Was getting my shock replaced and noticed this head on the bench at my indie's shop.

He said he's never seen one this bad. Looks like the synthetic oil turned itself into pudding....

http://photoshare.shaw.ca/download_image.php?image=user/f/8/a/31589/31589_QWvdvk1143474750nuIzAU/240306_1626.jpg&viewImage=1

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2003 E500
2002 C230 Kompressor
1986 420SEL

That car was run with synthetic oil? I wonder what the oil change interval was? 20k miles?

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Ali Al-Chalabi

2001 CLK55
1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Diesel
2002 Harley-Davidson Fatboy
Merlin Extralight w/ Campy Record

It would take a lot longer than 20K to do that, especially with synthetic oil. I'm thinking the change interval was "never."

- JimY

I would suspect that the car had been in a flood.

We see that, and worse every day ,in the machine shop business. Some motors will do that regardless of how often the oil was changed. Toyota is currently having these issues.

No flood, in fact the car was driven in to the shop.

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2003 E500
2002 C230 Kompressor
1986 420SEL

Reminds me of an old Pontiac I had once, before I bought it it had run its whole life on Amalie, "better than it has to be" paraffin based oil. The tops of the heads were completely caked with solidified wax.

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Mike Tangas
'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.