Right cheers that explains it... but now I am even more puzzled... how do
some modern engines not dip their rods into the sump? The oil level is
below everything?
From: Paul Stanley
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From: Richard Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> The oil does splash up the cylinder walls in some engine designs, by the
con
> rods scooping it out of the sump and throwing it off the rods as they
> rotate.
>
> More modern engines use a small oil hole on the upper side of each con rod
> to squirt oil coming out of the con rod big end, under pressure from the
oil
> pump, onto the cylinder wall. These engines dont dip their rods into the
> sump oil (it costs power).
>
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> From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
>
> > How does the oil get onto the cylinder so the piston is lubricated?
> >
> > No I'm serious... when I was little I was told that it "splashes up
> > there"... but now, decades later I'm wondering... how does it get up
> there?
> >
> >
> > From: Stupid
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