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UOA is analysis of oil not engine. Only time you can figure something is going with an engine is if you wear is 10ppm, next time 20, next time 30ppm etc. What you have here could be product of more city driving, colder weather, oil leaching more metals bcs. certain additives or base stocks.

0W30 will give you more protection margin. Pushing vehicle, towing etc.

I am with @RDY4WAR. 5W40. 15W40 might not be of the same quality as it is just cheaper to make. I don't think you have HPL in Australia, or it would be expensive to ship it. Nulon has good 5W40 high-performance oils, Maybe Motul power 5W40. There are always the usual suspects here: Mobil 1...

Yeah, I am following these prices on import brakes and it is going crazy. I paid ATE rotors for Atlas $88 a piece, now it is $162.

What vehicle is that? What is original hp? What is hp now? Is alcohol involved?

Man I got caught passing 4 18 wheelers (or whatever is equivalent in Europe) with this: 1.1ltr, 55hp. Not sure how many of those horses were alive. The cop on BMW motorcycle kind of didn’t have issues catching up.

What is quality? Not braking in half while braking? Yes, they are from that standpoint high quality product. From performance standpoint they are garbage. Absolute garbage! So, why going than Mercedes at all? On Lexus mediocre brakes are standard. When Lexus upgrades brakes on F models, it...

I currently have Jurid on my BMW. I would say just bit less aggressive than OE.

Any of those pads will retain same or close to OE feel. ATE will be most aggressive.

GLK? They stopped making those in 2015. GLE 400? https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/brake-disc-zimmermann-400-3698-20 All these are OEM (ATE is maker of OE): https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mercedes-brake-pad-set-ate-0074208120...

Gold standard in what? Making good brakes a mediocre one?

LSPI doesn’t affect all engines. It is generally trait of Asian and American small turbo engines. No European engine currently or in the last 15yrs had LSPI issue. As for other alternatives, LL04 is thick LL17FE or LL22.

Well yeah, it is 0W12.

They prefer here Explorer because of turbo.

The reason why I mentioned is that engine might be older than assembly. But at 181k, no wear indicators of bad bearings, I would say those are updated ones. I personally would not touch it unless metals skyrocket. Just prime system after OFHG. I still think rod bearings primarily fail bcs...