'84 300D/ dakota benz trk. Sold... miss it. "88 260E '91 190E 2.6 '89 Volvo 240DL "85 300D
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as some of you remember, i posted a while back that i was done with jetronic. well, after pulling out what hair i had left, i had a benz mechanic come over and double check my attempts to repair the car.
he found nothing obvious as i did. we had spark, fuel, timing good, compression 80-100 lbs, etc.
well i paid him, he wanted to take it to his shop for further analysis. we both thought that due to all the cranking etc that the cylinders might be gas fouled. so when he left i poured oil in the spark plug holes to let it set for a few days while i come up with some money for the repair.
lo and behold, guess what i saw? oil was pouring out from 4 of 6 cylinders right at the bottom of the head. blown head gasket!
from my experience with chevys, they would start with <100lbs pressure. appearantly not a benz. so, i have to replace my first head gasket on a 103. i am somewhat excited about it all really, but do any of you have any advice, watch out fors, etc. also, what else would you all replace whilst doing the repair? timing chain, tensioner, valve job, shave the head a little, valve seals, etc?
he found nothing obvious as i did. we had spark, fuel, timing good, compression 80-100 lbs, etc.
well i paid him, he wanted to take it to his shop for further analysis. we both thought that due to all the cranking etc that the cylinders might be gas fouled. so when he left i poured oil in the spark plug holes to let it set for a few days while i come up with some money for the repair.
lo and behold, guess what i saw? oil was pouring out from 4 of 6 cylinders right at the bottom of the head. blown head gasket!
from my experience with chevys, they would start with <100lbs pressure. appearantly not a benz. so, i have to replace my first head gasket on a 103. i am somewhat excited about it all really, but do any of you have any advice, watch out fors, etc. also, what else would you all replace whilst doing the repair? timing chain, tensioner, valve job, shave the head a little, valve seals, etc?