Ford has finally admitted that there is an issue with some Focus RS head gaskets. Customer Satisfaction Program 17B32 was just released and states that the cylinder head gasket may develop a coolant ...

Harry Truman once said, “If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” He could have been talking about either thin-skinned politicians or header gaskets. It’s hard to imagine a component that ...

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Head gasket failure is a common engine killer. Anyone who's spent hours wading through Craigslist ads for high-mileage Subarus and 4Runners knows it. A component we never think or talk about goes, and ...

Faulty head gaskets are no fun to deal with. This type of malfunction can cause a lot of issues, including engine misfires, oil leaks, and even mixing coolant into the oil. While a bad head gaskets ...

A head gasket is a crucial component of your vehicle's engine, sealing the engine block and cylinder head to prevent coolant and oil from mixing. When a head gasket fails, it can cause various ...

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 ...

Nearly everyone has heard the words “head gasket” at some point in their life, but nowhere near that many people actually know what one is or what it does. The head gasket is a seal that lives between ...

Inside an internal combustion engine is an intricate web of small tunnels or passageways that enable oil or coolant to flow, which helps keep everything lubricated and operating at the proper ...

Gaskets. At a glance they seem unimportant, yet without them, fluids would leak from every joint, fuel would spew, and flaming gases would explode from every crevice once the spark plug flashed.

Nonprofit consumer organization Consumer Reports recently released a list of older vehicles identified as most likely to need a head gasket replacement. Among the list of vehicles was the 2011 Chevy ...