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Originally Posted by leathermang
You are going in REVERSE !!! put it into F so you will be leaving that smoke behind you !!!
It is not that hard to do a valve adjustment.
The cost of not doing one CAN be terrible... a burned valve which means you have to take the head off and have it fixed..
So bite the bullet and do a valve adjustment...
You really ought to put new valve stem seals on it also...
The only real way to determine the general condition of the engine is a compression test and a leak down test.... both of which you would not do UNTIL you have done the proper valve adjustment...
Do you have a copy of the Haynes manual ?
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I REALLY would like to do the valve adjustment on my own,especially because it's 150$ for a mech to do it. I'm just worried I would mess it up. I've never done any engine work other than installing the shut off engine switch on the 220 lol
To which I know of, there isn't a Haynes manual for my chassis
Just the 240D
Also, the smoke is visible because I see it in the rear view mirror in the headlights of the car behind me, it's like a fog machine sometimes lol