Thanks. That is what I was thinking. The changing stories made me suspicious. Granted, he did not have to tell me about the oil consumption problem, but since he did, it leads me to believe that the car may have an even severe problem than I thought, so it would not be a big suprise when the car did start using excessive oil. Yes, if $300 would fix this for sure, that would be OK. He did say that since he added the Mystery oil that the car had not used any oil within 300 miles. He also mentioned a "bad" exhaust leak, and if these are anything like Lexus cars, the exhaust can be very costly. I think too it is possible that it may have had a rolled back odometer, but not 100% sure, because the body and interior was in excellent, excellent condition, but that really does not mean anything. You may be right about the $1900 420SEL. At that price- there has to be something wrong with it, unless the owner does not know the true value of the car.
Thanks again.
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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Do a search their has been a lot of disscusion on the 103 (I think) I6 that is in that car, they have a weak valve stem seal's that often cause's really high oil usage. You could probably replace them for under $300 yourself. When I said $3k worth of work I wasn't talking about a rebuild, I was refering to bringing an old W126 up to speed. Long block's are in the $6k range.(I think) That 420SEL could be a nice car but remember perfect ones go for for $8k+ so if you get it for $2k it will need work. If the body looks good and a shop does a leak down text and the engine checks out $3,500 is a good price. Storeis would make me want to walk though, mileage could be 300k it could be a roll back. You never know with people.
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