novae500

Looked under the hood as i do every couple months and noticed the DS valve cover is not silver, but hint of yellow. Look closer and see that there is oil seepeage from the bolts around the valve cover. How many others on here had oil leaking from valve cover?cam sensor?

I did notice when looking to buy an E500, several E500s had carfax reports where benz dealership replaced valve cover gasket prior to putting them up for sale.

Called dealership ASE of Arlington, VA to set an appt to get it looked at. Car still under CPO warranty. Asked the Service Advisor to run a VMI and only thing outstanding is replace Pilot bushings. Mileage is 30k miles. Taking it in tomorrow.

velvet fog

I think this was a problem on all the 500 motors. I had the driver side gasket replaced on my SL because it was leaking from just below the filler port. I first noticed it after a service and thought the dealer had spilled some oil while filling.

SZMB

On my E500 w/ 48k mi, a small amount of Oil was leaking on both valve covers. Gaskets were replaced under warranty.

007_e350

Mine was done at 41k ... cyl 6 was leaking ........ Oil level drop was very rapid!!

novae500

Just got back from picking the car up. Paperwork said check engine for oil leak, check valve cover gasket for oil leak. Finding was left hand baffle had oil seepage and sealant used to repair. Guessing High temp/rtf sealant was used. Wonder why they didn't replace the gasket like you guys did? maybe leak wasn't too much? When i did check the engine oil level, it was good before dropping it off. Also did notice they did clean the valve cover, which was golden honey before. Now its silver to match the other valve cover

Also replaced the pilot bushings via electro hydraulic/tranny under open recall as well. Cost, $0, since still under warranty. Good experience with the service at ASE Arlington Benz.

Only downside was that i had a rental was a Toy Rav. Dropped it off and they had 4 C300's as loaners. Just my luck.

Diesel Benz

Do you mean cylinder 6 or the valve cover from about the area of cylinder 6? The leak from the valve cover must be really significant if you can see a rapid oil level drop. A quart of oil makes a complete mess at the engine bay.

novae500

yikes thats alot of oil to loose and so fast.....i'm not sure how long/when mine was leaking, since i purchased it back in Nov 08...but i need to start spot checking every month under the hood

Gary Hauger

how do you change valve cover gasket on mercedes e500 2003

vettdvr

I haven't done mine yet all leaks have been repaired at oil change with wrag wrench. However if it begins to drip I will change it myself.

PlatinumPi4u

There is a do it yourself guide here in the forums, just have to search. I have to replace mine too....