With the help of Luther's magic pin pulling tool, we got the head off today. you can see from the photos (if Kaleb approves them), that the head and block look good. It was very oily between #1 and the chain vault. Both sides of the gasket were wet and so were the head and block. There is one photo of #3 or 4 cyl gasket area for reference. I'd wiped the oil off the head and block before I took the photos, so those are the cleaner areas in the photos.
Although we haven't cleaned the head for re-assembly, I don't see any cracking anywhere. I also don't see signs of the head being brnt or eroded from combustion gases - which I did expect to see. The PO (Richard) drove it this way for a couple of years! It doesn't look very carboned up to me, though it's been a LONG time since I've seen a Diesel head off an engine. I see from the EPC that there have been several versions of this head gasket over the years, adding extra sealing aroung coolant and oil ports, etc. What are the current thoughts about gasket sealants on head gaskets? This one did not have any on it, though it's probably original with 200k miles.. -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain '90 300D (Rattled), '92 300D (Saber), ' '81 240D (Gramps), '97 Ply Grand Voyager (Vincent van-go) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 603 block.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 95802 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20080607/594ec6df/attachment.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 603 cylinder one.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 85576 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20080607/594ec6df/attachment-0001.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 603 head cyl 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 74092 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20080607/594ec6df/attachment-0002.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 603 head gasket bottom 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 72627 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20080607/594ec6df/attachment-0003.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 603 head gasket bottom cu 1.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 79258 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20080607/594ec6df/attachment-0004.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 603 head gasket cyl 3.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 78717 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20080607/594ec6df/attachment-0005.jpg _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
