- September 26, 2016
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The end cover of a cylinder in an internal-combustion engine, against which the piston compresses the cylinder’s contents.
The cylinder head sits above the cylinders on top of the cylinder block.
Symptoms of a cracked cylinder head are identical to those of a blown head gasket and include engine misfires, leaking oil that drains from the engine and the seemingly unexplained presence of coolant fluid in engine oil.
Cylinder heads cracking.