Recent content by Djarum41

Thanks a lot...that helps explain why & it makes sense now. I knew it must've worked, the planes actually flew, just couldn't get my head around the upside down V with oil everywhere. Guess those oil control rings did a good job. That's a great diagram of the 605 oiling system, I couldn't find...

Hello forum members.... Regarding the DB605 engine, I don't understand why many quarts of oil aren't pulled by gravity past the crankshaft & into the cylinder bores & into the undersides of the pistons? Obviously this doesn't happen...clearly the engine design is successful as the engine...