Thermagasket instead of used head gasket?

Cometic makes gaskets. I told you to contact them. Unless you wanted me to personally send you one for free, how much more helpful can I be?

And seriously, people have successfully used cereal boxes to make gaskets. Have you Googled it yet??

 

I know about the alternatives, I was asking about sealer products. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the help, but not one person has answered my question directly.

 

We're trying to tell you to do it right the first time...

 

Sometimes the internet has to be augmented by interfacing with reality.
Meaning go down to the auto store and see what products are available.

Although many young sales people are very poor at communication because they grew up just saying YES or NO online. They are not good at making conversation and developing relationships=sales.

 

I agree Sebspeed.

 

I completely agree.

 

There are FOUR kinds of head gasket failure.
Leaking out to atmosphere,
Leaking from coolant hole to cylinder.
Leaking from one cylinder to another cylinder.
Combo of all three.

The reason to take apart the engine, is if it is overheating, poor performance, OR coolant getting in the oil or vice versa.

 

There is no external leaking. I suspect that there is a small leak from a coolant hole into a cylinder.

The bike runs fine, rides fine. It takes two or three cranks before it fires, but that could be a symptom of small amounts of coolant in a cylinder...

I know the proper way to fix this is to disassemble and replace the head gaskets, but the leak seems so minor that dropping the motor and removing the heads feels like overkill.

Anyway, thanks for everyone's input...