Head Gaskets and Valve Covers

it sounds like sperm head

There is no general cost or average. It all depends on the make, model, and engine of the vehicle. It also depends if there was any damage done to the head or the engine itself.

That depends entirely on how much you value the car.

NO

Yes. Thats why every vehicle is designed to use such coolant

Loss of coolant with no apparent leak, white smoke from the exhaust especially at start up, a white foamy substance on the underside of the oil fill cap, oil level overfull, engine overheating, and possible engine miss.

It depends on when the engine was made. It also depends on if it is flat head or overhead valve engine. If it is a flathead it torques to 15 foot pounds. Tighten in a crisscross pattern. If it is not an 8 hp flathead click the link and look up your model.

most cars after having a new head gasket fitted will smoke for a short while (sometimes up to 1500Km) but only a light grey blue smoke. after this distance has been covered look for oil around the head and block. and also alot of bubbling in the radiator coolant is another give away of a failed head gasket. If none of these exist then your head gasket is fine.

Loss of coolant with no apparent leak, engine overheating, white smoke from the exhaust (especially at startup), oil level overfull, a white foamy substance on the underside of the oil fill cap, air bubbles escaping from the radiator, engine running, cap off, & possible engine miss.

I blown head gasket can cause an engine miss which one cause a rough idle.

No the turbo runs off of exhaust, then forces the compressed air through the engine.

Some very old cars can be done in an hour and parts are less than $50

Many modern cars will cost in excess of $2000

80 hp

200 n/m

no

white smoke from the tailpipe; also, bubbles when you drip crankcase oil from the dipstick onto the exhaust manifold

In addition, loss of coolant with no apparent leak, over full oil level, engine overheating, a white foamy substance on the underside of oil fill cap, air bubble escaping from radiator with cap off, and possible engine miss.

no the gasket should be rubber and should be bendable all you do is install it in the correct position and tighten the bolts in the right sequence

Gaskets that are serrated

No. I went to the dealer and you have to buy the parts separately.

For me it is.

The person doing the repair has to take the engine more than 60% apart to repair it.

It is likely that the cylinder head will need to be sent to a machine shop for repair.

To do the head gasket on my car takes about $800 labour and $450 in gaskets plus any machine work.

Yes, they do.

Yes, it can if the head gasket is blown at that location. Symptoms of a blown head gasket are, white smoke from the exhaust especially at start up. Loss of coolant with no apparent leak. Over full oil level. Engine overheating. A white foamy substance on the underside of the oil fill cap. Engine miss.

The head will need to be inspected at a machine shop. They can tell you if it is warped or cracked.

What makes you think the head gasket is the problem? The problem could also

be or exclusively be a cracked block - worst case. Symptoms could be similar in

both cases. The symptoms you may be seeing are: 1) engine seems to have a miss - maybe barely noticeable to very noticeable; 2) the exhaust may have a

whitish stream character to it that smells like anti-freeze, this may or may not

be strong in nature depending on the severity of the flaw; 3) you may see

anti-freeze in the motor oil when you check it, also the oil level may be increas-

ing instead of decreasing; 4) the engine power may not not be at 100%; 5) you may detect the odor of anti-freeze in the engine compartment especially when

you open the hood after it has been running or during operation when check-

ing the transmission; 6) as you are consuming anti-freeze you may be having

to keep adding anti-freeze to the coolant reservoir more often; 7) depending on

the nature of the flaw, you maybe seeing spots of anti-freeze in unusual places

where you've parked - your vehicle by rights should have no leaks of any kind

of any sort of fluid; if you use the heater for anything, this won't be up to par

either - not as effective if it works at all. Hopefully this is helpful. I've had a wee

bit of experience with this sort of thing, from cracked block to the head gasket

thing to a cracked head. The symptoms above all apply. A cracked block means

a new engine. A cracked head, depending on who does your work could be

just a new head or the recommendation of buying a new car that could be the tale of the cracked block as well. A blown head gasket is a bit of work and may

not be a cheap fix, not that the job is hard, it's getting to it - a lot of unrelated

items must be removed before the actual job can start.