6 cyl Gaskets (head)

[Rubbond]

Now Eric for once I do agree with you.
It might even have been me that mentioned the BMW 328 but simply as a guess,
and because the packaging was written in german, wasn't it?
Doesn't someone know both engines, who could resolve this?
What did Bristol say? Or did you not ask?
Ian.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Rubbond

and because the packaging was written in german, wasn't it?
Doesn't someone know both engines, who could resolve this?

Because it was written in German doesn't mean it was German! Noting a grammatical error (!), I looked up the manufacturer, Spesso, and they appear to be Italian, Home page

I am certainly not a BMW 328 expert but there is a Czech website, :: www.bmw328.net :: which offers spares for the BMW 328. On this website there is a picture of the original block and head gasket which I have copied into the attached file and compared with Eric's pictures. Lo and behold to my untrained eyes, the BMW appears also has that elusive hole!

Also don't forget that many BMW 328's have Bristol heads.

By the way the gasket on the Czech site costs 72 Euros!

Hope this is of interest
Richard

[Eric Brumenil]

Originally Posted by Rubbond

What did Bristol say?
Ian.

A genial director sold me a special cylinder head gasket for £163.3
See photo attached !
When I came to my machine shop with this rarity , the guy was laughing !
First because the thickness of the gasket was about 2.5 mm instead of 1 mm , modifying the volumetric ratio and he told me that copper cylinder head gaskets are not exactely appropriated for high volumetric ratio ( 10:1 in my case )

For the surplus : I have just one right .... to shut up