300CE preventive maintenance ??
 

My 92 300CE is in excellent shape; runs like a top at 88K miles -- but I wonder if there are any preventive maintenance steps I can take to avoid what appears to be a couple of potential problem areas??

(1) Head gasket leaking oil from the rear of the engine seems to be a fairly common problem. Should I tighten bolts to avoid this, or replace the gasket at a certain point -- or what?

(2) Failure of the Electronic Ignition module. I have read that the heat dissipation material on the rear of this module dries up after awhile and becomes ineffective, perhaps contributing to failure from the heat. Can I replace this material with something now on the market that would help to continue the protection?? These modules are super expensive .......

Thanks for the help... Ben Carter

i am slowly doing suspension rubber on mine..... then a distributor cap and rotor, and plugs

then probably flex disks... i have a pair of rear shocks...but mine seem fine now... so maybe i'll do those is a year or so.

i usually spend a little bit on parts each month...and just put them on... i am a bit behind now... have a boxful of parts, but not the time to do some work.

the only "repair" i really need to do is valve stem seals... it's a time thing... i have the parts...

i am slowly doing suspension rubber on mine..... then a distributor cap and rotor, and plugs

then probably flex disks... i have a pair of rear shocks...but mine seem fine now... so maybe i'll do those is a year or so.

i usually spend a little bit on parts each month...and just put them on... i am a bit behind now... have a boxful of parts, but not the time to do some work.

the only "repair" i really need to do is valve stem seals... it's a time thing... i have the parts...

i don't think you automatically replace a head gasket... yours may hold up for another 100k miles...

i always have a spare fuel relay, ovp, and klima a/c relay on hand.