Abstract: A gasket assembly for interposition between a pair of axially spaced-apart interface surfaces of an internal combustion engine. The assembly includes a metal retainer member having generally planar first and second surfaces with one or more apertures formed therethrough. Each of the apertures are configured for generally coaxially registration with a corresponding fluid passageway formed through the interface surfaces of the engine as having a periphery defining a margin of an extent greater than the inner diameter of the corresponding fluid passageway. One or more generally annular seal members are each received within a corresponding one of the apertures as including a first and second radial surfaces.