Nope - not too late. The head has been cleaned with brake cleaner - no cracks are visible. I'm looking for a shop that can test it now --- this is not a hot bed of Mercedes head shops! I still don't see any reason for the oil leak between #1 and the chain case. those bolts were certainly tight enough!
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN Charleston SC J63 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK Don, > > On digest and so maybe time-late, but try spraying brake cleaner on the area > between the valves and the pre-chamber to see if there are any cracks there > (they may be quite visible once you clean down to bare metal). Then I'd > highly recommend you pay $50 or so to have the head pressure-checked and > cleaned-up, to make sure there aren't any deeper issues. Book says that the > pressure check (of the coolant passages) is supposed to be done in a hot tank > (80 deg C). > -- 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) _______________________________________ 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
