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    380SEL oil explosion

    greetings, Took my Merc W126 out this morning Decided to top it up with 1/2 a Litre of Engine oil, Got to dunelm about 15miles away and to my horror engine oil was dribbling out the bottom and its made a mess around the front of the engine bay. Curse words were said. I'm thinking because...
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    380sel exhaust needed

    Hello, Can anyone help me with going about finding a complete exhaust system or backbox (don't know condition of whole exhaust yet but it sounds way to beefy!) for my 1984 380SEL? can't seem to find it available to buy anywhere online. I'm waiting back on a couple of quotes for a...
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    Mercedes 380sel restoration

    hello people, I'm now the proud owner of a 1985 mercedes 380sel which I got for £900, 12 months mot, taxed nice condition. unfortunately water has been getting in most probably around the bottom of the back window for some years due to a slightly poor resto job. This has...
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    W126 380SEL parts

    Hi All, I have recently bought a 1983 W126 from ebay, it was creatively described but we wont go into that. The aim is to bring the car upto a standard where it will go on for a few more years as I think its on the cusp of being a donor car. I have changed the ATF and filter which has...
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    380SEL high revs idle issue

    My friend has trouble with his SEL it idle really high at idle 1200-1300 seem like the mixture is rich. cars with automatic primer close the air until certain temperature is achieved then open the air valve to lean back the mixture to normal, am I correct? if so do you think some sensor that...
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