Parts car. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On April 6, 2019 5:44:31 PM EDT, "Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >So I messed with this 300D that I picked up a few weeks ago. It had a >broken injector line so was running bad and spraying fuel all over the >engine compartment. I replaced that and it starts up and runs great. >Nice and smooth and has plenty of power. Transmission shifts fine. Car >has short of 400k on it and has been hit in the rear before as it has >had some work back there. Currently has a dent in the passenger rear. >Anyway car is pretty beat but could be cleaned up/fixed up. My plan was >to just flip it for about $800 to somebody who wanted a cheap car. I >checked the coolant tank and it’s full of oil like nothing I have ever >seen (see photos). It also appears to have a fairly decent leak at the >right front of the engine. I can’t tell if it’s leaking from the chain >tensioner or out of the head itself. I got it up to temp and it runs >spot on at the correct temp, is not building up excess pressure, and >with the cap off no bubbles in the coolant. So I would imagine it has a >blown head gasket. I could try flushing out the coolant and see what >happens but that might be a waste of time. Car will probably probably >just go out to the back 40 as a parts car I guess.
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