reference first line of my post. it had a dead miss. i wouldnt run a compression test if it were running fine.

heh heh

yeah, he is a good man.

i drew some gas out of the tank of my 280e euro too while there and found nice clean gas. it smells old to be sure but he thought it would run on it. so that was good too. and with the new ignition module and the new starter fuel pump relay it has spark now, turns over and the fuel pump works. not bad considering it was underwater up to its headlight buckets. so there is an oil leak around the vicinity of the oil filter. they think maybe a plug is missing. is there a plug on the oil filter housing?

tom w

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