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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
After looking at that thread and reading this one, I don't see anywhere where the problem has been diagnosed fully. The car is running, but it is smoking and missing. It has a lot of miles on it so I wouldn't put anymore money into it until the reason for the poor running engine is fully understood. The oil leak will not cause the engine to run poorly. The compression test is a good start. It shouldn't take more than an hour or two to do it.
The mechanic should have run the engine on an alternative fuel source directly fed into the primary filter before making the diagnosis of a plugged up fuel system.
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You are correct, we still do not know the exact problem. My original statement should have read something like:
..so it has taken me this long to get a mechanic to look into why the car won't run. My original mbz mechanic didn't even want to determine what was wrong, he just wanted to just replace the whole engine. This lead me to believe the problem was major like a cracked block, thrown rod or blown head gasket.
And yes, not trying to use an alternative fuel source before cleaning the fuel system FIRST is a perfect example of the talent quality (mechanic) I have to work with here. This is like the blind leading the blind. Would I have known any better if it wasn't for this forum? No, but I am learning a whole heck of a lot, thanks to everyone.