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What's the importance of an oil pump in an engine?

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Question added by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society
Date Posted: 2015/04/11
AKRAM AMEEN
by AKRAM AMEEN , diagnosis technician , al- zayani

Oil pump used for pumping oil from engine sump to each and every rotation parts of the engine, for reduce wearing metal to metal ,

mxolisi samuel mthembu
by mxolisi samuel mthembu , in-service training , vw

the pump is used to pump the oil, so to lubricate the parts of the engine, it also help to cool down the rotating parts of the engine e.g crank shaft, etc

Wolf Klaas Kinsbergen
by Wolf Klaas Kinsbergen , Managing Director, Designer , ingenieursbureau KB International NV

Correct answers are given. Oil is the blood for an engine

Kathy Mustafa
by Kathy Mustafa , Personal Assistant to CEO- Managing Sales and Marketing Departments , Saudi Kinda Real Estate

Agreed with above answers.. Without oil pump your car would not change shifts or go anywhere.. No distribution of oil to engine and can cause it to lock... 

Vinod Jetley
by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India

The oil pump in an internal combustion engine circulates engine oil under pressure to the rotating bearings, the sliding pistons and the camshaft of the engine. This lubricates the bearings, allows the use of higher-capacity fluid bearings and also assists in cooling the engine.

As well as its primary purpose for lubrication, pressurized oil is increasingly used as a hydraulic fluid to power small actuators. One of the first notable uses in this way was for hydraulic tappets in camshaft and valve actuation. Increasingly common recent uses may include the tensioner for a timing belt or variators for variable valve timing systems.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Thanks for invitation 

I agree with the specialists 

Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

Without the oil pump working the engine will seize in seconds, minutes or hours at max. 

Shiva Kant Tiwari
by Shiva Kant Tiwari , Auto-Mobile Engineer , Madhvani Group

It is like a heart of the engine,providing proper amount of lube to each part of the engine with a given pressure,If we remove the oil pump then the main bearing,connecting rod bearing,and others are seized due to metal to metal contact ,so we develop a oil film between rotating and stationary part to avoid metal contact

Sarfraz Shaukat
by Sarfraz Shaukat , Vehicle Technician and MOT Tester , Startin Group

To pump oil all around the engine and lubricate moving parts to allow smooth movement.

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