Thread: '89 300TE-- Replace or Repair?
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Old 02-02-2002, 07:46 AM
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If smoke occurs while idling, or after the engine starts, but not while on the freeway, it is more likely to be the cheap valve seals.

If it smokes when you get on it, then it sounds like it may be rings.
Do a leak down test to determine which.
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