The farymann 18w has no way for water to mix with the oil , except for the oil cooler sometimes fitted at the bottom of engine which replaces the original inspection cover standard factory fit .
The cylinder head and water jacket cylinder are the two items that are water cooled as standard .
farymann did not supply oil coolers they were created and fitted by the generator builders
The pushrods are in a twist formation they cross each other on install see workshop manual .
The engine does not normally need the use of the decompressor where a starter motor is fitted .
regarding rotation anti clockwise at flywheel is standard farymann did make engine that rotated in clockwise direction this is normally indicated by a letter B on the engine plate but the.se were for special applications
