18-08-2022, 01:51 PM
OK... so the question didn't ask itself.
Given all of the issues with modern replacements for asbestos in the traditional Payen style head gaskets, and noting that some side valve engines had aluminium head gaskets by design, has anyone tried an aluminium head gasket in an Austin 7..? is there any reason why this wouldn't work? It strikes me that it wouldn't be too difficult to get such a thing cut out in this modern age, and I'd imagine it would be both simpler and less expensive that a copper one... (nice as that is though Henry!)
And as an extension to that, where my aluminium head has been damaged by a previous owner's attempts to skim it, would anyone care to postulate on whether an aluminium gasket/shim paired with some high temperature copper silicone gloop sealant (or some other clever adhesive) might be a sensible approach to attempt to render it useful once more?
Given all of the issues with modern replacements for asbestos in the traditional Payen style head gaskets, and noting that some side valve engines had aluminium head gaskets by design, has anyone tried an aluminium head gasket in an Austin 7..? is there any reason why this wouldn't work? It strikes me that it wouldn't be too difficult to get such a thing cut out in this modern age, and I'd imagine it would be both simpler and less expensive that a copper one... (nice as that is though Henry!)
And as an extension to that, where my aluminium head has been damaged by a previous owner's attempts to skim it, would anyone care to postulate on whether an aluminium gasket/shim paired with some high temperature copper silicone gloop sealant (or some other clever adhesive) might be a sensible approach to attempt to render it useful once more?