FIRST OFF, I HAVE BEEN A CERTIFIED CLASS A MECHANIC SINCE 1967, PLUS CERTIFIED./LICENSED MASTER INDUSTRIAL MILLWRIGHT, CERTIFIED /LICENSED MASTER ELECTRICIAN./ CERTIFIED UNLIMITED WELDING / WELDER, FCC 1ST CLASS ENGINEER, AND MANY OTHER CERTIFICATIONS, I AM NOW RETIRED, AGE 73... CARS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MY HOBBY, I GOT MY FIRST CAR (MODEL T FORD) AT AGE 10, TOOK IT ALL APART, RE ASSEMBLED IT AND IT RAN JUST FINE, BEEN HAVEING FUN THAT WAY EVER SINCE... I BEGAN TO NOTICE MORE AND MORE NEWER CARS WITH BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, THEN I LOOKED INTO IT, WAS UNSEEMLY.

THESE GOOFY AUTOMAKERS GOT TOGETHER AND IN ABOUT 1985 BEGAN TO USE "STRETCHY" HEAD BOLTS TO SAVE MONEY, THAT IS WHEN THIS CURRENT PROBLEM BEGAN.

I GET CARS FREE, GOOD ONES THAT HAVE SOME LITTLE PROBLEM THAT I REPAIR EASILY AND DRIVE ANOHER 200 THOUSAND OR MORE...

THEN I GOT A FREEBIE 2002 FOCUS, BLOWN ENGINE, I L0OKED INTO GETTING AN ENGINE, FORGET IT, ALL SINGLE CAM FOCUS AND OTHERS BLOW AND YOU CANNOT FIND ONE ANYWHERE, ONLY THE DUAL CAM ONES HOLD UP A WHILE

THEN I LOOKED INTO WHY ALL THESE NICE CARS ARE BLOWING ENGINES, HORRERS, HORRERS, THE MANUFACTURERS ARE USING HEAD BOLTS THAT STRETCH AND LET GO...

ONLY ONE WAY OUT OF THAT ONE, YOU MUST GET INDUSTRIAL ALLEN BOLTS, AND REPLACE THE STRETCHY BOLTS BEFORE THEY LET GO, NOT CHEAP BUT CHEAPER THAN AN ENGINE REBUILD, ALLEN BOLTS ARE GRADE 10.9 AND THE LOUSY ONES IN YOUR ENGINE ARE GRADE 5.9 OR SO, THEY CANNOT LAST... THE ALLENS NEVER STRETCH

I WILL TRY TO GET RALPH NADER TO LOOK INTO THIS RIP OFF