1993 FORD THUNDERBIRD Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

BLOWN HEADGASKET,DAMAGED ENGINE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE. WHY DOESN'T FORD PLAY FAIR?

VEHICLE STALLS/OVERHEATS, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR AT CONSUMERS COST BECAUSE RECALL THAT WAS FOUND FOR THE PROBLEM WAS TOWARDS A LATER MODEL.*AK THE HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN. HEAVY WHITE SMOKE COMES FROM EXHAUST PIPE AND VEHICLE OVERHEATS. *YH

ENGINE OVERHEATING SINCE 36797 MILES DEALER EXAMINED, SAME PROBLEM 36813 MILES DEALER EXAMINED AGAIN 41803 AGAIN COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING. SAID THAT HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND THAT FORD WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET BOLTS AND NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL BOLTS ON HEAD GASKET OR NEW HEAD GASKET WOULD FAIL. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS NO HELP AND UPSET WITH DEALER ALSO. RECENT RECALLS OF 1994 VEHICLES WITH SAME ENGINE WITH SAME PROBLEMS ARE ALSO FRUSTRATING. WHY DO THEY NOT LOOK AT NUMBER OF FAILURES OF THIS ENGINE AND INCLUDE THEM IN THE RECALL IF THEY EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. *AK

HAD HEAD GASKET, CRANKSHAFT, AND ROD BEARINGS REPLACED AT 67,000 AND 68,000 MILES, AND AT 83,000 BOTH ARE SHOT AGAIN.

FORD HAS ADMITTED THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKET IN THEIR 3.8L ENGINE, BUT ARE ONLY REPLACING THOSE IN CARS 1994 OR NEWER. CALLS TO FORD STATED THEY WON'T COVER THIS EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME ENGINE, HAS LESS THEN 100,000 MILES, BECAUSE IT IS IN A 1993 VEHICLE. THEIR EXCUSE WAS THEY HAVN'T RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 1993 VEHICLES. REQUEST TO TALK TO SOMEONE IN MANAGEMENT IN CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS DENIED BY A SUPERVISOR. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AS STEAM BLOCKED MY VISION WHEN THE HEAD GASKET BLEW.

HEAD GASKETS FAILED PREMATURELY, SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM EVEN PRIVIOUS TO 1994 3.8L'S

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOST OF POWER AND WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF TAIL PIPE; VEHICLE TAKEN TO INDEPENDENCE REPAIRS SHOP AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER MFR'S EXTENDS WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

HEAD GASKET FAILURE W/ 3.8 L ENGINE! *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN @38000, MAIN BEARING FAILED 1 MONTH LATER, HEAD GASKET FAILED AGAIN @95000

WHY WOULD A 1993 THUNDERBIRD WITH LESS THAN 40,000 MILES HAVE IT HEAD GASKETS BURN OUT SO EARLY? I HAVE ALWAYS BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER FOR IT'S ANNUAL UPKEEP. OIL ALWAYS CHANGED, TIRES ROTATED. I THOUGH I WAS BUYING A CAR THAT WOULD LAST ME FOR A LONG TIME AND 7 YEARS INTO IT I'M DOING MAJOR REPAIRS TO THE ENGINE? THAT IS NOT RIGHT! I COULD HAVE PUT THAT MONEY DOWN AS A GOOD DOWN PAYMENT ON ANOTHER CAR!!! I WOULD LIKE MY MONEY BACK AND I HAVE ALL MY RECEIPTS TO PROVE ALL THIS. WHERE OR WHO DO I SPEAK WITH TO GET SOME ACTION DONE?*AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET, ENGINE SPEWED WHITE SMOKE VIA TAILPIPE. ENGINE WON'T FIRE NOR START.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT 57,446 MILES 3.8L ENGINE ENGULFED IS WHITE SMOKE. BETWEEN 57.446 MILE AND 58,346 ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, E.E. MIRROR SWITCH, DOOR LOCKS, ODOMETER, TRIPOMETER, WINDOW SWITHCHES. THIRD TIME FOR DOOR LOCKS. ALL FORD MOTOR SAYS IS THEY WILL DOCUMENT THE COMPLAINT.

UPON STARTING, WHITE CLOUD OF SMOKE EMITTED FROM EXHAUST, ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH, ENGINE TEMP. GAUGE ROSE QUICKLY. TEST REVEALED BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO GASKETS, REPLACED MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS FUEL LINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS MALFUNCTION IN THE POWER MIRRORS AND THE POWER LOCKS, ILLUMINATION CONTROLS AS WELL AS MOTOR IN DRIVERS SIDE DOOR<POWER DOOR>, SEATBELTS WILL NOT ENGAGE AND SIGNALS FOR SEATBELT TO BE WORN , SEATBELT ALARM WILL NOT SHUT OFF UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS SOLVED.COOLENT SYSTEM FAILURE AT POINT OF ENGINE FAILURE , DECREASE IN COMPRESSION AND WHITE SMOKE FROM HOOD, LEVELS READ VERY HOT!!.*AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET, ENGINE SPEWED WHITE SMOKE VIA TAILPIPE. ENGINE WON'T FIRE NOR START.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, BOTH GASKET WERE BLOWN.

