CARS.COM — Your car’s head gasket is an important part of the engine. It seals the cylinder head to the engine block. The cylinder head houses the engine valves while the engine block contains the ...

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The head gasket not only contains the pressure of controlled explosions within the cylinders, but it also isolates the cylinders, oil and cooling channels from each other. It provides a seal between ...

Blown head gaskets are often signs of bigger problems, as a warped cylinder head is often what causes the gasket to fail in the first place. That’s why it’s best to just remove the head and have it ...

Cracked heads and blown head gaskets can lead to very similar issues in cars. Figuring out which problem you're suffering ...

For many months, Ford Focus RS owners around the globe have been freaking out about head gasket failures. The issue has led many to believe that Ford screwed up its gasket design, but in recent weeks ...

We surveyed mechanics from around the country to get accurate, real-world estimates for how much you can expect to pay when a head gasket goes bad, and the results were higher than we were expecting.

In what the old timers called the "good old days," blown head gaskets used to be a real pain in the...well, you pick the body part. Poor machining practices that left the decks of both the heads and ...

Modern internal combustion engines are under a lot of stress during normal operation. In particular, there's a lot of tension between the cylinder head and the engine block, especially in diesel ...