The main bearings and the valve train are lubricated by pressurized oil directly from the main oil rifle. The other
power components, connecting rods, pistons, and camshaft receive pressurized oil indirectly from the main oil rifle.
The drillings in the crankshaft supply oil to the connecting rod bearings. The oil is supplied to the camshaft journals
through drillings in the main bearing saddle. Smaller drillings in the main bearing saddle supply oil to the piston
cooling nozzles. The spray from the nozzles also provides lubrication for the piston pins.
The number one main bearing saddle does not contain a piston cooling nozzle. Cylinder Number One receives
the lubricating and cooling spray from the nozzle located in the Number Two Bearing Saddle. Cylinder Number
Two receives the spray from the Number Three Bearing Saddle, etc.
Lubrication for the valve train is supplied through separate drillings in the cylinder block. The oil flows through the
drillings and across the oil transfer slot in the cylinder head gasket. From the transfer slot, the oil flows around
the outside diameter at the cylinder head capscrew, across a slot in the bottom of the rocker lever support, and
up a vertical drilling in the support. From these drillings, oil flows through drillings in the rocker lever shaft to
lubricate the rocker levers. Oil flows through a drilling in the rocker levers to fill a channel cast into the top of the
levers. The oil from the channel lubricates the valve stems, push rods and tappets.
* Normal operating oil temperature is typically 110ยฐC [230ยฐF] measured in the oil pan.