I'm having trouble getting my 190E going again after replacing the Head Gasket.

I noticed that the new inlet manifold gasket has an extra hole in the middle (part no. 102 11? 02 80) when compared to the original gasket (part no. 102 141 04 80).

Is the new gasket an updated part ? or is it for a different model.

thanks
Doug McCutchan

You need to look at where it seals. There were different intakes, and it could be a different gasket causing a leak.

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What kind of problems are you having getting it going?

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

The problem I was having was that the engine would fire but then die within a couple of seconds.

I have since solved the problem as I had installed the wrong intake manifold gasket out of the Head Gasket Kit I bought.

The wrong gasket did not correctly cover the channels that are in the Intake manifold.

The reason I used the wrong gasket was that I assumed the new gasket was the grey cardboard looking one - but the correct one in the kit was a metal gasket, obviously upgraded from the original.

Doug McCutchan

I got the kit for the head gasket replacement with two intake manifold gasket replacements. One made of cardboard like material and the other one made of metal. Thanks to your article I am replacing the old gasket with the new metal one. This should save me a slight headache.

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