THIS VEHICLE FIRST HAD A HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN 1997 W/ONLY 85002 MILES ON IT. IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY (75000 MI), SO FORD MADE ME PAY (TOTAL: $1135.36). IN JANUARY 2000 AFTER 50,000 ADDITIONAL MILES THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX THE VEHICLE, NOR WILL FORD. I HAVE SEEN ON YOUR SITE THAT A CLASS ACTION SUIT IS PENDING FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM ALTHOUGH MY VEHICLE WAS NOT MENTIONED. HOW DO I GO ABOUT GETTING MY MONEY BACK AND HAVE FORD FIX MY VEHICLE? I AM ANGRY, FRUSTRATED, AND TIRED OF WALKING TO WORK. *AK

COLD START, LOUD BANGING NOISE, SMOKE COMING FROM TAILPIPE, ANTIFREEZE LEAKING, DUE TO BAD HEAD GASKET.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT IS WAS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK *ML

EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON 3.8L FORD ENGINE. REPAIR COST $917. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON A PREVIOUSLY OWNED 1988 THUNDERBIRD WITH THE SAME ENGINE AND APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MILEAGE. A YEAR AGO MY SON HAD THE SAME FAILURE ON HIS 1995 FORD MUSTANG AND HAS SINCE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND THAT THE COST OF REPAIRS WILL BE REIMBURSED. IF FORD ADMITS TO THE PROBLEM IN THE 1994 MODEL YEARS AND YOUNGER, WHY WOULDN'T THE SAME BE TRUE OF EARLIER MODELS WITH THE SAME ENGINE? I WAS INFORMED BY MY MECHANIC THAT REPAIRED ENGINES ON BOTH MY THUNDERBIRDS THAT HE HAD REPAIRED A NUMBER OF OTHER OUT-OF-WARRANTY FORDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT FORD IS OFFERING IS 7 YRS. OR 100,000 MILES. MY 1993 WOULD HAVE FALLEN IN THIS CATEGORY IF FORD HAD ADMITTED THE PROBLEM BACK...

BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET - REQUIRING MULTIPLE COMPONET REPLACEMENT & PRESSURE TESTING. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKETS TWO TIMES. 1ST TIME AT 57K - 2ND TIME AT 105K. *AK

HEADGASKET BLEW, CAUSING VISIBILILTY PROBLEM.FORD REFUSES TO INCLUDE THUNDERBIRDS IN ITS HEADGASKET RECALL.*AK

NEWER VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR ENGINES HAVE HAD WARRANTY EXTENSIONS TO COVER THIS REPAIR. WHY IS THIS MAKE/MODEL WITH SAME ENGINE NOT BEING COVERED? *AK

HEAD GASKET LEAKING ON CYLINDERS 1&2. *AK

I AM MAKING THIS COMPLAINT ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET I HAD TO REPLACE RECENTLY. I CALLED FORD TO COMPLAIN AND THEY SAID THEY HAD NOT GOTTEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. NOW I FIND OUT IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT. I ALSO READ THAT FORD WAS GOING TO REPLACE/PAY FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL THE 3.8 L ENGINES WITH THIS PROBLEM. MY 1993 THUNDERBIRD IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. THIS SEEMS TO BE DISCRIMINATORY ON FORD'S PART. I ONLY HOPE THERE IS SOME INFLUENCE NHTSA CAN HAVE IN THIS MATTER. THANKYOU. *AK

VEHICLE 3.8-V6 ENGINE; WHILE DRIVING NOTICED OVERHEATING AND SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE DUE TO BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER PROCEEDED TO REPLACE GASKETS WITH ESTIMATE OF $1,800 FOR REPAIRS. AFTER ASSEMBLY AND TEST DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PISTON SHAFT BEARINGS NEEDED REPLACING AND THOSE REPAIRS WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL $1,100 FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF $2,900.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 70,000 MILES / FORD FAILS TO RECALL VEHICLE. *AK

I HAD A BAD HEAD GASKET, PROBLEMATIC OF MOST 3.8 LITRE REAR WHEEL DRIVE FORD PASSENGER CARS FROM 1988 TO 1996. FORD HAS RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM WITH THE '94 THROUGH '96 3.8 LITRES, BUT THESE ARE THE SAME 3.8 LITRES IN THE EARLIER MODELS. I OWN A '93 THUNDERBIRD THAT JUST NEEDED THE HEAD GASKETS REPLACED FOR $1000.00 . I SHOULD NOT BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS ADMITTED HAVING. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE REPAIR, DUE TO THE FACT THAT FORD IS AND WAS AWARE OF THE HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *AK

