Hi everyone, I'm Jerry. I'm from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. I'm on my second Benz now, I had a W116 450SEL for a couple of years but it got to the stage of being that smokey that every time I went out, someone would call the fire brigade. Now I have a W126 380SEL, I miss the power of the 450 and the 380 is smokey at times too, depending how I'm driving it at the time. I suspect worn valve guides. I have a good 450 engine so soon I will do a transplant...450 and a 3 speed auto. Anyway enough of my crap...so again, hi everyone.