JPH09189224A - Cooling device for outboard engine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily arrange a thermostat on an upper part of an engine together with a valve system without increasing the size of the engine. SOLUTION: In a cooling device of an outboard engine which pumps up and feeds the cooling water by a cooling water pump, and cools an engine 8 provided with a cylinder body 10, a cylinder head 11 and an exhaust system, a thermostat 218 to open/close a cooling water passage to cool the engine 8 is arranged on an upper part of the engine 8 on the opposite side to a tensioner 91 to give the tension to a cam winding means to interlock a crankshaft with a cam shaft.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outboard motor cooling device that draws cooling water by driving a cooling water pump and sends the cooling water to an engine for cooling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some outboard motors are equipped with an engine having a cylinder body, a cylinder head and an exhaust system, and the engine propels a propeller by rotating the propeller.
It is known that this engine is equipped with a cooling device, for example, by driving a cooling water pump to suck up cooling water from underwater, cool the engine through a cooling water path, and return it back into the water.

A thermostat, for example, is provided in such a cooling water path, which automatically opens and closes the cooling water path in accordance with the temperature of the cooling water to improve the startability and performance of the engine. In order to improve the operability, is installed in the upper part of the engine where the temperature difference of the cooling water is small, and there is one that operates the engine according to the temperature of the cooling water.

[0004]

By the way, in an engine mounted on an outboard motor, for example, the crankshaft is located in the vertical direction, and therefore, an intake valve and an exhaust valve are provided at the upper part of the engine by the power of the crankshaft. If a valve mechanism that opens and closes is arranged, it is not easy to secure a space for arranging the thermostat. The size of the engine is increased because it is projected from the upper part of the engine to the side part or attached to the side part of the engine. Further, there is a problem that the mounting position of the thermostat becomes low, the thermostat operates due to the temperature of the cooling water during cooling, and the thermostat cannot be opened and closed properly.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate such drawbacks, and provides an outboard motor cooling device in which a thermostat can be easily arranged on the upper part of an engine together with a valve operating mechanism without increasing the size of the engine. It is intended to be provided.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is to drive an engine having a cylinder body, a cylinder head and an exhaust system by driving a cooling water pump. In an outboard motor cooling device that sucks and supplies cooling water from underwater to cool the engine, a thermostat that opens and closes a cooling water path that cools the engine is mounted on the upper part of the engine by a cam winding that links a crankshaft and a camshaft. It is characterized in that it is arranged on the side opposite to the tensioner that applies tension to the hanging means. On top of the engine,
A thermostat and a tensioner are arranged using the space on both sides of the cam winding means of the valve mechanism, and the thermostat is placed on the top of the engine without increasing the size of the engine.
It can be easily arranged together with the valve mechanism.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a thermostat mounting cover is attached to the upper portion of the engine to form a cooling water passage, and the thermostat is attached to the thermostat mounting cover. The thermostat is mounted on the thermostat mounting cover. Since the cooling water passage is formed by the thermostat mounting cover, parts can be shared. Further, the thermostat mounting cover is integrated with the engine, so that the cooling water passage can be easily formed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a cooling water passage is integrally formed in the upper portion of the engine, and the thermostat is directly attached to the upper portion of the engine. By mounting the thermostat directly on top of the engine, a dedicated mounting member is not required, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost is low.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a cooling water pipe communicating with a cooling water passage is attached to an upper portion of the engine, and the thermostat is attached to the cooling water pipe. The thermostat is attached using the cooling water pipe, and the degree of freedom of arrangement of the thermostat can be expanded.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the engine is viewed from above, the cooling water passage is formed so as to cross the cam winding means, and the thermostat can be attached to and detached from the outside of the cam winding means. It is characterized by having been placed.
The cam wrapping means does not get in the way and the thermostat can be easily attached and detached.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of an outboard motor cooling device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view of an outboard motor mounted on a ship, FIG. 2 is a side view in which a part of the outboard motor is broken, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the outboard motor, and FIG. 4 is IV-I of FIG.
5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line V, FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the attachment of the cover, and FIG. 7 is V in FIG.
II-VII line sectional view, FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the exhaust manifold, FIG. 9 is a plan view of the upper exhaust guide, FIG. 10 is a plan view of the lower exhaust guide, FIG. 11 is along the XI-XI line of FIG. Sectional view, FIG. 12 is a sectional view of the mounting portion of the thermostat, FIG.
3 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the mounting portion of the thermostat, FIG. 14 is a sectional view of yet another embodiment of the mounting portion of the thermostat, and FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a cooling water path.

