The solution is machine the cylinder to accept an o ring in place of the gasket.
Tool to o ring cylinder head.
Isky engine block o ringing tools will help eliminate head gasket failures on supercharged turbocharged or high compression engines.
Using the o ring groove cutter with the appropriate register plate an automotive machinist can accurately groove a pair of v 8 heads in just over one hour or a block and heads in approximately two and a half hours.
When installed on the block this wire lines up with the steel ring in the head gasket.
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After torquing your cylinder head down this wire puts.
Owners of older bhj o ring cutter heads can upgrade to the org 3 adjustable tool block by purchasing the org 3 upgrade kit part number org 3 upgd.
Cylinder heads may be cut without first being stripped as the chips are fully contained in the register plate bores during cutting.
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The o ringing process is quite simple.
All service parts are available for every bhj o ring groove cutter.
In many hi compression or big inch engines head gaskets don t do an adequate job of sealing combustion at cylinder and head.
Cutting the grooves for o rings on a cummins cylinder head.
The kits include cobalt cutting blades and a 1 lb.
Special viton o rings are used in this case.
Combining the sealing properties of some dissimilar metals together one can reap the benefits of a leak free cylinder sealing solution.
O ring register plates o ring register plates right are designed to work specifically with bhj s o ring groove cutter.
Cutting the grooves for o rings on a cummins cylinder head.
The stainless wire protrudes from the surface of the head.
They pilot into the cylinder bore and are easily adjustable for bore diameter and depth of the cut.
We prefer stainless to copper o rings because we re using a copper head gasket and we d like to deform the copper head gasket rather than have the soft copper o ring deform as well explains hunter.