SR20DE engine oil issue?

George Roffe geo3@earthlink.net
Sun, 26 May 2002 08:37:28 -0500


JFormantes@aol.com wrote:

>Can you guys tell how does crank main bearings and rods  lubricated inside
>the engine?....is it by small tubes just like the CAMS? or is it by oil
>splash in the bottom of the engine?

Neither.  The crankshaft has oil passages in it and the oil flows out from
inside the crankshaft through holes in the journals and bearings.

George Roffe
Houston, TX
91 SE-R (well modded)
91 G20 turbo (well modded)
84 944 SCCA ITS race car under construction
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