I CONTACTED YOU BACK IN MARCH BECAUSE OF MY THUNDERBIRD'S EARLY ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE,AND MY MANY LETTER'S AND PHONE CALLS TO FORD WHICH WENT UNANSWERED . I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY SATISFACTION IN MY COMPLAINTS. IN FORD'S FIRST RECALL OF THEIR 3.8L HEAD GASKET FAILURE MY CAR WAS NOT INCLUDED THE REASON BEING THAT IT IS A REAR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE, THE CARS BEING RECALLED WERE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES. I ARGUED THAT IT WAS THE SAME ENGINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHY COVER ONLY CERTAIN MODEL'S. NOW I HAVE READ THAT FORD IS AGAIN GOING TO EXTEND WARRANTIES AND COVER REPAIR BILLS FOR THIS PROBLEM IN THUNDERBIRDS AND COUGARS WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIRST PROGRAM. THEY STATE THAT DUE TO MANY COMPLAINTS THEY WILL NOW COVER THIS ENGINE IN REAR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES. I AGAIN PHONED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT FORD ONLY TO BE TOLD AGAIN THAT...

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE CAR WOULDN'T HEAT UP AND IT WOULD DIE ON ME WHEN I WOULD GIVE IT GAS TO ACELERATE OR TAKE OFF FROM A STOP LIGHT. I ALMOST GOT HIT TWICE. THERE ALSO WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST.*AK

HEAD GASKET BLOWN AT 72,000 MILES. THERE IS NO RECALL OR TSB ON THIS PROBLEM, YET IN CHECKING NHTSA COMPLAINT SECTION THERE APPEARS TO BE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. OF COURSE THESE ARE ONLY THOSE PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE TIME TO FILE A COMPLAINT. MY LOCAL DEALER, JORDAN FORD IN MISHAWAKA, IN, SAYS THAT HE WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND REFUSED TO GIVE ME A NUMBER FOR FORD THAT I COULD CALL TO REGISTER MY COMPLAINT. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS BLUE AT 82,00 MILES. *AK

BLEW A HEAD GASKET AT A LITTLE OVER 90000 MILES. THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE EXHAUST BLINDING DRIVERS BEHIND AND ON EITHER SIDE. THE CAR ALSO STALLED SEVERAL TIMES BLOCKING TRAFFIC AT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS LEADING UP TO THE ENGINE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS COVERED FOR 1994 AND 1995 T-BIRDS UP TO 100000 MILES, BUT BECAUSE MINE IS A 1993, THEY ARE REFUSING TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION OF ANY KIND FOR WHY THE 1994 IS COVERED, YET THE 1993 IS NOT FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *AK

HAVE HEARD OF POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS WITH HEAD GASKET OF THIS TYPE. WOULD LIKE INFORMATION BEFORE WE HAVE IT FIXED. IS FORD RECALLING, EXTENDING WARRANTY? *AK

DEFECTIVE ENGINE HEAD GASKET CAUSED THE ENGINE TO EASE UP & FAIL. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED FOUR TIMES. DEALER SAID HEAD GASKETS WERE THE REASON WHY THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED SO MANY TIMES. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE PREMATURELY BLOWN OUT FOUR TIMES, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKETS-TWICE. ONCE AT ABOUT 65000 MILES AND AGAIN AT ABOUT 120000 MILES. I BELIEVE IT'S DUE TO MANUFACTURING DEFECT--IRON BLOCK/ALUMINUM HEADS--AND INCORRECT ASSEMBLY. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. IF NHTSA WOULD CHECK SERVICE RECORDS ON A NATIONAL BASIS THEN I THINK YOU'D FIND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF IDENTICAL FAILURES. MECHANICS AND SERVICE MANAGERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LOVE TO SEE US COMING. OTHER T-BIRD OWNERS (AND OTHER FORD MOTOR CO. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS) HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY HASN'T SOMETHING BEEN DONE?

