What car is it? Is it a 300, 420, or 560? The 300's are pretty bad for oil consumption, so I've heard.
Thanks
David

(EDIT), sorry. I just looked t your profile which I should have done earlier, my apologies. The 380 is notorious for chain failure, and I think yours is an '83 if I remember correctly. That was 1 year before the engines were converted. You probably know all this though.

I would bet it's valve seals. 200k miles seems to be the time V8 Mercedes' needs them done. I would think that with guides it would do it all the time. To do this job by yourself you going to need the right kind of spring compressor. NOT the ones at autozone, they have to have been designed for OHC engines.

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2000 Honda Accord V6 137k miles

1972 300SEL 4.5 98k miles

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