K series oil flow path / diagram

[Wrightpayne]

Does anyone know or have a picture showing the oil flow path for the Rover K series engine. Particularly interested in which order the oil gets to the pump, filter and engine bearings from the sump pick up. I have a dry sump but assume the oil entry into the side of the sump is effectively the same as the wet sump pick up.

Cheers

Ian

[simon_h]

[simon_h]

The dry sump, caterham type anyway, has the feed into the side as you know then a dowel type arrangement goes between the pan and into where the pick up does normally. Then it’s flow is just as a normal k 

[Wrightpayne]

Brilliant Simon, thank you.

In another post I've cleaning out the new bell tank and there has been a bit of casting sand come out and I cannot be 100% sure its all out. I've had a good prod and poke and looked inside with the torch and mirror. Its been soaked and pressure washed twice, second time with a drain cleaning attachment. Fingers crossed! 
 

I might get some cheap oil to run through it and do a filter change after two or three runs.

 

Out of interest where did you get the diagram from?

Ian

[simon_h]

Don’t know what more you can do but I’d be a bit concerned about sand getting into the pump. Can’t remember if there’s a filter at the tank outlet

I downloaded the manual as a pdf ages ago. Just screenshoted the oil flow page

[SLR No.77]

Ian, when you swap to the dry sump setup, instead of the oil pickup being immersed in the sump, it is now the gauze filter inserted into the bottom side of the belltank connected via the braided hose to the front of the sump, then to the pump. It's sealed from the gauze filter to the pump in the same way that the original pickup pipe was.

Larger debris is filtered by the gauze filter within the belltank, smaller debris passes through the pump and is then filtered by the oil filter, this is effectively the same as the wet sump setup but with the pick up in a new location.

I'd clean what you can out of the belltank but wouldn't be overly concerned about it. A new car install belltank was unlikely to have gone through the cleaning process you'll have given yours.

Stu.

[Wrightpayne]

Good point Stu - I was thinking I'd drop the blue plate (rather than vacuum the oil out) and check/clean the gauze on the pick up.

Interestingly, the casting sand is magnetic.

Ian

[John Vine]

Re #4:

Out of interest where did you get the diagram from?

Ian, that diagram appears in the K-series Overhaul Manual RCL 0057ENG (6th Edition).  If you'd like a copy, just PM me your email address.

JV