Abstract: A light metal cylinder head, for a valve controlled internal combustion engine, which has at least one metal insert in that bottom region located between the valves, and has a bore in the combustion chamber bottom region for an injection nozzle or a shot or filling passage and/or an ignition aid. A crack or fissure hindering or precluding oxide layer is coated, covered, or applied at least to the bottom region located between the valves, including the bore region, and the metal insert is made of a material resistant with respect to the method of producing the oxide layer. The oxide layer comprises aluminum oxide and is applied by anodic oxidation. The metal insert may comprise titanium. The oxide layer may have a thickness of at least 50 .mu.m.

Abstract: A light metal cylinder head for a valve-controlled internal combustion engine. The cylinder head is provided with at least one insert introduced into that bottom portion of the cylinder head located between the valves, and also has a bore, in that portion of the cylinder head bottom which faces the combustion chamber, for an injection nozzle or a straight channel and/or for an ignition aid, whereby at least the bottom region located between the valves, including the bore region, is coated with a crack-precluding oxide layer. In addition, that portion of the insert which comes into contact with the oxide layer is coated with a material which is resistant to the method of producing the oxide layer.

Abstract: A light metal cylinder head, for a valve controlled internal combustion engine, which has at least one metal insert in that bottom region located between the valves, and has a bore in the combustion chamber bottom region for an injection nozzle or a shot or filling passage and/or an ignition aid. A crack or fissure hindering or precluding oxide layer is coated, covered, or applied at least to the bottom region located between the valves, including the bore region, and the metal insert is made of a material resistant with respect to the method of producing the oxide layer. The oxide layer comprises aluminum oxide and is applied by anodic oxidation. The metal insert may comprise titanium. The oxide layer may have a thickness of at least 50 .mu.m.