my 85 500sel euro is the same way what is your milage from what ive been told check the distributor i havent have time to tell you if that was the case on mine

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Dan Younes
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1985 euro 500sel 220k
1981 300sd 278k sold
1979 240d 298k sold
1983 300d 272k sold
1989 chrysler 2.2l Turbo
Leabaron 130k
1991 300e 2.6 (hopefully soon)