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Larry:
I believe that in previous posts, you've mentioned changing out VALVE SEALS in a 300E. Afterwards, oil consumption went down consideraby. Question? - Were the plugs oily before changing the seals? Thanks for your time. Mike Murrell '91 300-sel(M103) |
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Mike, if it means anything, on my 89 300e the plugs were an oily mess. This was just before the head gasket let go, with 165k on the motor..
------------------ Jeff Lawrence 1987 300e 1989 300e 2000 Dodge Grand Caravan SE |
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Jeff - thanks for your reply. I'm now beginning to believe my oil consumption is due to gasket leaks rather than guides/seals.
Regards...Mike Murrell |
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Sorry for the delay in answering your question. I'm in Europe and find it very challenging to connect in Hotel rooms.
The experience I have with the valve seals involve records of the problem and the repair before I purchased my car. The records consisted of every receipt for every repair ever performed. I do know that the oil usage went from a quart in hundreds of miles to virtually NO oil usage. I questioned this and found that there indeed was a SEVERE problem with the M103 engine. It's hard to imagine a leaky gasket contributing that much to oil consumption. An oil leak so bad that it caused a quart of oil loss in a few hundred miles would probably absolutely paint the entire engine compartment and smoke while it was doing it. The valve seals cost less than $10 from Mercedesshop parts shop and are replaced with a few hours labor. I would consider doing this before more major repairs unless the engine compartment has a nice solid coat of engine oil. Good luck, ------------------ Larry Bible '84 Euro 240D, 523K miles '88 300E 5 Speed '81 300D Daughter's Car Over 800,000 miles in Mercedes automobiles |
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