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"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I must have done something to deserve it." Truer words, as spoken by Gaga-Pee-Pap, one of my favorite characters from my favorite show, Squidbillies, were never spoken.

I like to use OEM Honda parts on my bike and car, but I'm always out for a good deal. When the CRV rolled 100k, I replaced the spark plugs with a set of OEM NGKs, purchased from Ebay. When the car hit around 120k, the engine started stuttering here and there. I diagnosed everthing I could before pulling the plugs for inspection. They were only at 20k, how could they be the culprit? They were counterfeit, and the electrodes on two of them had vaporized.

Lesson learned. Or at least until I needed a bargain again.

Almost out of my last case of oil filters, ordered years ago. Found a great deal on a pack of six on Ebay. U.S. seller, claimed to be OEM Honda. But, the really Chinese-y thank you message I got when I placed the order put me on alert. I started looking online about "How to spot fake Honda parts". This focused on the label printing and colors, the printing on the parts themselves, etc.

When I got my filters, the plain white boxes made of the same material most Chinese parts come in was an easy tip-off. Even more so that one of them had the drain valve spring and clip bouncing around loose inside the filter. The printing on the filter was nowhere near the same writing as my last genuine filter.

Messages back and forth with the seller resulted in a full refund, so no harm done. However, I found just as many warnings and examples of fake Honda motorcycle parts as I did car parts.

So, properly warned ye be. Don't be like Gaga-Pee-Pap. Order your parts from a reputable source, not Ebay.

(08-18-2023, 02:48 AM)Gone in 60_imp Wrote: [ -> ]"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I must have done something to deserve it." Truer words, as spoken by Gaga-Pee-Pap, one of my favorite characters from my favorite show, Squidbillies, were never spoken.

I like to use OEM Honda parts on my bike and car, but I'm always out for a good deal. When the CRV rolled 100k, I replaced the spark plugs with a set of OEM NGKs, purchased from Ebay. When the car hit around 120k, the engine started stuttering here and there. I diagnosed everthing I could before pulling the plugs for inspection. They were only at 20k, how could they be the culprit? They were counterfeit, and the electrodes on two of them had vaporized.

Lesson learned. Or at least until I needed a bargain again.

Almost out of my last case of oil filters, ordered years ago. Found a great deal on a pack of six on Ebay. U.S. seller, claimed to be OEM Honda. But, the really Chinese-y thank you message I got when I placed the order put me on alert. I started looking online about "How to spot fake Honda parts". This focused on the label printing and colors, the printing on the parts themselves, etc.

When I got my filters, the plain white boxes made of the same material most Chinese parts come in was an easy tip-off. Even more so that one of them had the drain valve spring and clip bouncing around loose inside the filter. The printing on the filter was nowhere near the same writing as my last genuine filter.

Messages back and forth with the seller resulted in a full refund, so no harm done. However, I found just as many warnings and examples of fake Honda motorcycle parts as I did car parts.

So, properly warned ye be. Don't be like Gaga-Pee-Pap. Order your parts from a reputable source, not Ebay.

Good reminder Gone, thanks for sharing.

i run a Purolator i know you run oem but i have used them my whole life nothing but good from me, Purolator PBL14006 i find the like to counterfeit expensive oem i have never seen a counterfeit Purolator or wix

Actually, I think I'll run AC Delco or Motorcraft, just to see if it opens up a time rift or something cool if you put one on a Honda.

Or, I'll call my friend at Mahle and call in a favor. No time rift though.

friend at mahle i use their gaskets all the time !!! i need a sticker for my tool box
if anyones looking for a good filter for the money [url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G6FPCTG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G6F...=UTF8&th=1

I buy direct from a Honda dealer across the parts counter. The money saved ain’t worth the hassle and potential damage to the motor.

Geez. That is a pretty bad experience Gone. (yikes)

(08-18-2023, 03:40 AM)Frulk_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I buy direct from a Honda dealer across the parts counter. The money saved ain’t worth the hassle and potential damage to the motor.

some have gotten fakes at the dealers

(08-18-2023, 06:37 AM)1973cb750_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-18-2023, 03:40 AM)Frulk_imp Wrote: [ -> ]I buy direct from a Honda dealer across the parts counter. The money saved ain’t worth the hassle and potential damage to the motor.

some have gotten fakes at the dealers

some have gotten fakes at the dealers
Parts swapping in the stockroom behind closed doors?

Buyer Beware Everywhere!
I recently bought another Mitutoyo Digital Caliper, went to look on eBay and elsewhere, and seeing prices from $40 new to $175. Why the huge price discrepancy? Yup, counterfeit calipers, with fake certification and calibration documents, from China through eBay and other sources.

If you didn't know it, you wouldn't be able to tell. I found several youtube vids showing how to spot the differences. Wonder how many are in the hands of aerospace engineers? What could go wrong?

Anyway, I ponied up and bought an authentic one from Grainger, knowing one day I'd be measuring Honda bolt lengths.