Hello! Recently bought a 1997 E300, US non turbo, 156,000 miles. Love the car although I would have rather a turbo model, I think that was available here in 1998. Well, the discharge seals were leaking along with a few of the o-rings on the fuel lines. Your posting was so very helpful!! Great pics, made the job last night much smoother, THANKS! While the intake was off I noticed an extreme amount of carbon build-up inside the intake tubes and inside the ports in the head. This was due to the positive crankcase vent puffing oil fumes back into the intake. Several of my ports were over half stopped up-- could be the reason for this car being sluggish while "getting on it" trying to pass another car, etc. Anyway, looking forward to taking it out of the garage later today to see! Any thoughts on an electric blower installed on the intake to increase power/efficiency? Thanks again, Mike