In particular, there's a lot of tension between the cylinder head and the engine block, especially in diesel motors. The head gasket lives between these two components and helps maintain a tight seal.

Deep into the world of automotive restoration, showcasing the skilled process of repairing a dead cylinder head,a crucial engine component that, when damaged, can bring an entire vehicle to a halt.

The Dart team that designed the Little M block eliminated this hassle by ensuring these head boltholes were sealed. This requires the engine assembler to be careful not to allow any liquid to find ...

With all its electronic gizmos, the injected 5.0 Ford engine can look a little intimidating ... the galley plugs and cleaning the block. Using Easy-Off oven cleaner from the supermarket, an ...

The head gasket manages the oil and coolant flow by sealing the engine block and cylinder head, ensuring that both fluids are not entering or dripping into the combustion chamber as the engine ...

If your engine's ever encountered severe overheating or head gasket failure, there's a good chance the cylinder head or block is warped. Unless you're Superman, there is no physical way to ...

The higher revving engine ... head and removing the problem, a small piece of slag in the chamber that did little damage, LaPier convinced the owner to build something bigger and better. The block ...

Stories of ‘some guy’ in the Yukon using JB Weld on a cracked engine block abound ... he took the cylinder head off a lawnmower, took a grinder to the head, and patched the hole with JB ...

Typically these are hack jobs so embarrassing — we're talking things like structural zip-ties here — that I assume whoever carried them out wore a napkin over their head to hide their shame ...

In more severe cases, the cylinder head(s) can become warped or cracked. The worst scenario involves distorted, burned or collapsed pistons, or a distorted or cracked engine block. Head-gasket ...