Cheap ZD-9 Motorcraft plugs on Flea-Bay? Legit or sketchy?

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Set of 8 Motorcraft ZD-9 Glow Plugs for 7.3L IDI Ford F250 F350 F59 Diesel, | eBay

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Seems awful cheap for legit Motorcraft. What do you think? I wouldn't mind having a spare set or two at that price since I'm pretty sure I paid a bit more than double through the dealer ~8yrs ago.

 

• Friday at 10:01 AM

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Hard to say, usually the way I tell if they're genuine or fake is by how the terminal is crimped on. The ones in the photo are super smooth.

 

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The reviews look pretty legit

 

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Fake

 

• Friday at 11:42 AM

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Sketchy why mess with it just get them on rockauto

 

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That seems WAAAAY too cheap to be genuine glow plugs. As far as the reviews go, how do we know that this seller didn't write those reviews to boost product sales?

 

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It seems a shame to me that we even have to have this kind of discussion...

Someone selling counterfeit parts should be outed, arrested, charged, and jailed....for life...

Ok...maybe not 'for life'...but you get the idea...there should be a punishment for this kind of fraud...a punishment severe enough that **** bags won't want to try it....

Isn't anyone bringing something like this to the attention of the proper authorities...?

Isn't there some kind of consumer advocate group willing to take up this issue and see it though..?

Just my .02...

P.S. On the reviews...they are only referring to the packaging, shipped promptly,...etc. I only looked a the first page of reviews but I smell horse ****...nothing on how they performed or how long they would last in service....

 

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If you do buy them, another thing to check is whether a magnet sticks to the top. I’ve heard some say that fake ones are non-ferrous where the wire connects.

 

• Friday at 10:55 PM

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Thought I would throw in here. Quite a while back I did buy a set of them from that web site for cheap. I had not heard of the counterfeit ones at that point. Here is what I have and have figured out. Also what seems right and doesn't.

First they all have 6 panel crimps. Seems right

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They are laser engraved BERU GERMANY. Seems right

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They are very magnetic on the top part so everything so far seems legit. That seems right.

The only thing that say possible fake is the packaging.

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There is not the hole punch that is supposed to be on all real motorcraft part

 

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I bought a set off EBay about a year ago. They were fake. My results were as DougBoy mentioned. All looked good other than no hole in the package. They drew only half the amps that a genuine one does so the controller would not work correctly. O'Reilly Auto Parts also sells genuine plugs so a second source for you to look at.

 

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ihc1470 thanks for that info. I had not yet figured out if I would use them. Think I will consider it a $25 dollar lesson learned. I think the ones I took out before I rebuilt it were Diesel Logic? Those looked in good shape but I don't know the age of them. Think I will buy some motorcraft replacements from a reputable auto parts supplier

 

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Good info. It seemed too good to be true but every now and then something cheap actually works out.

 

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DougBoy66 said:

think the ones I took out before I rebuilt it were Diesel Logic?

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Actually not Diesel Logic but these Diesel Rx brand

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Just to throw it out there, there's browser extensions to help block fake reviews for online vendors. The six crimp is what I always look for. The photos don't show it so I would auto dismiss it.

 

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ihc1470 said:

I bought a set off EBay about a year ago. They were fake. My results were as DougBoy mentioned. All looked good other than no hole in the package. They drew only half the amps that a genuine one does so the controller would not work correctly. O'Reilly Auto Parts also sells genuine plugs so a second source for you to look at.

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I think that is one of the reasons Motorcraft went to the ZD29 to kind of get away from the counterfit plugs, at least for awhile. I paid about $12 a plug from O'Reilly and the local Ford dealer was asking $16 so not really that much difference.