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Originally Posted by 190edude
the leak will not go away by itself and it will not get better. If it follows Murphy's law it will cause a complete failure of the gasket right when you get the furthest away from any help in the middle of nowhere at 3 in the morning.
My advice.....get it changed now. Don't wait the inevitable to happen.
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I go along with 190edude. This is more of an attitudinal question than a technical question. I learned a long time ago that the worst thing you can do is try to ride problems along instead of fixing them. Even if it's something simple like a broken door handle, if you just let it go, then the next little thing you will also let it go and before too long you have a car that is run down. Your head gasket is much more serious than a broken door handle.
Cars are EXPENSIVE! Sometimes it costs lots of money for repairs, but it costs A LOT MORE to replace the car. If you keep up with both corrective and preventive maintenance on a good car such as a Mercedes you can drive them almost indefinitely.
Pay me now or pay me later.
Best of luck,