Are you sure you need a head gasket? Do you have oil in the coolant or vise versa? Did the engine start running diferently? Are you sure you have no leaks, such as near the heater valve? When my gasket blew I could tell by looking at the coolant and the oil. And I caught mine when it first happened.

And I was losing coolant at one point due to a bad tank and cap! My cap would not seal properly on the overflow, so when the car was parked after a nice run where the engine was at temp and maybe idling enough to get it at the upper range, I would park it and hear the his from the cap or gurgling due to the air leak in the cap. The metal that the cap screws into had no longer sealed to the plastic tank. Thus some fluid on hot days with a hot engine would leak out. Not ever noticeable on the ground but over a week and as my Daily Driver it would lower the tank. I also had a bad radiator as well. But never got drips due to the plastic noise encapsulation panels holding the fluid and allowing it to dissapate before dripping on the garage floor.......

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~Jamie
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2003 Pewter C230K SC C1, C4, C5, C7, heated seats, CD Changer, and 6 Speed. ContiExtremes on the C7's.

1986 190E 2.3 Black, Auto, Mods to come soon.....