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Old 02-19-2006, 01:37 PM
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Brian, i believe what you think. But I've seen the evidence. The head bolts were in very bad shape. YOU DON"T REUSE HEAD BOLTS. They did. I've driven the car for over 5000 miles, if there was a crack in the head, it would have shown signs of it. I didn't lose a drop of antifreeze. Also seeing the old head and where the blowby skipped from one cylinder to the other, and the other points where it looked like there was no head gasket on it at all. Also I saw the aftermarket head gasket, looks like a copper/brass mix of sorts, and the Mercedes OEM....very big different. I'm hoping that the guy who sold it to me, who also runs a bendz shop, didn't know of the crack. He is on this site and is a very nice guy and I'm leading to the fact that he didn't know about it. Like I said he works only on Mercedes and has all the parts to do the job right. Just my 2 cents. Or in this case over $3000....LOL. Thanks for your input...Rob
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