Rare for an M104 motor to blow a head gasket? Talking to my ex brother in law who is an MB Tech, I get the idea that he does about one a week.

I wouldn't plan on changing the headgasket as preventive maintenance, however. Your motor may go forever without blowing one.

My $0.02,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
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