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not sure what I'm looking at on an FB engine - they said 'head' not 'valve cover' ?

anyway - hope it's a one-off failure.

 

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not sure the rate is higher than other 'recent' models from other manufacturers. It's a 2013, not a 1998.

could the car have been overheated?

 

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I have heard of oil leaks at the pass side corner of the chain cover.

if it isn't one thing it's another......

 

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you can find some mention on-line, I just think it's way to soon to assume the rate will be near the EJ 2.5 .

on a horizontal engine, one issue is oil/fuel 'pooling' at the bottom of the head/block interface - potentially affecting any gasket coating. Couple that with the shiflting around that might be allowed by an open-deck design....


I dunno, but the FB has separate cooling so, no coolant passes thru the gasket, and it's a semi-closed deck.


I don't think they're immune - but there may not be enough data to condemn the FB as having 'HG problems'.