M103 Blown Head Gasket - W126 300SE

This is a fairly typical failure at the rear of the engine. Cylinder 6 area of the gasket has failed and the gasket has been compromised between the oil feed and the water jacket resulting in a disgusting milkshake that brings no boys to the yard, other than these three insane amigos. The previous owner of this vehicle didn’t maintain it particularly well, the “coolant“ was brown rusty water. Much to my absolute disbelief there is virtually no corrosion to the head at all. Having just done my own M104 the
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