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Originally Posted by W124 E300D
Nothing in this world more expensive than not doing required maintenance and abusing a vehicle, which is exactly what you are doing.
Ask your wife if she'd like to buy you a new cylinder head.
Stop driving the car, period, until you identify the problem.
Could be fan, could be rad (assuming your mechanic has done his work properly) rad's are easy, some of the Nissan 4x4 ones fit with some minor hose mods if you can't find a local MB OEM part.
Either way if it is smelling that hot you are guaranteed to be doing irreparable damage to the car...
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We just replaced the fan belts last year, so hopefully those haven't gone bad already. While I appreciate the sentiment of trying to sell my wife on the fix now rather than the cylinder head later I doubt it would work. We both have basically pegged this car for end of life considerations at this point, as much as I've loved it for the last 10 years. It seems like we've spent more time with it in the shop or me under it on the weekends the last six months than with it on the road.