If you own a 1998 to 2006 Mercedes with a V6 (M112) or a V8 (M113) engine this is one job you will have to deal with at some point. Just pull the top cover off your engine and look. Even cars with low mileage may have oil seeping out the breather covers on the top of the heads. Doing a proper reseal on these covers is not hard but it is tedious if you don't want them to leak again. But, when you go to remove the covers the smaller bolt hold them to the valve cover you will find they are made out of aluminum. You have to be careful when removing or they will break and you CAN NOT use them again. Mercedes recommends replacing them with stainless steel bolts to prevent corrosion on the magnesium covers. DO NOT USE STEEL BOLTS.
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PLEASE NOTE: These replacement stainless steel bolts are the correct metric thread and length. Rather than a torx head the bolts had a 5 mm hex head. Please note this when preparing the tools you will need to remove and replace them The bolts holding the covers in place should be torqued to the proper specs and Kent outlines in his video. If you need a quality torque wrench at a very good price see related products below:
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If you own a 1998 to 2006 Mercedes with a V6 (M112) or a V8 (M113) engine this is one job you will have to deal with at some point. Just pull the top cover off your engine and look. Even cars with low mileage may have oil seeping out the breather covers on the top of the heads.