Modern cars have windage trays and scrapers to lessen the friction and ill effects of having oil flinging off the crank at 6000 rpm Speaking of sumps...
How do stunt cars drive on two wheels? Do they 1. Modify the pan and pickup 2. Fit dry sump system 3. Not give a #$@! about the engine Never thought of it before.. Nick > > From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: stupid question > Date: 09/07/2002 14:23:32 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 > > > > > This message was sent through MyMail http://www.mymail.com.au --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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
