Like all the parts in your vehicle’s engine, the head gasket will eventually wear out. When it does, there are several symptoms that you shouldn’t ignore if you want to avoid damaging the engine. When ...

Head gaskets can be made from numerous materials, and they're not all appropriate for every car. Here's how to decide which is right for your ride.

Cars that suffer from chronic head gasket problems are astonishingly expensive to keep running. Consumer Reports has put together a list of the worst offenders by analyzing data from its Annual Autos ...

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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 ...

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 ...

The head gasket seals the gap between the cylinder head and engine block, and when it fails coolant can leak outside the engine or inside, into the combustion chambers. In either case, the engine is ...

After months of owners fuming over a spate of mysterious and catastrophic engine failures in the Ford Focus RS, the company has issued an official bulletin directing dealers to replace faulty head ...

The Ford Focus RS is America's first RS and the most powerful version of the hatch that has ever been offered. Enthusiasts who wanted an RS for years but could never get one snatched the car up at the ...

Ah, yesteryear. It was a simpler time, not only in the pace of life but also in the engineering that powered the vehicles of the time. The 134-cube Go Devil engine that was the motivation behind every ...

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 ...

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 ...