if i lived close i might be tempted to check it out.

sometimes things arent as bad as thought.

dropped a valve implies a broken valve. head removal would be the minimum necessary to fix. probably would also require a piston.

a blown turbo seal would make lots of smoke and be a lot simpler to fix. a dropped valve would prob make lots of smoke too, but be accompanied by a dead miss and prob lots of blowby from the hole that is probably in the piston if a valve has been dropped.

i cant remember ever hearing of a benz breaking a valve. unless the cam chain broke. and then i dont think they break they break the cam instead. at least that is what mine did. 82 300td.

tom w

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