Engine cooling system for snowmobile
AssigneeYamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKazutaka Fukuda
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Abstract
A snowmobile having a liquid cooled transversely disposed internal combustion engine comprised of two blocks each containing two cylinder in aligned fashion. The coolant pump for the engine is disposed on one side of the engine and communicates with cooling jacket inlets on the other side through conduits that extend through the crankcase for controlling the temperature of the crankcase.
Claims38
A liquid cooled internal combustion engine having a cylinder block, a cylinder head affixed to said cylinder block, a cooling jacket for said engine, a crankcase affixed to said cylinder block, a coolant pump disposed on one side of said engine for circulating liquid coolant, said engine cooling jacket having an inlet on the other side of said engine, and conduit means extending at least in part through said crankcase for delivering coolant from said coolant pump to said engine cooling jacket inlet.
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