7.3L Power Stroke – ENGINE OILING – ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM – Low Pressure Oil System

1. Crankshaft-driven low pressure oil pump supplies pressurized lubrication for engine oiling system. See Fig. 137.          Oil cooler is used for cooling of engine oil.

2. The lubrication system is comprised of a low pressure system and a high pressure system.
The low pressure system provides primary engine lubrication while the high pressure system provides the                      hydraulic pressure required to actuate the fuel injectors.
3. The low pressure lubricating system draws oil from the engine oil pan through the oil pump screen cover and tube      into the oil inlet passage in the front cover. The gerotor oil pump then pumps the oil back out through the outlet          passage in the front cover. The oil separates into 2 paths.
4. One flow path sends oil into the high pressure pump reservoir initial fill gallery (integral to the cylinder block)            and through the anti-drainback check ball. During cold start the oil feeds in 2 directions from the anti-drainback        check ball. One feed leaves the check ball and enters the front cover. From there it enters the high pressure oil              reservoir. The second feed exits the check ball and enters the left bank valve lifter oil gallery.
5. After leaving the front cover outlet passage, the second oil path sends the oil through the oil cooler and filter                assembly. Once inside the filter housing, the oil filter bypass valve may open to vent excess pressure and oil back        into the oil pan.

6. After the oil has been circulated through the oil filter, the oil feed then enters the main oil gallery (integral to the         cylinder block). Once in the main oil gallery, the oil is routed to the 5 crankshaft main bearings through 5 drilled         and machined feed galleries (integral to the cylinder block).
7. The 5 camshaft bearings receive the oil feed through 5 vertically drilled and machined feed galleries connected to        the main bearing feed galleries. The front main bearing feed gallery also supplies oil to the right bank valve lifter          oil gallery through a vertically drilled and machined oil feed gallery (integral to the cylinder block).
8. The rear main bearing oil feed gallery also supplies oil to the turbocharger assembly through a vertically drilled           and machined oil feed gallery (integral to the cylinder block).
9. Pressurized oil entering the turbocharger assembly is utilized to lubricate the compressor/turbine shaft. The oil          drains back through the turbocharger mounting pedestal and back into the oil pan.
10. The valve lifter oil gallery supplies pressurized oil to the valve tappets and to the piston cooling oil jets. Oil from         the valve tappets is routed upward to the cylinder head valve train through hollow push rods. Once in the cylinder       head, the oil drains back to the oil pan through return ports at each end of the cylinder head.