Blown Head Gasket
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2002 C32, 2012 S550
Blown Head Gasket
Crap, so it looks like I probably have a blown head gasket.
My mechanic noticed that a little coolant was dripping under my car. He was checking all the hoses and couldn't find where it was leaking from. Then he opened up the reservoir and smelled combustion inside the reservoir. He said either I have a blown head gasket or worse case, cracked block or head.
Anyone else had theirs replaced? I saw one thread quoting about $1900.
My mechanic noticed that a little coolant was dripping under my car. He was checking all the hoses and couldn't find where it was leaking from. Then he opened up the reservoir and smelled combustion inside the reservoir. He said either I have a blown head gasket or worse case, cracked block or head.
Anyone else had theirs replaced? I saw one thread quoting about $1900.
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Thx Josh,
Yeah, it's been running fine. I didn't even notice the leak till I got my oil changed today.
But he's right, it's supposed to smell like anti-freeze, not combustion.
Yeah, it's been running fine. I didn't even notice the leak till I got my oil changed today.
But he's right, it's supposed to smell like anti-freeze, not combustion.
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Bummer Gramma; its abit more (1k or so) but isn't it easier to drop in another engine. Hope it all works out easily for you to get that beast back on the road.
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Sorry to hear this happened.
I think this is the first time I've ever heard of the M113K engine blowing a head gasket..
Depends how much mechanical skill and free time you have... Replacing the head gasket COULD be fun.
Best of luck and hope your C32 is on the road asap.
I think this is the first time I've ever heard of the M113K engine blowing a head gasket..
Depends how much mechanical skill and free time you have... Replacing the head gasket COULD be fun.
Best of luck and hope your C32 is on the road asap.
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seems like a lot for one head gasket. What diagnosis did they do to justify this price? They should have a pretty high confidence level as to what the problem is or they're just throwing numbers out there.
If you're really getting coolant into the combustion chamber you'd be getting a **** load of white smoke out the tail pipe that would smell like......coolant.
cracked block/head is even less likely. I'd be asking some specific questions to these guys to justify that high quote.
If you're really getting coolant into the combustion chamber you'd be getting a **** load of white smoke out the tail pipe that would smell like......coolant.
cracked block/head is even less likely. I'd be asking some specific questions to these guys to justify that high quote.
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Well, from what I've researched, a leak down test may work in some cases, but the PSI really doesn't come anywhere close to real operating cylinder pressures.
And he's doing both side cause since everything is off already, it doesn't take much more time to do the other side while were at it. IF the other side failed soon afterwards, I'd HATE to do it twice.
Actually, I totally trust my mechanic. He always tries to either save me $$ or give me options. I know he's never gonna screw me and consider him a friend.
Plus, there not much other ways combustion is going to get in the coolant?
But thanks for all your advice guys!
And he's doing both side cause since everything is off already, it doesn't take much more time to do the other side while were at it. IF the other side failed soon afterwards, I'd HATE to do it twice.
Actually, I totally trust my mechanic. He always tries to either save me $$ or give me options. I know he's never gonna screw me and consider him a friend.
Plus, there not much other ways combustion is going to get in the coolant?
But thanks for all your advice guys!
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Crap, so it looks like I probably have a blown head gasket.
My mechanic noticed that a little coolant was dripping under my car. He was checking all the hoses and couldn't find where it was leaking from. Then he opened up the reservoir and smelled combustion inside the reservoir. He said either I have a blown head gasket or worse case, cracked block or head.
Anyone else had theirs replaced? I saw one thread quoting about $1900.
My mechanic noticed that a little coolant was dripping under my car. He was checking all the hoses and couldn't find where it was leaking from. Then he opened up the reservoir and smelled combustion inside the reservoir. He said either I have a blown head gasket or worse case, cracked block or head.
Anyone else had theirs replaced? I saw one thread quoting about $1900.
For interest did you use Mercedes coolant, was it changed every 3 years and how many miles on the clock?
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Well, from what I've researched, a leak down test may work in some cases, but the PSI really doesn't come anywhere close to real operating cylinder pressures.
And he's doing both side cause since everything is off already, it doesn't take much more time to do the other side while were at it. IF the other side failed soon afterwards, I'd HATE to do it twice.
Actually, I totally trust my mechanic. He always tries to either save me $$ or give me options. I know he's never gonna screw me and consider him a friend.
Plus, there not much other ways combustion is going to get in the coolant?
But thanks for all your advice guys!
And he's doing both side cause since everything is off already, it doesn't take much more time to do the other side while were at it. IF the other side failed soon afterwards, I'd HATE to do it twice.
Actually, I totally trust my mechanic. He always tries to either save me $$ or give me options. I know he's never gonna screw me and consider him a friend.
Plus, there not much other ways combustion is going to get in the coolant?
But thanks for all your advice guys!
my c32 had a slight cylinder 1 misfire for 4-5 weeks with a rough idle but no CEL. The CEL came on last week as the rough idle got worse and i started having some significant power loss.
took the car to my indy shop Friday last week and they did a compression test on cylinder 1 which was lower than the other cylinders which leads them to think its a blown cylinder gasket but they are not 100% sure.
was your issue a blown head gasket?? did replacing the gasket fix it and no issues since??? let me know as from reading your posts on this thread and subsequent posts it seems what ever was wrong was fixed and been good
thanks a lot
