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MGB Engine Lubrication System Diagram - Oil Flow, Filter & Rocker Gear Detail

MGB engine lubrication system schematic showing oil flow paths through the block with a numbered legend and oil-pump detail views.

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This page, labeled Section A.2 from an MGB workshop manual (Issue 8, publication 80619, page 74), presents 'The Engine Lubrication System' as an annotated cutaway schematic of the MGB engine. The main illustration shows the complete oil circulation path through the engine block, with 22 numbered callouts identified in a legend: restrictor, oil squirt to cylinder walls, rocker feed hole, oil filler, oil return to sump, external pipe, low pressure gallery, relief valve, feed to gears, main feed, oil pump, main high pressure gallery, feed to chain tensioner, oil bleed to chain, full flow filter (see detail), oil bleed for valve stem tip, pressure feed to ball tip, inlet, oil gallery, to main bearing, release valve, and the intermittent feed to the rocker gear. Three supplementary detail views clarify specific areas: rocker gear lubrication (items 16–17), the full flow oil filter in cross-section with flow arrows (items 18–21), and big end lubrication (items 1–2). The drawing carries reference number A0007B. A reader can learn how oil flows from the pump through galleries, filter, bearings, timing chain tensioner, and rocker gear in the MGB engine.

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What does this MGB manual page show?
It shows 'The Engine Lubrication System' — a cutaway diagram of the MGB engine's oil circulation with a 22-item numbered legend, plus detail views of rocker gear lubrication, the full flow filter, and big end lubrication.
How is oil fed to the rocker gear on the MGB engine?
The legend identifies item 22 as 'Feed to rocker gear (intermittent)', with a separate detail drawing of rocker gear lubrication showing the oil bleed for the valve stem tip (16) and pressure feed to the ball tip (17).
What components are in the full flow filter detail?
The full flow filter detail identifies the inlet (18), oil gallery (19), feed to main bearing (20), and release valve (21), with arrows showing oil flow through the filter.
What are the two oil galleries named in the diagram?
Item 7 is the low pressure gallery and item 12 is the main high pressure gallery.
How is the timing chain lubricated according to this diagram?
Oil is supplied via the feed to chain tensioner (13) and an oil bleed to chain (14).

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