End-feed variable cam timing oil supply and control module

An oil supply and control module for an internal combustion engine, wherein the engine includes a cylinder block and a cylinder head, the system comprising:

• a first internal passage defined within the cylinder head that receives a flow of pressurized oil from the cylinder block, wherein the first passage includes a flow restrictor at a first location therealong;
• an oil outlet defined in an external surface of the cylinder head, the oil outlet being in fluid communication with a first section of the first passage upstream of the flow restrictor, whereby a first portion of the received flow of pressurized oil is urged to flow through the oil outlet;
• an oil flow control module respectively secured to the cylinder head and the cylinder block, wherein the module includes an inlet passage receiving the first portion of the received flow, the module further including a plurality of outlet passages, and a control valve operative to direct the first portion of the received flow into a selected one of the outlet passages;
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• a filter on one of the cylinder head and the module operative to remove particulate from the first portion of the received flow before the first portion of the received flow is directed by the control valve into the selected one of the outlet passages.