My friend has looked at two different 1999 C230K's and both had melted paint on the engine head, both the gray and the red cover. What is the deal with that? The paint on my 1998 engine is perfect.

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

the paint on the valve cover will fail eventually and have to be redone.

Do you know why this is so on the 1999 and not the 1998?

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

it happens...

also depends on how well the car was taken care of

Same here, recently bought a 99 C230K the gray paint on the valve cover has melted, but the red spark plug cover is fine (for now).

Same here on my 2001 SLK230 with 56,000 miles. Happened after 3-4 years.

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1993 190E 2.3
2001 SLK230
1971 LS5 (454) Corvette Convertible