INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TORQUE CONVERTER

摘要

To smoothen acceleration and deceleration and to enhance mountability onto a vehicle, in an internal combustion engine for vehicle that is provided with a torque converter. An internal combustion engine including a torque converter 30 on a crankshaft 7, and a single oil passage 93 provided in the crankshaft 7 for supplying, in common, both a working oil for the torque converter 30 and a lubricating oil for the engine, wherei n a pump impeller 33 of the torque converter 30 is fixed to the crankshaft 7, and a clutch for connection and disconnection of engine output is provided on the side of a transmission