Car repair Tips and Tutorials Archive

A head gasket is the gasket that sits between the cylinder head and the block. Its job is to seal the two mating surfaces of the top and bottom halves of the engine. This means, unlike any other gasket in an engine, the head gasket has to seal oil, coolant, and compression from the cylinders...

It’s hard to think of anything more crucial to a car’s health than its alternator. It’s like the car’s beating heart, pumping not blood but electricity. Without it, a car will die – slowly, sometimes – but die nevertheless.