Just a heads up, there are two types of gaskets for the EGR. One is metal and you get it from the dealer, the other is gasket material and Worldpac sells them. I used a metal one from the dealer and it leaks, I can't tighten the bolts anymore or I will strip them. Luckly I have a spare one sitting around.

So if you use a metal one with Brians kit it could leak on you.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Oh the engineer is going to reign a mighty fury down upon you for that title....especially when it's the gasket leaking, not Brian's plate

Still - it's probably helpful to make everyone aware.....

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1981 240d - 135k - Arlene

mine doesn't leak

maybe it is user error?

Mine leaks but I'm just calling it a "who ever heard of a metal gasket" problem instead of a Brian problem, I commend him for sending us MB parts with them.

Mine leaks too, but it serves as a gentle reminder that I'm still burning oil through the exhaust system. I figure that if I fixed everything right, then there'd be nothing for it to leak in the first place, problem solved.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

Exhaust or intake block?

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

Mine has always leaked from the get go. I've just never got around to fixing it

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1980 500SE/AMG Euro
1981 500SEL Euro
1982 380SEL
1983 300TD
1983 500SEC/AMG Euro
1984 500SEC
1984 300TD Euro
1986 190E 2.3-16
1986 190E 2.3
1987 300D
1997 C36 AMG
2003 C320T 4matic

past: 1969 280SE 4.5 | 1978 240D | 1978 300D | 1981 300SD | 1981 300SD | 1982 300CD | 1983 300CD | 1983 300SD | 1983 380SEC | 1984 300D | 1984 300D | 1984 300TD | 1984 500SEL | 1984 300SD | 1985 300D | 1986 300E | 1986 560SEL | 1986 560SEL/Carat | 1987 560SEC | 1991 300D 2.5 | 2006 R350

Yeah that was intentional. He should be online very soon...

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Been in CT all day.

WTF is the deal with the leaks? Just developed over time? What's the evidence of the leak..........oil seepage?? In theory, it can only leak air..........unless the turbo seals are leaking...........and on yours that's not possible because you don't burn any oil..........?????????

Nah I always have a slight oil residue in the intake, which has stumped me since I got the car since the oil level never changes. The amount hasn't changed so I figure the turbo seals are probably just worn a bit. I don't plan on actualy fixing it until it starts burning oil, and its going on 5 years.


Anyway I just took the entire intake off and cleaned it in a parts washer, so its spotless. I drove the car on Sunday and I noticed their was a mist residue coming from that gasket and blowing over that area. I tightened the bolts as tight as I thought was prudent considering they are just in aluminum. So I drove it again on Friday and it did the same thing. The gasket was brand new I didn't reuse the old one.

It could just be a fluke. I tightened the bolts with a 3/8 drive holding it around the head so I doubt I warped anything, more so considering how thick that plate is.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Nah, it's not a fluke. Either the riser tube is not flat enough of the plate is not flat enough. The crush of the gasket is insufficient to make up the difference between the two surfaces.

That's disconcerting.

Try another gasket and don't tighten it too much. Just enough to crush the metal lip.

I had a spare one in my parts box that was made out of gasket matieral, so I used it. But I havn't driven the car since. Considering the considerable thickness of that gasket I don't see how it can leak.

I have no idea how either part could have changed its shape over the winter. The plate sat on the air box and that part of the intake was just run through a parts washer, nothing that would alter it.

BTW MB must have changed these. The gasket I had kicking around looked old, the package was yellowing, and it was from MB of North Haven. Now they sell the metal ones.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I've only supplied the metal gaskets for the last four years..........since the original kits.

You know, now that I think about it that could have been leaking for a while and I may not have noticed it. That area of the intake was caked in oil residure, that little aluminum pipe going up to that casting from the turbo had a healthy 1/8 coating on it. Now that its clean thats probably why I saw it.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I wonder if anyone else is having a problem? How are yours doing?

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Mine has a slight leak too, oil. I didn't think it was a big deal. So are you saying a new gasket won't help?

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1987 300TD 309, xxx 2.8.2014 10,000 mile OCI


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