Beware fake NGK spark plugs

[Mervin]

there are fake NGK plugs going around , and i have heard rumours that they have caused seizures in 2 stroke engines

http://www.slideshare.net/athangal/dist ... spark-plug

 

[TopBuzz99]

Thanks for the heads-up mate, buy from Wemoto or your friendly neighbourhood authorised dealer I guess?

If saving twenty pee on a plug really means that much though, I guess caveat emptor

 

[Mervin]

yes even NGK have a section on how to spot em on their website

http://www.ngk-sparkplugs.jp/english/techinfo/fake/

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Cheers for the heads up, I have some ngk's coming for the Vara, I'll check them carefully

 

[Lutin]

Thanks for the info.

However, this is obviously not a new problem as the copyright on that NGK web-site page is from 2006!

 

[hotbulb]

It seems a bit of an odd choice of things to fake... there are thousands of different NGK plug models. Even if the faker just produces rip-offs of a few models (or indeed labels the same product with many different codes) it seems a hell of a lot of work for comparatively little gain ! The unit cost of a plug... even at full retail .. isn't a lot (although more than the 5/- that Champions used to cost in my youth), so unless the faker sells hunderds of thousands at a time.. and that's only likely to be to a car/bike manufacturer (who's likely to spot the fake anyway) ... what's the point ?
Stick to high-value poser-y things like Rolexes, Apple goods, (BMWs?)