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Spark Plug Tubes

1998 Toyota 4Y propane/gas engine. We bought the forklift last year at an auction. It has aluminium tubes surrounding the four spark plugs. What is really surprising is that each tube is wedged between a spark plug and its seat in the cylinder head. The tube thus becomes part of the seal between the spark plug and its seat.

Do the tubes have to be replaced every time the spark plug is replaced? Does the crush washer on the spark plug stay or does it have to be removed? The washer is on right now.

Lastly, are BPR5ES the right plugs for it? If not what are the right ones?
  • Posted 7 Mar 2014 00:45
  • By Georg
  • joined 7 Mar'14 - 20 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
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The spark plug tubes look somewhat beat up at the bottom, so I will replace them and carefully torque the plugs down. I would post a photo of one of the tubes but posting photos does not seem possible on this forum.

I am a little surprised at the hot spark plugs BPR2ES. I thought propane powered engines used one heat range colder plugs than petrol powered engines.
  • Posted 7 Mar 2014 07:15
  • By Georg
  • joined 7 Mar'14 - 20 messages
  • Ontario, Canada
no the tubes do not need replacement every time

the only time you would need to replace those is if they were damaged from over torquing the plugs or you were having a compression leak around the plugs because of this.

as for the plugs BPR2ES?
they should do fine
  • Posted 7 Mar 2014 02:06
  • By swoop223
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  • North Carolina, United States
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I never had a problem with not replacing those tubes and some of the Toyotas I work on have over 30K hours on them. You leave the crush washers on the new plugs, but the correct number is BPR2ES (hotter)
  • Posted 7 Mar 2014 01:57
  • By mrfixit
  • joined 11 Dec'08 - 1,434 messages
  • New York, United States
Use Nippon Denso W9EXR-U spark plugs.
The crush washer comes with the new spark plug.
The aluminum tubes do not have to be replaced every time you change plugs.
If the area where the spark plug goes through the bottom of the tube becomes tattered looking, replace it.
The square O-ring tube seals do need replacing more often than the tubes themselves.
Toyota part numbers for the items are below and are individual parts (1 tube, 1 O-ring)
Spark plug tube.....11191-76001-71
O-ring for spark plug tube.....80430-76036-71
And always beware, never add oil to the engine while the spark plugs are out. One of our guys did that ONCE.
  • Posted 7 Mar 2014 01:56
  • Modified 7 Mar 2014 02:01 by poster
  • By L1ftmech
  • joined 25 Apr'12 - 394 messages
  • Tennessee, United States

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