Head gasket symptoms

What Causes a Head Gasket Failure?

Although your head gasket was designed to last the life of the vehicle, a few things can cause it to give up the ghost. The most common reason is overheating caused by some other problem.

If the two sections heat up beyond their design temperatures and change shape, the gasket will have a weak area, and pressure can cause it to “blow out.” Hence the term “Blown head gasket.” If this happens, bad things follow.

Then there are the vehicles that just seem to have a lot of head gasket problems.

Subaru jumps to mind. If you own a Subaru from a generation or two ago, your mechanic will be well aware of the head gasket’s precarious lease on life.

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You may be fine. Some people proactively change the head gasket. Others offer up pagan sacrifices to the automotive gods. All are aware the issue exists.

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We typed in the term 'head gasket' to the search box over at Car Complaints. Among the complaints, we found one that seems to epitomize the Subaru dilemma.

Jerry F., down in Providence, wrote this about his 2008 Subaru Impreza with 114,000 miles.

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