22/01/2018
Did you know what a CYLINDER HEAD GASKET is and Why it is impotant in your Vehicle?!! ....
Meat Our expert as He brakes it down foryou.
Modern vehicles are commonly manufactured with an engine block and a cylinder head bolted on top, which makes a head gasket a critical seal.
This important component is situated between the engine block and cylinder head.
It is a machined casting for an internal combustion engine, designed with cylindrical bored holes for hosting the pistons.
A head gasket performs the task of a seal between the engine block and cylinder head.
This gasket should be able to maintain that sealing need and prevent leakage between the two crucial engine parts, when being subjected to the compression process.
Simply put, the purpose of a head gasket is the sealing of the cylinders to ensure maximum compression is obtained. The head gasket of a car is exposed to several elements of a vehicle, which are Coolant,
oil,
exhaust gases,
and fuel.
In addition, the gasket performs the task of the passage of oil and water that pass through the block and cylinder head of the engine. Generally, a head gasket is caused by .
This may occur if the engine coolant reaches a temperature whereby pressure is built to the same degree as the metal of the engine expands. In the majority of cases, the water mixes with oil, causing other severe damage to the engine as the gasket perforates.
On certain occasions it may be found that the compression in the cylinder creates a perforation, or hole in the head gasket; generally known as a .
NB.The usual signs of a blown head gasket are a fast pressure rise in the cooling system, before the engine reaches a warmed temperature.
Dangers and Costs
If you don't attend to a blown gasket imidietly,
It may cause uneven compression in the chambers leading to abnormal noise, power déficience etc.
In most cases, a blown gasket gives Lee way to the mixing of the coolant and oil, this causes great internal damages that normally force the engine to give up the ghost!!!.
A gasket can even be as cheap as Ugshs100,000 including replacement costs, but négligence can subsciquently demand for entire power train replacement, costing above Shs8m.
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