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Longacre Racing Products 4.5" analog gauge. Part # 52-52000. I've had mine for years. I love it. Dave

I had the same thing on a 2011 ML550 that I bought. I have no idea how long the cap had been that way. The Mercedes cap is a two-stage cap. It did not release pressure at either pressures. There was no apparent damage to the system. I replaced the cap with a fresh one. The new one released at...

Is it CH 11S? That has been the MB PS fluid for quite some time. Yours could certainly be different. Dave

Thank you for the info. Dave

Thanks Harry j: I like the visual of the actual report, especially comparing successive samples. I use Analysts Inc. in California. I would guess the report formats types are the same. Dave

Greetings: It's nice to see some reference to the UOA's done a couple of years ago on my 99 Tacoma. That truck now has a new home. It left here with 365,000 miles on the clock. The UOA's remained consistent throughout my entire ownership of the vehicle. I settled in on 40k mile filter changes...

I can attest to the quality of the Akebono pads. I have them on my ML550 and my CL600. The brake dust is almost non-existant. The front rotors needed replacement on both vehicles. I went with Zimmerman rotors and sent them to Cryogenics International for freezing. I have been quite pleased. I...

I have run Amsoil filters on my Toyota to 43,000 miles a couple times. They do just fine. Dave

I totally understand your desire for the E55. I have a friend with the E550. He is in love with the car. I have a W215, CL600. It's not the supercharged V8 bit it is a twin turbo V12. Words simply do not adequately describe this car. The power is quite refined. It's turbine-like smoothness just...

I think there are things that can be learned here. Two ambitious young men get into a Cessna and off they go into the sky. I would love to interview them and find out from their perspective what they thought were the hard parts and what was the most unexpected things were. I think much...

That was my initial thought. However, there was no sealant used used on the project that would ever come in contact with engine oil. Dave

That is certainly consistent with what I've experienced. I had the water pump done on my NSX a few years ago. They had the air filter apart. The next oil change showed a dramatic increase in Silicon. On my Toyota with the 105k filter I have never had the lid off. I can look in at the upstream...

I took a report to a Toyota dealer once. The automatic transmission fluid was loaded with aluminum. I told the service manager that I had an oil analysis report that I wanted him to look at. He refused to touch physically touch the report. He then stated that I wasn't an engineer so I wasn't...

Nicely stated. Dave

I interpret that as reducing the interval between changes. So that would be change more often. Dave