Last dinner date, but we didnt know 2019

[PRE-H20]

So this christmas season was exhausting...... lots to get done and did it.

Wife was on it and didnt skip a beat or drop the ball.... all good.

I tell the wife I wanted to say thank you and take her out to dinner...... before we go take the old Mercedes C230 out to get a wash and looking good.

All went well for the night (Saturday night)

Sunday morning....... outside cleaning up after stuff in garage and decide to kinda clean up under the hood...... decide to check coolant level and top off.

Open up radiator..................... and I see it.

BROWN THICK UGLY ARSE SLUDGE.... HEAVY HEAVY SLUDGE.

Game-over. RIP.

We didnt know it was going to be our last date, it is and it was.

Dont want to, but gotta let it go after 260K.

SAD.

We owned her from mile one.... to very last mile on Saturday night.

Time to say goodbye

[gordner]

are they known to have head gasket issues?

[PRE-H20]

These supercharged engines didnt have the best reputations getting past 80K......

I've known this after the 1st few years. Kept up with factory suggested up keep-really well over the years.

I knew I was on borrowed time after 100K..... I have NOOOOO COMPLAINTS on this car, NONE.

Loyal, trustworthy, solid build, little issues, looks EXACTLY like the picture as it sits in my garage today...........

My wrench is a Merc wrench... he couldn't believe its lasted as long as it has/did.

Sad.

[Paul LeFevre]

260,000 miles and it blows a gasket!! Jeez, sounds like a recall is in order. Pretty darn good, I'd say.

[flipper35]

Nah, just drop an LS motor in it!

[PRE-H20]

LS.... dang those things are going into everything these days.....

saw one go into a Mini recently..... not a bad idea.

I wish I could make that happen.........

[Baz]

She looks to be in great condition. Must be like a family member by now. Maybe you could get her fixed?

[PRE-H20]

Yes it has been almost 15 years and lots of miles and memories. That's going to be the plan if I can find a person to do the repair and it makes sense then I will keep the car as a spare car

[PRE-H20]

I'm not quite sure how much a blown head gasket repair would be, that is if it's a blown head gasket and not a cracked block. I guess I will have to have it's officially diagnosed and go from there. I feel like I'm putting a pet down.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by PRE-H20

I'm not quite sure how much a blown head gasket repair would be, that is if it's a blown head gasket and not a cracked block. I guess I will have to have it's officially diagnosed and go from there. I feel like I'm putting a pet down.

Yeah, well your title sounded far more ominous. Glad it is just a car.

Hold a ceremony or something, and say good bye. Fixing it now seems like the start of a downhill slide. It usually turns out to be more than you think, then more after that. That kind of takes the fun out of the relationship.

[ckelly78z]

I had the same thing happen to my wife's 2003 BMW 325 CI convertible....a beautiful day in October coming home from work, and barely made it into the driveway before it stalled for good. I had trouble keeping it running for the last 2 miles...believe it is also a head gasket at 245,000 miles. It is sitting next to my barn waiting for warmer weather to diagnose.

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Nah, just drop an LS motor in it!

You are my spirit animal!

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by flipper35

Nah, just drop an LS motor in it!

I have already thought of this on my wife's 325.

[porsche tech]

It doesn't have a liquid cooled oil cooler, does it? That's what always happened to all the 944's. Oil cooler seals failed and you got the mix. Seals were relatively simple...cleaning out the cooling system with Shout was messy and time consuming. Nice looking car, it'd be a shame to give it up.

[Chocaholic]

Originally Posted by PRE-H20

We didnt know it was going to be our last date, it is and it was.

Dont want to, but gotta let it go after 260K.

SAD.

We owned her from mile one.... to very last mile on Saturday night.

Time to say goodbye

In a New York minute...

[flskala]

I would buy a good/used wrecking yard motor if available. Car looks super clean.

[kevin993]

No wisdom here other than respect for the past 260K+ miles and best wishes for the future. Cheers!

[mattdavis11]

What would you let it go for?

[tcar]

Could just be from condensation.... drive it much???
Mostly short trips?

[Math]

on my gti, i had oil in my rad, but no coolant in my oil.
it was the oil cooler gasket. basically, they run an oil pipe trough the rad to cool the oil.
had to flush the rad 4 times after the gasket got replaced.