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Old 01-05-2018, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Father Of Giants View Post
My 300SDL engine is weak, it BARELY gets started, then again I have two cylinders that are weak.

It catches good but it it climbs up the RPM very slowly and idles extremely slowly, it will die if I don't give it throttle.
you probably need a valve job. they re usually due from my experience around your mileage, despite the maintenance good or not.
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