Decatur is a small city located in northeastern Georgia, just 5 miles northeast of Atlanta. The city was founded in 1823 at the intersection of two Native American trails and named after US naval hero Stephen Decatur.
The main function of a head gasket is to hold engine compression while keeping oil and coolant circulation separate. Undetected blown head gaskets cause coolant and oil mixing, which could lead to severe engine damage, such as engine block cracking.
The Issues. The 6L Powerstroke suffers widely from head gasket failure, also known as blown head gaskets, which can be ultimately attributed to stretching of the cylinder head bolts, resulting in a lack of sufficient clamping force between the cylinder head, gasket, and engine block.