TOOK CAR IN TO HAVE A RECALL ON A HEAD LAMP SWITCH FIXED. TOLD THEM CAR SEEMS TO HAVE A HESITATION WHEN TAKING OFF AFTER A COMPLETE STOP. THEY TOLD ME IT HAD TO HAVE THE IAC CENSOR REPLACED. HAD THAT DONE AT A COST OF 363.00. THEY ALSO PUT IN A NEW THERMOSTAT, SID ENGINE WASN'T GETTING HOT ENOUGH? 2 DAYS LATER CAR STILL HESITATED AND OVER HEATED. WAS TOLD HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HAD THAT FIXED 900.00. THEY ALSO TOLD ME I SHOULD HAVE THE TIMING COVER REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAS A POSSIBLE CRACK? TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP HAD THEM TAKE A LOOK, THEY SAID IT LOOKED FINE? *AK

VEHICLE 3.8 - V6 ENGINE; WHILE DRIVING NOTICED COOLANT LEAKAGES/OVERHEATING, AND SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE DUE TO A BLOWEN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM MANIFOLD PIPE. *AK *TT

HAVE A V6 3.8 LITER FORD THUNDERBIRD LX WITH A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. BROUGHT THIS CAR USED IN JULY OF 1999 AND IT HAD 63,000 MILES ON IT NOW HAS 68,000 TOOK TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND HE TALKED WITH THE FORD DEALER IN OUR TOWN AND THEY TOLD HIM THERE WERE 3 AUTO WITH SAME PROBLEM ON RECALL THAT WAS A TAURUS,SABLE AND WINDSTAR. CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO SOLD IT TO ME AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL CONTACTED THE FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD ABOUT OTHER CARS MENTIONED. I CALLED FORD MOTOR TO REPORT PROBLEM THEY TOOK A COMPLAINT AND TOLD ME I HAD TO GO THROUGH A DEALER TO CONTACT A REGIONAL MANAGER. FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTACT A FORD REGIONAL MANAGER. THAT HE HAD GOTTEN A CAR IN HIS DEALERSHIP WITH SAME PROBLEMS AND THAT IT IS BASICALLY JUNK...

HEAD GASKET(S) FAILED. ANTI-FREEZE WENT OUT EXHAUST CAUSING LARGE WHITE CLOUD - REDUCED VISIBILITY FOR DRIVERS BEHIND ME. CAR OVERHEATED - STOPPED ON ROAD CAUSING TRAFFIC BACKUP. A DEALER REP SAID PROBLEM IS BECOMING COMMON WITH T-BIRDS THAT HAVE 55-80K MILES. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS. BUT ITS GOING TO COST $800-1000 TO FIX!!. *AK

DEFECTIVE 3.8 LITER ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE CYLINDER. THIS ENGINE IS RECALLED IN OTHER MODELS, BUT NOT THE THUNDERBIRD. OWNER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. *AK *ML

MY HEAD GASKETS BLEW AT 80,000 MILES. FORD HAS HAS A RECALL ON THIS ENGINE. THEY RERFUSE TO RECALL MY 1993 THUNDERBIRD. *AK

ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE WHICH ALSO CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE OIL. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON MY THUNDERBIRD WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SPEED - THE CAR EMITTED A HUGE CLOUD OF VAPOR, OBSCURING THE ROAD BEHIND ME AND CAUSING ME TO IMMEDIATELY LOSE POWER. FORD HAS DECLINED TO COVER THE REPAIR COST, EVEN THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME ENGINE IN A TAURUS OR WINDSTAR VAN IS COVERED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTLY PROGRAM FOR EXHIBITING THE SAME FAILURE. THIS DEFECT CAN PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE, BY OBSCURING THE VISIBILITY OF CARS FOLLOWING AND CAUSING THE IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER IN MY VEHICLE.*AK

DESPITE HAVING REGULAR SERVICE AS FORD MANUAL DETAILS, ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED OCT 23,1999 AT 65,975 MILES. I HAD NO WARNING OF ANYTHING WRONG UNTIL THAT SATURDAY MORNING WHEN I WAS DRIVING TO THE GROCERY AND WHITE SMOKE STARTED POURING FROM MY TAILPIPE. I WAS LESS THAN 1 MILE FROM HOME, SO I RETURNED. LIQUID WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $1100.00. I HAVE CONTACTED MY FORD DEALER WHO TOLD ME TO CALL THE FORD CUSTOMER HOTLINE. I HAVE DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES BUT HAVE NOT BEEN HELPED. I HAVE WRITTEN A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF FORD MOTOR DATED MARCH 8, 2000 BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY AS OF MARCH 29. FORD HAS ADMITTED PROBLEMS WITH THIS ENGINE ON THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES, BUT MY...

ENGINE HEAD GASKET CRACKED, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. FORD HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON VARIOUS MODELS. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED TWICE, AND OWNER WAS TOLD THAT HIS CAR WASN'T COVERED BECAUSE IT HAD A DIFFERENT COOLANT SYSTEM, AND BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T A LARGE ENOUGH AMOUNT OF STATISTICAL OCCURENCES REPORTED OF THE HEAD GASKET FAILING IN THIS MODEL FOR A RECALL. *AK *ML

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME, IN A YR-1/2 THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED.