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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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Spark plugs on the 4th Gen (V8)

Anyone change theirs yet? I'm not sure if these are platinum or not. I'm used to changing my plugs every 30K miles..
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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I changed mine when I added my sc. Still have my old ones they have 5000 miles on them. Yes they are platinum, and they cost like $10 a pop. Still have my old ones of you want them.
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Biff
I changed mine when I added my sc. Still have my old ones they have 5000 miles on them. Yes they are platinum, and they cost like $10 a pop. Still have my old ones of you want them.
Why did you change them so early? Colder plugs? What is the recommended interval? Aren't the platinum's good for 100K?
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Old Aug 21, 2004 | 10:08 PM
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I changed them to the ones TRD recommend, to improve the sc effeciency. I noticed a slight improvement so it was worth it. Not sure what the recommened interval is.
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Old Aug 22, 2004 | 07:01 PM
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BUMP

Does anyone know the recommended interval?
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Old Aug 22, 2004 | 08:05 PM
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Kaneman23,
I don't think the plugs in 2003 V8 are platinum; they are iridium. According to the service manual (I just looked thru it real quickly so I could be wrong), it says to change them at 120,000 or 96 months. Heres the link if you want to check it out http://www.toyotapartsandservice.com...vice_03_57.pdf
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Old Aug 22, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kujayhawk
Kaneman23,
I don't think the plugs in 2003 V8 are platinum; they are iridium. According to the service manual (I just looked thru it real quickly so I could be wrong), it says to change them at 120,000 or 96 months. Heres the link if you want to check it out http://www.toyotapartsandservice.com...vice_03_57.pdf
I believe it's every 60K miles on the V8 (30K on the V6). And yes, they are iridium.

fish
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Old Aug 22, 2004 | 10:19 PM
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their either 105k or 120k, do a search on t4r.org Pitbull already searched and found out everything, not to mention he posted a spark plug topic on every Toyota/Lexus V8 Truck board I think is out their or just PM him
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Old Aug 23, 2004 | 05:07 AM
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does the manual not say this?
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