There was another individual who had fuel in his oil. I checked my 190e and the oils smells strongly of fuel which supposedly effects the compression. Can anyone pls chime in as to how this has happened and the remedy. When I had the car running the other day, it never ran as well!! I didnt know the car had so much power but im still looking at a no-start.

Yeah, I told you that in another post. It happens when gas is repeatedly introduced into the combustion chamber and doesn't get burned. It thins the oil so much that the oil (which is part of what seals "bang" inside the cylinder) can't do it's job and allows a lot of blow-by.

The remedy is also in the other post... This is why you shouldn't have two posts concerning the same problem.

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I know you said that in another post which i appreciate. I posted a seperate post because i thought it was a bad POT and thus deserved a seperate post to solve my problem which I assume is the purpose of the tech help forum. I have never pretended to be an expert so please try to keep that in mind. I respect your expertise and taking the time to answer.

even with a seemingly bad potentiometer I have been able to get my car to start in mechanical mode.