Correct, the last thing you want in a modern day engine is the rods hitting the oil in the sump. It sets off a process that causes oil separation and it ends in tears.
regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Stanley Sent: Monday, 8 July 2002 11:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: stupid question 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:47 PM Subject: Re: stupid question > 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). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "OZDAT Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 8 July 2002 0:07 AM > Subject: stupid question > > > > 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 --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
