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Duratec Head Lubrication
davidimurray - 25/10/14 at 04:53 PM

This might be a stupid question, but how does the oil in a Duratec lubricate the cam lobes, bucket followers, valve stems etc? Looking at the head there is one pressure feed in, that runs into a passage down either side of the head. The camshaft bearings are then cross-drilled into this passage. Apart from those I can't see any other holes/jets for lubrication. Does the oil simply flood out of the camshaft bearings and then get flung around to lubricate everything?


Paul Turner - 25/10/14 at 05:03 PM

There will be feeds to lubricate the bearings and feeds to lubricate the followers. The lobes will get plenty of splash.


davidimurray - 25/10/14 at 06:48 PM

I can't see any feeds to the followers as there is nothing in the guides.had the head completely stripped hence why I am curious!