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The classic VAZ engine (2101-2107) is a very reliable and durable unit, easy to operate and easy to maintain. However, it also has its own “Achilles heel” - a camshaft that suffers greatly from the so-called oil “starvation”, which sometimes occurs in a well-heated engine in two cases: when the oil is thoroughly thinned or when the oil pump and other components are badly worn .

There is a good way to eliminate oil "starvation" - to equip the car with an oil pump that works independently of the engine, supplying oil from the oil pan to the oil system. However, it is quite difficult to make and mount such a unit in the engine compartment. There is a simpler system for additional lubrication of the levers and camshaft cams, which I want to tell the readers of the magazine about.

First of all, let me remind you how the camshaft is lubricated. When the engine is running, the oil pump supplies oil to the central bearing of the camshaft, and then through the annular groove in the bearing journal to the working surfaces of the cams and levers. Further, part of the oil is on the levers, and part, under the action of centrifugal forces, is sprayed, falling on the inner surface of the camshaft housing, and flows down it onto the engine head.

This part of the oil can be directed to additional lubrication of the camshaft cams if oil-catching partitions are installed on the inner surface of the housing, between which the engine oil will first accumulate and then drain directly onto the camshaft cams and valve levers.

Oil shower for camshaft
In a stock engine, engine oil flows down the camshaft bearing housing

Oil shower for camshaft
Tin strip with a number of oil baffles

Oil shower for camshaft
Engine oil is retained by the oil sump and flows onto the levers and camshaft cams

Almost every motorist will be able to install an insert for additional lubrication on the engine. This will require any sheet metal about 0,5 mm thick (I, in particular, have partitions made of 0,4 mm thick galvanized sheet). Before bending the workpiece along the marking lines, it is good to apply risks with a sharp awl or scriber, then the fold line will be even and clear.

The finished "accordion" (there will be four of them per engine) is fixed with four small aluminum rivets on the camshaft housing.

Author: S.Zaika

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