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When doing the exhaust the other night I checked a few temperatures around the engine and was surprised to see the intake manifold was the same tempreature as the cylinder head due to thermal conduction through the gasket. As it seems a shame to cool the charged air down with the intercooler...

Hello! My C200 recently change the head gasket and now the car is running strange... What can it be? The accelarator is "stuck" on the 1300 rpm's when is on neutral (normal gear box).

When we did Paul's (JpsKiller) 3ltr Head Gasket we decided to do a howto. Its rather long so please be patient. I won't be able to complete the thread in one go as there are 40+ pictures and descriptions to go though. In the beginning take one 3 ltr engine and notice the oil sprouting from just...

When we did Paul's (JpsKiller) 3ltr Head Gasket we decided to do a howto. Its rather long so please be patient. I won't be able to complete the thread in one go as there are 40+ pictures and descriptions to go though. In the beginning take one 3 ltr engine and notice the oil sprouting from just...

Hello! As I posted here, I replaced the head gasket and all the other parts related. Now what I find strange this: I see yesterday as were the various levels and noted that the protection of carter had a pool of liquid. I decied to wash and clean the engine to such protection. Today in the...

I have to put a new camshaft! The older one was like S***! The previsous owner use to put "water from a pipe"!

Hello! I was wondering: the head gasket is made from what? Metal? Ruber? Plastic? Cork...

Hello! I'm going to change the head gasket. Is there any one here that performe tha change? And the car is going to be reliabel? On the firts Km can I drive normally?

Hello! I have a C200 Kompressor (1997) with 198 000 Km's on it. In October I chabge the water pump because the coolant was getting bronw... But now the problem came back: bronw coolant; the same color on the oil; lack of oil... The car dosn 't get hot and don't appper any light on the dash...

Hey there. this is my first post here. I have a 1990 W124 pillerless coupe. And there is thick goopey oily gunk in the coolant tank. doesn't seem to be any water in there what-so-ever. Just wondered whats the likely cost for this to be repaired? thanks guys.

Does any one know if overfilling oil can cause the head gasket to blow as a mechanic in Australia stupidly put two litres to much oil in in witch our local mercedes service centre drained and refilled the oil for free!. since the service our vito with 83000k on the clock that was running...

im going to do the head gasket on my dads 280e anything to watch out for? ive sourced a headset but no head bolts included when doing this, do the head bolts need renewing? or can i use the old ones any special tools required? locking pins or tensioner tools? any info would be great :)

Looking for cylinder head gasket repair done on my 190e in or near to Cambs area. Anyone know of an affordable one and roughly how much this would cost?

:( Hi all,I'm new to this forum and would appreciate any help reguarding my E200K head gasket problem. 1) approx how much will I expect to pay a dealer to carry out the work? 2)are there any workshop manuals for my model out there? 3)has anyone carried out this job who could give guidance for me...

I've just had my transmissions serviced (new fluid, filter, gasket etc) by a supposedly reputable independent. I managed to drive the car about 15 miles before there was a strong smell of hot / burning transmission fluid and quite a lot of smoke! :mad: I got the car recovered to said...

Just driven over to Germany in my C200 and the last 10 miles of the journey the coolant warning light came on, and the car was juddering at idle. I topped up the coolant this morning and all was fine then the coolant light came on after 1 mile, just taken it too a local germen mercedes garage...

hello folks, i need to take the head off my E220 to change the core plug at the back, so obviously il need a new gasket to go back on. i dont have a manual and can find little info on the net. so my questions are, what do i need to know, bolt torques, can the chain tensioners be re-used and how...

Just giving her a look over today and noticed that my expansion tank was full of yellowy/light brown slim. So I then took a few coolant hoses off and they to were coated in this slim. At the same time as doing this I noticed it also has an oil leak down the left hand side of the engine from some...

Ihave a 1990 300CE and looks like the head gasket has gone south. Been leaky for a while but been running ok but now running badly so can't put it off any longer. Garages want a small fortune for the labour so not going to be an option. I'm quite familiar with engines and done a couple of...

Can anyone tell me how much a garage would charge for a Gearbox Sump Gasket replacement.