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Media Number -SENR3599-06 Publication Date -01/09/2012 Date Updated -10/09/2012
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Combined Circuit Cooling System
SMCS - 1350
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Illustration 1 g00545568
Combined circuit cooling system
(1) Turbocharger
(2) Cylinder block and cylinder head
(3) Right side water pump
(4) Water temperature regulator
(5) Oil temperature regulator
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(6) Oil flow
(7) Oil coolers
(8) Mixer housing
(9) Mixer housing
(10) Left side water pump
(11) Air flow
(12) Aftercooler
(13) Expansion tank
(14) Water temperature regulator
(15) Orifice
(16) Heat exchanger or radiator
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Illustration 2 g01344630
Combined circuit cooling system
(17) Coolant outlet or heat exchanger
(18) Water temperature regulator housing
(19) Water manifold
(20) Coolant return line from the turbocharger
(21) Turbocharger
(22) Coolant supply line to the turbocharger
(23) Oil coolers
(24) Tube
(25) Aftercooler
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(26) Elbow
(27) Right side water pump
(28) Coolant supply to oil cooler
(29) Coolant inlet
(30) Left side water pump
(31) Coolant supply to the aftercooler
(32) Coolant return from the aftercooler
In the combined circuit cooling system, coolant is pulled from the expansion tank through inlet (29)
by the left side water pump (30). Coolant flow is divided at the water pump. Part of the coolant is sent
to the oil coolers (23) while the rest is sent through the aftercooler (25). Coolant from the aftercooler
and from the oil coolers goes to the water temperature regulator housing (18) .
The water temperature regulators (18) allow water that is from the cylinder block to recirculate
through the right side water pump (27) or the water temperature regulators allow water from the
aftercooler outlet line (25) and from the oil coolers (23) to circulate through the radiator, the heat
exchanger or the expansion tank.
The right side water pump (27) pulls coolant from the water temperature regulator housing (18)
through the tube (24). Coolant from the right side water pump is sent to the cylinder block through the
elbow (26) .
The coolant flows upward through the water jackets and the coolant flows around the cylinder liners
from the bottom to the top. Near the top of the cylinder liners, the water jacket is made smaller
because the temperature is highest. This shelf (smaller area) causes the coolant to flow faster for
better liner cooling.
Water is then diverted through passages that are drilled in the cylinder liner. This gives greater
cooling at the top ring turn around. Coolant from the top of the liners goes through a collector plate
into the cylinder head. This sends the coolant around the parts that have the highest temperature.
Coolant then goes to the top of the cylinder head and out through elbows at each cylinder head. The
coolant then flows from the elbows to the water manifold (19). From the water manifold, the coolant
enters the water temperature regulator housing.
Coolant is sent from the water jacket at the rear of the cylinder block through a tube (22) to the
turbocharger (21). Coolant from the turbocharger is returned to the manifold through the tube (20) .
The water temperature regulator housing (18) has an upper flow section and a lower flow section. The
water temperature regulator housing uses four temperature regulators. The sensing bulbs of the four
temperature regulators are in the coolant in the lower section of the housing. Before the regulators
open, cold coolant is sent through the bypass tube (24) to the right side water pump. As the
temperature of the coolant increases enough to make the regulators open, coolant flow to the bypass
tube is stopped and coolant is then sent through the outlet (17) to the radiator or the heat exchanger.
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