Update on Columbia/Mercedes 4000 blown head gasket

[ichudov]

My Mercedes 4000 engine from my 2009 Freightliner Columbia blew a head gasket. Dealer asked for enormous money.

We found someone who works fixing these engines for a living. This guy said right on the phone, "probably a head bolt broke". He came to look, confirmed that it was likely, and quoted $800 in labor plus I buy all parts. I bought parts for $1,500. This guy and a helper fixed it in one day and one additional evening.

The truck starts and drives now and I will try to use it today for something. I am kind of happy with this outcome, but he warned me that this is a specific problem with these engines and more heads (it has six separate heads) may break later down the road.