Engine: Description and Operation

The engine is a water-cooled six cylinder V configuration engine with twin camshafts per cylinder head and four valves per cylinder. The angle between the banks of cylinders is 54°. This gives a very compact engine. The cylinder volume is 3.0 liters. The engines are fuel injected and equipped with the Motronic engine management system. The camshafts are driven by an internally-cogged belt. The engine has automatic purging of the air in the oil-ways supplying the oil to the tappets, an integral heat exchanger for the engine oil and a torque member which stabilizes the block round the main bearings. The heat exchanger has a dual function, namely to heat the oil when cold starting and to cool the oil at working temperature.