IMPORTANT: the Tiger photos are courtesy of Musée des blindés at Saumur, copy or publication are prohibited whitout the authorization of the museum.    

THE ENGINE

Even with the engine hatch open, most of the engine is invisible and inaccessible. Fortunatly there is a Maybach HL230 in display in the engine room at Saumur. It's a HL 230 P30 of a tiger II, but the differences with the tiger 1 engine are very small. This engine was painted with differents colours to show the differents elements : yellow for the fuel circuit , blue for the cooling circuit .  

	1)magnetos (missing on the tiger), these devices gives high voltage to the sparking plugs. 2)electric cable from the magnetos to the sparking plugs (also missing on the tiger)   3)main hot water duct.The hot water is coming out of the engine by this duct 4)coupling shaft for the fans units 5) oil filling point 6)Oil tank 7)exhaust pipe 8)Solex carburator 9)fuel circuit
	1)Cover for the carburators, the air filters are fixed to this cover 2)fuel pump 3)water pump 4)cover for the sparking plugs   5)hot water duct (out) 6)fuel circuit 7)oil filter 8)inertial starter 9)electric starter
	1)fuel pipe to the carburators 2)oil level 3)electric cable from magnetos to the sparking plugs 4)main hot water duct (out ) 5)Solex carburators 6)Screws for the sparking plugs cover : this is not an oil filling point !
	1)water pump 2)hot water duct (out) 3)oil filter 4)"cold" water duct (in) 5)dynamo 6)oil radiator
	1)magnetos 2)main hot water duct (out)   3)exhaust pipe 4)oil tank 5)oil level 6)electric starter 7)inertial starter

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IMPORTANT: the Tiger photos are courtesy of Musée des blindés at Saumur, copy or publication are prohibited whitout the authorization of the museum.