Resealing M103, what sealants should I buy?
I bought a 3.0L M103 several months back that is going into my 190E Sportline LE. It supposedly had a valve job done shortly before the car was wrecked and put into that yard I bought the engine from. I think the headgasket was also recently done and I don't want to mess with that right now unless I have to. I bought a leak down tester to check the health of the engine but if it passes, I'll move on to resealing the engine. I have bought the Elring headgasket kit and am about to order the Elring crankcase seal kit. I have a Victor Reinz crankcase seal kit that I am sending back because my faith in Victor Reinz seals isn't especially high. I have an Elring valve cover gasket as well.
So I plan to replace as many seals as possible, including the front and rear main seal, oil pan gasket,oil filter housing gasket, etc, basically whatever is in the kit and I can identify. The engine will be on an engine stand so It'll be easy to access whatever I need to access. The question is, what sealants do I need to use on this job? I know RTV is not recommended, but I've seen a lot of other ones thrown out there and I'm not sure which is best. I know I need to order the flywheel lock tool in order to replace the front main seal. Any tips for this job will be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Anything else I should replace while I'm in there? This engine does have 200K on it. I'm not worried about the timing chain but should I do the rails?
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Current: 1975 450SEL, 83 300D, 88 Yugo GVX, 90 300D OM603 swap, 91 F150 4.6 4v swap, 93 190E Sportline LE 3.0L M104 swap, 93 190E Sportline LE Megasquirt, 03 Sprinter, 06 E500 4Matic wagon.
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