Cylinder head gasket elimination process

Claim 1

A process for eliminating a cylinder head gasket from an internal combustion engine comprising the steps of, a. providing an internal combustion engine including an engine block with at least one cylinder bore formed to said engine block of a first diameter, and wherein said engine block includes at least one engine block coolant line, and a cylinder head associated and overlying the engine block wherein at least one combustion chamber is formed within said cylinder head in overlying relationship to said cylinder bore, and a cylinder head coolant line in fluid communication with said engine block coolant line, with a plurality of securement bolts directed through said cylinder head and threadedly received within said engine block with a cylinder head gasket sandwiched between said engine block and said cylinder head, and b. threadedly removing the securement bolts, removing said cylinder head from said engine block, and discarding the cylinder head gasket, and c. forming a groove of a second diameter about the cylinder bore wherein the groove's second diameter is greater than the first diameter, and d. forming a cylinder head groove coaxially aligned with the groove formed in the engine block wherein the cylinder head groove is of a diameter equal to the second diameter, and e. inserting an easily compressible continuous "O" ring seal of a diameter equal to the second diameter within the engine block groove and cylinder head groove and inserting the securement bolts through the cylinder head and compressing the "O" ring within the overlying engine block groove and cylinder head groove to provide sealing against loss of combustion pressure.