C36 Head gasket

[215m3]

Head gasket is leaking near the back of the block and was spotted by MB at it's service today. Needs a new front seal as well. a couple of questions please as i've tried the search facility and found nothing.

1. How long does this roughly take to complete?

2. While the heads off and gets skimmed would it benefit getting gas flowed, along with the inlet manifold - had this done on my 16v corrado and made a noticeable difference. Would iw be noticeable on a C36 and has anyone had this work done before?

cheers in advance.

[J Irwan]

I got mine replaced by the dealer along with the front timing seals. If I am not mistaken the labor was for 10-11 hr or so..

The bill came out around $1280. (it was covered by my Aftermarket Warranty).

Also here (http://www.club202.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2808&highlight=beru) the list of repairs on my 1997 C36 to date...

Off course I just recently replaced the front rotors and the brake pads for all 4 wheels

Hope this helps

Regardz,

[kameraguy]

Sounds right. I also replaced my HG @ approx 65K. Cost around $1400 for me. Took a few days.

[215m3]

Would it be beneficial to port and flow the head or would i not notice any difference?

Cheers for ur responces so far.

[BongC36]

I think that since C36's have hand-built tuner engines, they probably had been ported and polished by those madmen at AMG before being released.

Porting/polishing benefits mass-produced and machine-assembled engines whose tolerances and alignment are not particularly close.

Not sure though...

[Rocky]

The C36 was the last of the m104 motors. Largest displacemtn m104 i believe. It alread has a very high compression as well. I think they just milled the sh1t outta the C36 engine up to aceptable tolerances...any more and it could be detremental.