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Diesel Purge, New Fuel Filters, Some New Hoses, BLOWBY

Started by sethkestenbaum, 01 September 2018, 11:35 AM

sethkestenbaum

Today I decided to finally do a diesel purge and change the fuel filter and pre-filter. I even replaced a few fuel lines as the old ones were less than optimal.  While I was under the hood I would check for blowby... sure enough I have some. The blowby isn't too bad but there are some puffs of smoke.  I am going to assume that some blowby is "typical and acceptable" for W116s with 100,000+ miles.  With this in mind, how much is too much? 
Seth Kestenbaum
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Unscrew the oil cap and just let it sit on top the of the valve cover not tightened down. How much does it dance?
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