THE BEARINGS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20623, 12 August 1932, Page 6

THE BEARINGS.

sources of ™^|m GOOD OIL • -,"?*:*■# \ - . ]&?%£<£ Trouble with bearings fP?^ : - not common wifch sometimes .an engine ' quent offender- Often tkii'wr oil-changing having been nfl ßE||g|f* - some time, or to a leaky gasket having allowed water'-ttjflSjn-the sump, where it formed «J«^|g*. Nearly all modern engine**j£|Hfc' | cated by forcing pe "?'^ through passages crankshaft webs, or orf-fcip* jsSfflS|r ■ the sides of the ffebß .,M&ffißSlp i hollow crank pins,-* W«wSffi? is adopted silt fn&nvttH* < time to be deposited, « 'v&fSmm may eventually reduce "? H^ supply of oil passing to *-W[?§flffi|§;Whenever a beaniig'fl?&oCTfHf!*' i ried out the precaatwg }&?¥§ mm. taken of cleaning oot the through the shaft. HVMB drilled passages, their by plugs, which can screwed to allow the' ■; cleaned. External oil P l P a * ;c '^^^;' Pump railuwt $&lj&. Actual oil pump failures -Wagcommon. They sometimes oc*ffl<||£; the pump is mounted" * bo *£|i§iSgi level, instead of being gears, or casing being the The pump intake is always snl with a wire gauze ai should always be cleaned ***££»* is changed. Trouble has b«* g£ through the mesh of the too fine and preventing a oil to the pump in cold **"^ 8 5U». Plenty of oil in the **9&fiZ. : sary, properly to safeguard J&Z& ings when driving fast l &Js3fa& tances. Though a comparativ«|Bg|j amount of oil may serve to j3FKii full pressure, the large TSjjjfSjii'' ensure that the oil is being circulated again, «nd-*Rggj its lubricating quality * n ' of cooling the bearings. L*?*gfr ; the cooling of the oil to **&&&- - ' higher engine speeds many. *sa»" turers are now returning ™W/i of aluminium instead of ,P re |Sp " for the sump, and are also *"S|£. radiators. < : £H