摘要 |
PURPOSE:To make an engine cooling water system composable with a small number of passages, by installing a cooling water connector, which collects engine cooling water from both banks of a V-type engine and leads it into a radiator, in an engine end part between these banks of the engine. CONSTITUTION:A V-type engine 1 has a first bank 1a and a second bank 1b, and at both front and rear end parts of the engine, there are provided with cooling water connectors 9 and 10 which collect cooling water being fed out of a water pump 4 and passed through cylinder block parts 33a and 33b of these banks 1a and 1b and each water jacket 8 of cylinder heads 36 and 37 located at the upper side of these cylinder block part. The front side connector 9 is connected a radiator 3 via a cooling water passage 12 as well as connected to the water pump 4 via a bypass passage 11 and provided with a thermostat 13 inside. |