It's true, a cheap Benz is going to cost you. Anyways, It looks like I have to replace the head gasket of my '90 300SE. I'm losing a lot of oil and the coolant is black with motor oil. Just did a coolant flush, less than 400 miles and it seems to be worse than prior to the flush. There was some oil in the coolant before, but very little, now it's black, it's milky around the cap and the car runs hotter as well. I think bad motor mounts have speeded things up a bit.

I've done the head gasket on my Volvo 780 with the B230T and it was a fairly easy job, would the M103 compare? If I do it myself I'm hoping I can leave the exhaust manifold attached to the head and only take the intake off.

I'm doing some research at the moment, any pointers for someone who will undertake this for the first time?

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).