Originally posted by rjclark:
then why do they fail so frequently? If you go on the Mondeo site you'll see hundreds of referances to it.


There has not been one reported failure, due to a bad head gasket itself, here in the US.

The stock head gaskets are also used on the 300 to 400+ FWHP turbo engines. They handle it without batting an eyelash.

Like I have said before it sounds like the Euro spec head gaskets are not the same part that we use on this side of the pond. I've heard many times before about head gasket issues on Mondeos.

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