Company Announcement - Metric Automotive Engineering has made the latest Multilayer Steel cylinder head gasket sets for Caterpillar® C13 engines from IPD available to the local rebuild market. “The MLS construction features a graphite mating surface treatment,” Andrew Yorke, operations director, says. It comprises a heavy-duty, high-temperature steel graphite head gasket bonded mechanically to a perforated steel core.

The Cat® C13 is a common industrial engine found typically in stationary engine applications such as drill rigs, compressors and power generation, which all feature a high constant load. The MLS cylinder head gasket set from IPD is designed specifically for Cat® C13 engine overhauls. “What IPD has done is provide additional thickness on the head gasket. This compensates for the fact that when an engine’s major components are overhauled, they are skimmed and height is lost on the block, which a critical dimension,” Yorke says. The fact that it has a graphite layering makes it far more tolerant of extreme heat conditions and therefore prolongs engine life. This is important in African operating conditions, where engines tend to run at higher temperatures.

Metric Automotive Engineering represents IPD in the local market, a leading aftermarket provider of engine components for heavy-duty diesel and natural gas powered engines based in the United States. IPD has been synonymous with quality, innovation and service since 1955. Its Caterpillar replacement parts are manufactured in a Lloyds accredited ISO 9001:2000 quality controlled environment.

Metric Automotive Engineering is South Africa’s most comprehensively equipped heavy diesel engine and component re-manufacturer. Established as a family business in 1969, the company has a strong ethos of investing in both quality equipment and expert personnel. This attitude towards customer service and constant product innovation has sustained the company since its inception.

Metric Automotive Engineering can refurbish large diesel engine components and offers services such as cylinder head remanufacture, cylinder block line boring, milling, honing and boring, camshaft grinding, crankshaft grinding, engine assembly and dynamometer testing. Subsidiary Reef Fuel Injection Services offers Bosch, Delphi and Denso approved fuel injection services and is acknowledged as the specialist in CAT fuel systems.