Abstract: An oil pan part for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, with a housing and a balancing shaft arrangement with at least one balancing shaft which is rotatably mounted in the housing in one or more cross members of the housing.

Abstract: A cylinder block for an internal combustion engine is provided. The cylinder block has a cylinder block housing and a crankcase. Upper plain bearing halves are arranged in the cylinder block housing toward a lower side of the cylinder block housing and lower plain bearing halves are arranged in a bearing frame toward an upper side of the crankcase. A partition plane is between the cylinder block housing and the crankcase. The upper plain bearing halves have a partition plane to the lower plain bearing halves, which aligns with the partition plane between the cylinder block housing and the crankcase. A bearing frame on both sides of the lower plain bearing halves has projections protruding beyond the partition plane. The projections protrude into recesses on the lower side of the cylinder block housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides engine-cooling module assemblies. One engine-cooling assembly includes an engine block and a cooling module including a coolant channel integrated into the engine block. Parallel to the coolant channel is a bypass channel integrated in the engine block and through which a portion of a coolant stream is conducted to an oil/coolant heat exchanger. The present invention also provides a method for cooling oil circulating in an oil circuit of an engine by means of a coolant. The coolant runs through a coolant channel that is formed of both a portion of the engine block and a portion of the cooling module.

Abstract: The invention relates to an oil pan arrangement for an internal-combustion engine including a cover part, a bottom part for the oil pan and at least one suction pipe which opens out into an suction region of the bottom part. The suction pipe is connected to the suction region and the bottom part in one piece manner. The suction region comprises a wall portion which incorporates at least one suction window.