B*lls

[Robby]

Well I did the head gasket again, taking a lot more care over the scraping this time, and it seems to have failed. Again.

Symptoms are grey/white smoke, mayonnaise under the filler cap, coolant level dropping rather a lot, and seemingly higher than usual pressure in the cooling system, although this could be to the high temperature of the water.

I'm giving it a couple of hours to cool down, then I'll see what it does. If it does the same thing its going on ebay and autotrader as is.

So anyone want a 190E 2.6 with a head gasket problem?

 

[Dieselman]

It could be that teh head needs skimming or is cracked.

 

[Robby]

Yes I'm inclined to think its needs a skim. Anyway, its on ebay now. Its a shame, because I replaced everything else and was rather fond of the car.

But I think its time to buy a newer C class now, that can break on me in new and exciting ways.