When it comes to automotive maintenance and repairs, few issues strike fear into the hearts of car owners more than a damaged head gasket or leaks in the cooling system. These problems can lead to ...

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 ...

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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 ...

What are the symptoms of a bad head gasket? Or in other words, how can you tell that you have a blown head gasket? Like everything to do with an automobile, there are more than 100 years of history, ...

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 ...

Diesel enthusiasts invest in strong bolts (or even studs) to clamp our engines’ cylinder head(s) to the block, but it’s our engines’ head gaskets that actually seal these two critical surfaces ...

If you are dealing with a blown head gasket in your auto, then you may find yourself wondering how much it will cost to repair and whether it is even worth it. This is just one of the many repairs ...

Whether you're making some stunning numbers with the help of a big-inch small-block, nitrous, or forced induction, higher cylinder pressure demands that the head gaskets are up to the task, or else ...

Reliably sealing the cylinder heads to the engine block when running extreme high-boost or a big nitrous load has always been a challenge for engine builders. For economic reasons, ease of assembly, ...