Hi Guys

I'm looking for advice on a new cylinder head. I have been trying to fix mine for a while since the head gasket is leaking oil, and once I take the head off I want to take care of everything else in there as well.

A few options resulted:
1. take the current head off, get it rebuilt, put it back on
2. Get a used head, rebuild it, swap heads
3. Get an already rebuilt head, swap with old one.

Now, the first option is actually the least likely one I will go with since I have not been able to find a machine shop that I would trust in my city, or rather metropolitan area, second, rebuilt cost will double if not triple the cost of an already rebuilt head. For some reason, in Ontario, people are terrified of Mercedes vehicles and won't touch them at all.

With option 2, the difficulty is obtainning a used head. Closest place that has it is willing to give it up for $600 cdn, add rebuilt cost and it's still not worth it.

So I arrived at option 3. Get an already rebuilt head, and swap the two. Performance prodcuts offers rebuilt heads starting from $740 us, but I was not able to find the one for my car on their webpage.

I know a lot you have been through this process and I would greatly appreciate any help, advice and things I should watch out for.

Thanking you in advance

xp

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