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

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Ben Harrison Carter
1999 Mercedes ML320 87K
1992 Mercedes 300CE 89K
1995 Corvette 29K -- Sold Dec 09
1989 Mercedes 420SEL 99K -- (Sold 4/08)
1968 Mercedes 230S (106K) (Sold 9/06))
1976 Mercedes 450SEL 130K (Just sold - 06)
1961 Mercedes 220Sb (sold years ago)