Unusual oilway in main bearing shell
Fred Munro
munrof at sympatico.ca
Tue Feb 6 20:38:44 EST 2001
That's really odd, Phil. I've never seen a grooved lower main shell on any
make of engine I've worked on. It doesn't seem ideal for maximum bearing
load capacity. Can the upper shells be fitted to the lower bearing half by
mistake?
Fred Munro
'94 S4 122k km
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Subject: Unusual oilway in main bearing shell
> Usually only the upper main bearing shell in an MB engine has an oil
> delivery groove:
>
> http://www.isham-research.freeserve.co.uk/quattro/shell.jpg
>
> --
> Phil
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