Cylinder head sealing system with carrier plate and removable engine sealing gaskets

A sealing system for a cylinder head joint of an internal combustion engine, the cylinder head joint including a cylinder head having a cylinder head mounting surface and a cylinder block having a cylinder block mounting surface, the sealing system comprising:

• a spacer plate having a top mounting surface and a bottom mounting surface, said spacer plate including a plurality of engine fluid through holes for communicating engine fluids thereacross, said plurality of engine fluid through holes includes an irregular shaped crankcase through hole adapted for receiving a reciprocating pushrod therethrough and a plurality of coolant ports adapted for receiving engine coolant therethrough;
• means for clamping said spacer plate between the cylinder head and the cylinder block, said clamping means forcibly urging said top mounting surface into direct contacting engagement with the cylinder head mounting surface and said bottom mounting surface into direct contacting engagement with the cylinder block mounting surface, said means for clamping includes a plurality of cylinder head bolts extending between the cylinder head and the cylinder block;
• said spacer plate having a plurality of cylinder head bolt through holes for receiving said plurality of cylinder head bolts therethrough;
• a first plurality of discrete engine fluid gaskets each having a gasket hole disposed therethrough, said first gaskets each being removably positioned in a different one of said plurality of engine fluid through holes, said clamping means forcibly urging said first plurality of discrete engine fluid gaskets into direct sealing engagement with the cylinder head and cylinder block mounting surfaces and maintaining the passing of fluid flow between the cylinder head and cylinder block by way of the gasket hole, said first plurality of engine fluid gaskets includes a removable crankcase gasket corresponding to said crankcase through hole and a plurality of coolant ferrules corresponding to said plurality of coolant ports, said crankcase gasket corresponding in shape to the crankcase through hole;
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• a second plurality of discrete engine sealing gaskets clamped between the cylinder block and the cylinder head, said second plurality of engine sealing gaskets each being disposed about a different one of said plurality of cylinder head bolts, each being removably disposed in a different one of said plurality of cylinder head bolt through holes, and clamped in direct sealing engagement with the cylinder block and the cylinder head, said second plurality of engine sealing gaskets includes a second plurality of removable coolant ferrules corresponding to said plurality of cylinder head bolt through holes.