my philosophy on the 1.9l.... as soon as it gets hot, throw the head in the nearest trash can. i had a '95 'scort that ran awesome after i replaced the head. i drove from hesperia, CA to vegas, around vegas for two days, and back to banning, CA and only had to fill up once at state-line. and i did 85-90m.p.h. the whole way. i sodl the car back to the lady i bought it from who needed it for her son, and she loaned it to someone and they wrecked it!