Patent ID: 7302925

Claim:
A manifold gasket assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a carrier body adapted to be clamped between a cylinder head and a manifold of the engine, said carrier body having at least one media-conveying opening; elastically resilient sealing material disposed on said carrier body in surrounding relation to said at least one opening operative to form a fluid-tight seal about said at least one opening when said carrier body is clamped between the cylinder head and the manifold; at least one push rod guide formed from a material different than that of said carrier body mounted on and projecting from said carrier body in position to provide a guide surface for a pushrod during installation of the pushrod in the engine; and a connecting web of said elastically resilient sealing material extending between said at least one pushrod guide and a ring of said elastically resilient sealing material extending about an adjacent said at least one opening.