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Old 02-10-2007, 01:04 AM
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Any M116/117 valve guide is spent @ 200K..

MB designed the head w/ soft guides and hard valves. The valves will last indefinably, one just has to replace the guides every 200K or there about.

Air will still come out, just not as efficiently as it should..remember, this is just a big air pump.

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