E300 Diesel cyl head gasket
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1993 (late) E300 diesel saloon (W124 with the newer version engine)
E300 Diesel cyl head gasket
Hello,
Hope you can help me.
I have had my E300 Diesel (1993) now for eight months and I love the way it eats up the miles. It has the newer OM 606 normally aspirated engine.
I walked out of my house the other day to find oil on the ground below the car; I found the water expansion tank full of engine oil so I guess the cylinder head gasket has gone.
What I need to know is - can I use a head gasket set from a turboed engine or do I have to buy the gasket for the normally aspirated unit?
I have found out that the older version is a single piece gasket but the newer type is multilayered; I guess to take higher heat because of the turbo?
Anyway, I hope to be able to use the later type but am not sure if all the oil gallery and water cooling holes are the same exactly?
any help appreciated,
regards.
bobi
Hope you can help me.
I have had my E300 Diesel (1993) now for eight months and I love the way it eats up the miles. It has the newer OM 606 normally aspirated engine.
I walked out of my house the other day to find oil on the ground below the car; I found the water expansion tank full of engine oil so I guess the cylinder head gasket has gone.
What I need to know is - can I use a head gasket set from a turboed engine or do I have to buy the gasket for the normally aspirated unit?
I have found out that the older version is a single piece gasket but the newer type is multilayered; I guess to take higher heat because of the turbo?
Anyway, I hope to be able to use the later type but am not sure if all the oil gallery and water cooling holes are the same exactly?
any help appreciated,
regards.
bobi
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From: Salem, OR
08 Lexus GS350 AWD. 08 Lexus RX350 AWD - wife's. 94 MBZ E320 - still have it.
Don't know much about a diesel. I did my 94 E320 head gasket a few years ago, but it was a gas engine. Check with a local dealer. Find a mechanic in there and ask him, don't deal with a service advisor. Those jerks think they know everything, but i reality all they know is how to screw people out of as much money as possible.
