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Jay. Unlike you I am not a mechanic, so I see things a little differently. It doesn't matter to me whether a car is made in Germany, Taiwan, France, America or Timbuctoo, they all use internal combustion engines which all work the same way. That means if it is burning oil then the possible faults are: [1] Rings or bores are worn, though your compression tests suggest otherwise. [2] Valve stem seals are worn. [3] Crankcase ventilation is allowing oil into the inlet manifold. Given all the other faults you mention and the lack of service history I begin to wonder if have have bought a dog. Is it really going to be worth investing time and money to put it right?

Are you saying the battery won't hold a charge? If so, you need to renew it. It would also be wise to wire in the radio properly so that power is removed when the key is taken out of the switch.

Also, I have not done many miles on it 20 at most, oil level doesn't appear to have moved in that time, but it's not enough miles to tell really as only smokes when input my foot down, I drive my van most of the time, car is only for when I have the Mrs and kids with me which isn't very often at the moment. I am actually a mechanic, currently going through the process of setting up my own garage, however, I am very unfamiliar with German cars and have always pointed people to local German car specialist due to everything being coded how it is, my diagnostics is next to useless on these, looking into getting the diagnostic equipment for them though and see how I get on with this one as to whether or not I decide to get into them or not. I also have a Merc Vito van and that has been straight forward to work on so far. So, as previously stated, I will flush the oil, change the filter( whilst fixing the oil leak near water cooler and filter housing) and see how I get on over the next few weeks. It's not used very often and was hoping there would be a common problem on them that caused it, but have high suspicion now that the piston oil rings are letting go. I'll update once I've driven it more etc

Hey Dan, I'm assuming your car is currently standard? If so and your going for a stage 1 remap then the Tuner will customise the map to suit your car. They do this as each car is different due to age, mileage and the way it's driven. If tou combine the map with a sports exhaust and induction kit the standard clutch will still be fine :) if you were going for mega power then you would have to get an updated clutch and even an updated turbo. Hope iv helped :) cheers steve