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Oil Pump

The pump within the transmission is an externally toothed gear pump. The engine drives it via a shaft through the hollow primary pulley shaft. The pump shaft is splined to the planet carrier, which always runs at engine speed. System pressure reaches 40 bar. The oil pressure is used both for controlling the transmission hydraulically, and for lubrication purposes. See Fig 1 .

Fig 1: Identifying Oil Pump Assembly
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