My earlier post was indeed a suggestion to buy rubber parts from a Mercedes dealer. That said, I don't always do it myself. A lot depends on timing—can I afford to have the car down while I return a new part that turns out to be bad? Not that dealers have a lock on good performance, of course. If I can get a gen-U-wine Mercedes part somewhere else at a discount, I often go that route. It also depends on the criticality of the part and the ease (or not) of replacement. There are some jobs I just don't wanna do again!

Personally I've always been suspicious of boxes labeled "Made in Germany." Do I care if the box was Made in Germany? For example, some cabin air filters I just installed were in a box labeled "Meyle—Germany" but I believed the little paper label stuck on that said "Made in Taiwan."

I haven't replaced OM606 engine mounts since 2007 and don't have notes from then showing where they were made. The upper front strut mounts that I replaced a couple of years ago were labeled "Germany" on the box but inside, on the plastic bag, was an ominous tag reading "China." So far (20,000 miles) they've been OK but I keep an eye on them.

In your case, should the motor mounts fail, you have a chance of getting them replaced, since you reported the "leak" and were told it was OK. Please revisit this thread in a year and bring us up to date.

Jeremy

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