Greeting Forum Members,

A few weeks ago I posted a thread about a severe blow by problem that I was having with my 1985 280sl, 187,000 miles.
At its worst I was adding a quart of oil every 100 miles and the tail pipe soot was oily.
I guessed that the oil loss was due to bad rings and or valve seals, no blue exhaust smoke.
I purchased the car a year ago and at that time did an oil and filter change.
I've driven the car approximately 3,000 miles in the past year.
Figuring an inevitable valve job soon, I decided I had nothing to loose to try the often poo pooed snake oil remedies for worn engines.
So, I changed the oil(Valvoline 20-50) and filter, added a bottle of Rislone to the oil and 2 bottles of Techron to a full tank of gas then hit the road to suprise Mom.
This past weekend I traveled from Boston to the Jersey Shore, round trip 600+ miles, oil loss less than 1/2 quart and no more oily tail pipe soot.
Go figure, something seemed to have worked.
Thoughts and comments please.

Thanks,

Knarf

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