PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - Trust, I bought this 1987 300D without looking in the overflow tank.

babyjames · #14 08-23-2009, 01:17 AM

I don't think the guy intentionally sold me a car with a bad head gasket. It goes like a raped ape, doesn't smoke and doesn't use much oil.

Is the gasket bad? Seems pretty likely. 14 head. He's the second owner, has had the car for 15 years, and it gets driven a lot. Th head gasket has never been replaced since he's had the car.

I screwed up. Plain and simple. I'm gonna' keep driving the thing for a little while and decide whether I want to take the time to pull the head. I'll fix the rear end, replace the motor mounts and - provided I can do it without pulling the intake??? - replace the delivery valve o-rings and crush washers. Maybe then I'll just sell it as-is and cut my losses. Worst case scenario, I'll part the sucker out. It has a recently rebuilt transmission that'll sell for half what I paid for the car.