Oring repair

[kickboxin]

Since I know many are you guys are blessed to have a garage to work in (not bitter about moving to a condo... ). How bad is it to change the infamous Orings that cause the oil leak by the filter? It is in a shop right now and I want to see if they are trying to rip me off.

[kickboxin]

I am located in Chicago if that helps

[timmyj51]

Are you talking about the 0-ring that goes with the oil
filter? Or do you mean oil seal/head gasket? Would help if you told us model/year.

[kickboxin]

Oops thought I did include that. Its a 98 C43. And the Oring to the head.

[JRE320]

Are they changing your valve cover gasket, head gasket and your oring?

[kickboxin]

just the orings since they are leaking and it has gotten worse this past week.

[Nelson Lago]

its very easy, you dont even need a new o ring but thats up to you. I just use some gasket sealer.

[Denlasoul]

Originally posted by kickboxin
just the orings since they are leaking and it has gotten worse this past week.
IIRC, replacing that o-ring and the two gaskets is about a 3hr job.

[kickboxin]

does the gasket sealer work very well?

[Nelson Lago]

so far so good. I made the repair last summer in mid july and it has not leaked yet.