Sentence examples for head gaskets from inspiring English sources
J & L's figure assumes that about half of the head gaskets have failed or will fail.
THE MARKET Surviving Fuegos are few and far between; rust, dodgy electrics, overheating and blown head gaskets began to thin their ranks as soon as the warranties expired.
The center said that replacing the head gaskets cost an average of $1,648 and that engine replacements cost as much as $4,200.
Simply substituting databases for card catalogs, Baker says, "has very nearly blown the head gaskets of many libraries," and he claims decent digital copies of the books themselves could increase those costs 5,000 times.
Under its new policy, Ford will extend to seven years or 100,000 miles, whichever comes first, the warranty on the head gaskets on the 3.8-liter V-6 in '94-'95 models.
Owners are expected to begin receiving notification by the end of this month that if their engines required repairs because of bad head gaskets, they may qualify for compensation or for a certificate worth $4,000 toward the purchase of a new Ford, Lincoln or Mercury.
A head gasket is a thin seal between the engine block and the cylinder head.
When the engine overheated, the metals would distort differently, allowing coolant to leak past the head gasket.
When Mr. Klinger restarted it, he heard a loud hiss and immediately feared the worst: a blown head gasket.
When contrasted with the company's turnaround plan that cuts 35,000 jobs, such comments blow up like the head gasket in my doomed Ford Taurus.
The forthright seller was asking $1,100, but disclosed that the car had not been started in 20 years because of — predictably — a blown head gasket.
