Thanks for the replies. Yes, A/C is essential where I live. The blowby might be the cause of the oil leak...or might now. Should the evidence of blowby concern me? Especially for an engine with only ~90K miles?

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1992 300D (330K miles when KIA'd by mother-in-law 8/10/09 - still sitting in my barn)
1994 E320, 109K
1995 E420, 60K
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