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.

A cylinder head gasket forms a seal to prevent leaks between your engine's cylinder head and the engine block. It must contain the immense pressures created by the combustion cycle and seal the joint ...

Head gasket trouble rarely starts with drama, yet it can end with a four-figure repair bill or a ruined engine. I want to explain what this thin part actually does, how it fails, and why the costs ...

A head gasket is a part between your cylinder heads and the block. It preserves compression and stops coolant and oil leaks into the engine's cylinders, ensuring proper engine functioning. However, ...

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.

Horse Sense:Ford SVT uses Cometic MLS gaskets on the '03-'04 Mustang Cobras. Paul Svinicki from Paul's High Performance has a lot of experience with supercharged Cobras. He says the MLS gaskets are a ...

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 ...

Cylinder heads get a lot of credit when it comes to engine power. Here at Jalopnik, we've touted the Chevy double hump heads' ability to shape small block V8 power and late-90s Vortec heads' status as ...

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 ...

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 ...