plugs.
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did the first swap around 31tkm and now she has 61tkm so 30tkm with plugs.How many Kms?
guessing Toyota themselves couldn't have known the relatively short plugs life for these engines so could only put an arbitrary figure on milage, it's up to us as long time users to fine tune a realistic change scheduleThe car does seem hard on plugs, they don't last anywhere near what Toyota seems to reckon they should.
I'm at 70k km and have noticed a slight hesitation pulling hard around 4500 rpm so I'll change them again.