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It is all about infrastructure, driving culture, needs, size of the country etc. In Europe road trip at longest might be Berlin to Croatian beaches or maybe, maybe Spain (not making sense with super cheap air fares). So, vehicles are made for city driving, tight parking spaces etc. I have...

Very hard: weight.

You are right on rod bearings cut off date when updated ones were introduced. I would do UOA regularly to follow wear metals.

Timing chain was an issue on older EA888, and it is hit or miss. There is a way to follow chain elongation and point when chain needs to be replaced. Our Tiguan was far more reliable than Pilot. So, there is that.

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Yes, it does, unless going Hybrid. I drove Pilot TrailSport and GHL. GHL will smoke a pilot with ease. There is a good amount of torque in GHL where you need it. In Pilot, this V6 basically has the same power as the previous one, but an extra 400lbs (at least, in some versions like TrailSport...

1. This is a new engine. 2. The transmission has been used for a while in the Odyssey. 3. Grand Highlander is bigger than Pilot.

No results yet. Will post it in UOA section.

HL is too small. If light off road, Pilot TrailSport!

Could be. That was one of the ways to absorb small impacts. However, damage on KIA is such that tells me that was not the case. Chrysler had to absorb some energy. Where that energy was absorbed is the question.

100% of Energy won’t be absorbed by single vehicle, even if it is designed for that. That had to be absorbed elsewhere in Chrysler.

Yeah, that is not how this is going to end up. The Chrysler will have damage underneath, as there was nothing to absorb energy. KIA absorbed most of the energy, but still, Chrysler will have damage, potentially in critical spots. I have seen a KIA Soul against one of these 70's vehicles, in a...

Any road trips? Any off-road excursions? Kids?

But, Triple Action???

Yes, but it is just a part of the equation. High PAO content does not guarantee a better final product.

Group III requirement is related to gaskets and oxidation stability. If you use BMW-approved oil, gaskets won't leak :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Also, BMW has specific requirements around Vlavetronic. I am not sure of the exact requirements there, but I highly doubt that it is anything...

All BMW approvals were updated in 2022. So, they are all current. 5W30 has lower oxidation. If you do 18,000mls OCI, that might matter. Both LL01 and LL04 could be used in gas engines. If I were to put in my BMW, I would choose first 0W30.

They updated approvals in 2018 when they dropped all 0W oils in LL01/04 and then they did another update in 2022 when they allowed 0W for both approvals, but oxidation requirements shoot up. They were already stringent, but this eliminated a lot of oils.

Lower oxidation. BMW has more stringent oxidation requirements and some requirements around Group III in oil. 0W30 has good chunk of esters (higher base oxidation) and less Group III.

I am wondering if anyone is in trouble.