Patent ID: 8789831

Claim:
A gasket assembly, comprising: a cylinder head gasket having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an outer perimeter edge, a corner of said cylinder head gasket comprises a cut-out area wherein an outer perimeter edge of said cut-out area is defined by, in series, a first straight edge portion, a curve portion, and a second straight edge portion, and a plurality of apertures for cylinder bores, fluid holes and bolt holes, at least one of said fluid holes for oil or coolant; and an insert with an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer perimeter edge, said outer perimeter edge defined by, in series, a first straight edge portion, a curve portion, and a second straight edge portion, abutting and complimentary in shape to a portion of said outer perimeter edge of said cylinder head gasket and said insert upper and lower surfaces being parallel and planar to said upper and lower surfaces of said cylinder head gasket, said insert comprising a compression limiter and a removable molded insert, said compression limiter comprising a curvilinear inner closed perimeter defining an aperture within which said removable molded insert extends entirely around, and a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of said cylinder head gasket, said removable molded insert comprising a bead portion with an uncompressed thickness greater than the compression limiter, said removable molded insert comprising a metallic carrier with a thickness less than the thickness of said compression limiter.