Could a warped cylinder head or leaking head gasket cause overheating? I have already changed all the cooling parts to brand new and had the car diagnosed. The Mech told me that it could be a warped head/leaky head gasket. Is there a test to make sure that it's the head? Just wanna be 100% sure or get a second opinion before opening up the engine.


Thanks!


Francis
1985 300D (124)

francis,

You can do a compression test and also watch for bubbles in the coolant.

Good luck,

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Larry Bible
'84 Euro 240D, 523K miles
'88 300E 5 Speed
'81 300D Daughter's Car
Over 800,000 miles in
Mercedes automobiles

yes it can i had the same problem i replaced every thing in the cooling system only to find a bad head gasket was the rote of all the problems.i did the compression test and that is when i found it was bad
hope this helps

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Dan Younes
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1985 euro 500sel 220k
1981 300sd 278k sold
1979 240d 298k sold
1983 300sd 272k sold
1989 chrysler 2.2l Turbo
Leabaron 130k
1989 Dodge Carvan Se 285k
1996 C220(hopefully soon)

There is a tool sold by NAPA for this...It goes in the place of the reservoir cap. You run the engine and if the blue liquid turns yellow, you have a combustion leak into the coolant system.

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