Focus head gasket at 60k?

[Zrun]

I helped my friend replace engine oil for this 2002 Ford Focus (in USA, 2.0 ZETEC engine).
He has about 60k km on his car, and I found that the middle part of the engine is oily, to the point of forming drips. This is observable near/under the exhaust manifold area.

Valve cover, oil pan, front/rear seals are completely dry. Does this mean the head gasket is bad? Is this a common problem?

[Gz0707]

is ur friend's problem solved? if not u may want to try the ford forum below :

 

http://www.madsumm.org/smf/

 

fyi - the US model is also known as the older Mark I model here locally.

[Zrun]

problem solved. it is just the valve cover gasket. I looked carefully again.

 

These cars are famous for premature valve cover gasket problem.