# Blown head Gaskets **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 10, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/blown-head-gaskets/58514 "2010-12-10T18:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_Wild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Paul\_Wild](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Paul_Wild)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/blown-head-gaskets/58514/1 "2010-12-10T18:00:38Z")
Do you have any idea how many blown head gaskets there are each year in the US? How often does a mechanic have trouble identifying the problem correctly. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/blown-head-gaskets/58514/2 "2010-12-10T18:10:14Z")
It’s probably impossible to estimate unless you have inside information from a major gasket manufacturer. But I’d guess that it’s probably far less as a percentage than people who follow this forum might suspect. We deal in problems here. A reader could probably get an idea of how large a portion of overall serious problems are constituted by blown headgaskets, but not how many headgaskets blow as a portion of the total cars on the road. A reader of this forum could probably also get an idea of what makes and models are more prone to headgasket failure than others. ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/blown-head-gaskets/58514/3 "2010-12-10T18:24:54Z")
If you are able to figure out the number, I wonder how many of the number would be due to owners that kept driving with the red temperature light on or the temperature needle on H?