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raysea390 · #10 11-20-2007, 11:59 PM

Thanks! My old V8 Nova burnt a lot of oil too (valve guides) but I could see and smell the smoke - the 300E seems to run very clean at idle and when driving. It has relatively low miles (138k now) and was owned by an older lady before me - I don't think it was driven hard. If I accelerate enthusiastically, theres that kind of smoke you get when the engine hasn't been opened up in a while and thats all. Got a slight leak from the timing chain cover, its a little oily around the filler cap (which is cracked) but nothing like the amount of oil I'm adding. No oil pools on the road or in the pan under the engine.

Maybe you're right - it might be smoking when I'm driving and i just can't see it. The Nova was so bad that you could see soot on the bodywork - the bumper on the MB is as clean as a whistle though. Oh well...