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3306B Engines for Caterpillar Built Machines
Media Number -SENR5594-07 Publication Date -01/08/2007 Date Updated -22/08/2007

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Lubrication System
SMCS - 1300

Illustration 1 g01108539
Lubrication System Schematic with a Warm Engine

(1) Oil passage to front idler gear

(2) Oil passage to fuel injection pump

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(3) Rocker arm shaft

(4) Oil pressure connection

(5) Oil manifold

(6) Piston cooling jets

(7) Camshaft bearing bore

(8) Oil cooler bypass valve

(9) Oil filter bypass valve

(10) Engine oil cooler

(11) Oil filter

(12) Turbocharger

(13) Oil pump

(14) Oil pan

(15) Oil supply line to turbocharger

Oil pump (13) pulls oil from oil pan (14). Then, oil pump (13) pushes the oil to engine oil cooler (10).
From the oil cooler, the oil flows to oil filter (11). Next, the oil flows to oil manifold (5) and to
turbocharger (12). From the oil manifold, oil flows to all main bearings and piston cooling jets (6). Oil
passages in the crankshaft send oil to the connecting rod bearings. Oil from the front main bearing
flows through oil passage (1) to the bearing for the fuel injection pump idler gear. Oil from the front
main bearing also flows to camshaft bearing bore (7). The only bearing that receives pressure
lubrication is the front camshaft bearing.

Oil passage (2) from No. 4 main bearing sends oil to the fuel injection pump housing on the right side
of the engine. The oil filter base feeds oil to the turbocharger through oil supply line (15).

An oil passage from the rear of the cylinder block appears below the head bolt hole. The oil passage
connects with a drilled passage that goes up next to the head bolt hole. A hollow dowel connects the
vertical oil passage in the cylinder block to the oil passage in the cylinder head. The spacer plate has a
hole with a counterbore on each side. The hollow dowel goes through this hole. An O-ring in each
counterbore prevents the oil from any leaking around the hollow dowel.

Oil flows through the hollow dowel and into a vertical passage. Then, the oil flows into the cylinder
head and to the rocker arm shaft bracket. The rocker arm shaft has an orifice that restricts the oil flow to
the rocker arms. The rear rocker arm bracket has an O-ring. The O-ring seals against the head bolt. This
seal prevents the following occurrences:

• Oil from reaching the head bolt

• Any oil from leaking past the head gasket

• Any oil from leaking past the spacer plate gasket

The O-ring must be replaced whenever the head bolt is removed from the rear rocker arm bracket.

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Illustration 2 g01108574
Rocker Arm Oil Supply

(A) Pressure Oil

Holes in the rocker arm shafts provide lubrication to the valve system components in the cylinder head.
After the lubrication oil has worked, the lubrication oil flows back to the engine oil pan.

There is a bypass valve in the oil pump. This bypass valve controls the pressure of the oil that is coming
from the oil pump. The oil pump can send more oil into the system than the amount of oil that is
needed. When there is more than enough oil, the oil pressure increases. The increased oil pressure
opens the bypass valve. This allows the oil that is not needed to return to the engine oil pan.

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Illustration 3 g01108577
Flow of Oil with Cold Engine

(8) Oil cooler bypass

(9) Oil filter bypass

(10) Engine oil cooler

(11) Oil filter

(12) Turbocharger

(13) Oil pump

(14) Oil pan

(15) Oil supply line to turbocharger

Both bypass valves (8) and (9) open under these conditions:

• Cold engine

• Cold starting conditions

The bypass valves allow immediate lubrication to all components when cold oil with high viscosity
causes a restriction to the oil flow through the following components:

• Oil cooler (10)

• Oil filter (11)

Oil pump (13) sends the cold oil to oil manifold (5) in the cylinder block. The oil travels through the
bypass valves. Then, the oil travels around both the oil cooler and the oil filter.

When the oil becomes warm, the pressure difference in the bypass valves decreases, and the bypass
valves close. Now, the oil flows normally through both the oil cooler and the oil filter.

The bypass valves also open when there is a restriction in the oil cooler or in the oil filter. This action
does not allow an oil cooler with a restriction to prevent lubrication of the engine. Furthermore, this
action does not allow an oil filter with a restriction to prevent lubrication of the engine.

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