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Originally posted by Bud
I have a 1991 300E that I bought new on 7/1992. Sometime around the 50K mark I noticed an oil leak from the rear corner of the engine and that there was ENGINE oil in the coolant.
It failed not because of a lack of maintenance. It failed not because I used Water Wetter. It failed because of a engineering problem with the head gasket on the M103 and M104 engines.
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Yes, with the early gaskets I agree about the material problems, as I mentioned. I also mentioned that in my experiences with a lot of failures over time most were the result of insufficient maintenance. There is no question that "oil leaks" have been problematic for some time.
My comment was directed toward head gaskets that are removed from a vehicle that have little, if any material left in the cooling jacket areas. Do you know if your head gasket suffered from major deterioration?
Yes, oil leaking externally and intenally no argument. Major gasket deterioration, completely different scenario.