FYI Everyone
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FYI Everyone
I have a 05 500 as most of you know. I also have a 01 E430 and some other cool rides. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, out of curiosity, I popped off the plastic engine cover to just take a look. Boy was I surprised. At 72K, there was clearly a slow oil leak somewhere on the passenger side of the engine rocker cover. I investigated and it looked like it was coming from the coil pack area or head gasket. I took the car into my local MB shop for diagnosis and I believe they think it's the head gasket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, since the E430 and the ML500 have basically the same engine, I popped up the cover of my ML500 and, yep, you guessed it - similar oil leak. So, check yours, especially if you're near end of warranty!!! The ML is still under warranty so she'll go back in for that sometime soon. It's not a drip-drip you'll notice on the garage floor. If your's is leaking you'll notice the area is quite wet from oil vapors. I don't believe this affects the V6 engines, but check anyway.
Please post if you observe this with your motor. I'll like to keep a list.
I'm editing this several hours after the original post:
Here are some pics - I found out after posting that the culprit could be the oil collector (whatever that is) and not the head gasket.
Please post if you observe this with your motor. I'll like to keep a list.
I'm editing this several hours after the original post:
Here are some pics - I found out after posting that the culprit could be the oil collector (whatever that is) and not the head gasket.
Last edited by Darkmann; May 10, 2007 at 11:16 PM.
