Engine lubrication structure and motorcycle
AssigneeSuzuki Motor Corporation
InventorsKohei TSUKAMOTO, Shintaro YAGI
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Abstract
An engine lubrication structure supplies oil from an oil pump to individual components of an engine in which a balancer shaft is disposed parallel with a crank shaft in a crank case, the engine includes a turbocharger which compresses intake air using exhaust gas of the engine; a main gallery which supplies oil to a bearing of the crank shaft and a bearing of the balancer shaft and a sub-gallery which supplies, to individual components of the engine, oil that has been supplied to the bearing of the balancer shaft are provided in the crank case; and an oil passage which supplies oil to the turbocharger is connected to the sub-gallery.
Claims9
An engine lubrication structure which supplies oil from an oil pump to individual components of an engine in which a balancer shaft is disposed parallel with a crank shaft in a crank case, wherein:
- a main gallery which is supplied with oil from the oil pump, an oil passage which causes oil coming from the main gallery to flow through itself and pass a bearing of the balancer shaft, and a sub-gallery which supplies, to individual components of the engine, oil that has passed the bearing of the balancer shaft are provided in the crank case.
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