As shown in FIG. 1, the outboard motor 1 is provided with a swivel bracket 2 and a clamp bracket 3 at its front part. The clamp bracket 3 is attached to the stern plate 5 of the hull 4 of the ship, and the swivel bracket 2 is attached to the clamp bracket 3 so as to be vertically swingable about a lateral support shaft 6 as a fulcrum. Further, the outboard motor 1 is steerably attached to the swivel bracket 2 by a shift link 7.

The outboard motor 1 is equipped with a 4-cycle 4-cylinder engine 8, which is mounted on an exhaust guide 9. The engine 8 has a cylinder body 1
0, a cylinder head 11, an exhaust system 12, and an intake system 13 are provided. The cylinder head 11 is attached to the cylinder body 10 with bolts 750.

The crankshaft 14 of the engine 8 is oriented in the vertical direction, four cylinders 15 are arranged in the vertical direction and are formed in the front-rear direction, respectively. The crankshaft 14 is mounted with the front side positioned. A drive shaft 16 is connected to the crank shaft 14 of the engine 8 and
The power of the engine 8 is transmitted from the propeller shaft 18 to the propeller 19 via a shift switching mechanism 17 provided at the lower end of the propeller to rotate. By the switching operation of the shift switching mechanism 17, the rotation of the propeller 19 is moved forward, backward, or neutral.

An oil pan 20 and a substantially cylindrical exhaust pipe 52 are attached to the lower portion of the exhaust guide 9. Exhaust gas from the engine 8 passes from the exhaust pipe 52 through the exhaust passage 21 in the upper case 22 and the exhaust passage 24 in the lower case 23, and through the exhaust passage 25 in the propeller 19 through the underwater exhaust port 26 to the outside of the outboard motor. It is in communication with the water. At the time of idling, exhaust gas is guided from the exhaust passage 21 from an idle expansion chamber (not shown) to the aerial exhaust port 27 through the aerial exhaust passage, and is discharged to the rear of the outboard motor through the aerial exhaust port 27. The engine 8 is covered with an upper cowling 28 and a lower cowling 29.

A cylinder head 11 is arranged on the cylinder body 10 of the engine 8 on the side opposite to the hull, and a cylinder 30 is formed laterally on the cylinder body 10. A piston 31 is provided in the cylinder 30 so as to be capable of reciprocating, and is connected to the crankshaft 14 via a connecting rod 32. A combustion chamber 33 is formed by the cylinder 30, the piston 31, and the cylinder head 11 of the cylinder body 10, and the spark plug 34 is provided in the combustion chamber 3 of the cylinder head 11.
It is attached so as to face 3.

The cylinder head 11 has a head cover 3
5 is provided via a seal 101, and a plug cap 36 of the ignition plug 34 is attached to the head cover 35 so as to penetrate therethrough. A flange portion 35b matching the shape of the plug cap 36 is formed on the penetrating portion 35a formed on the head cover 35 to seal the plug cap 36. The head cover 35 has a plug cap 3
A recessed portion 35c is provided in a portion to which 6 is attached, and a cover 37 that covers the plug cap 36 is attached to the recessed portion 35c with a bolt 102. A rubber seal 38 is provided on the mounting portion 37a around the cover 37 to prevent water from entering. Further, the cord 39 of the ignition plug 34 is pulled in from the lower side of the rubber seal 38 of the cover 37 so that water does not enter from the retracted portion of the cord 39.
An ignition coil 400 is connected to the cord 39.

An intake passage 40 and an exhaust passage 41 are formed in the cylinder head 11, and the intake passage 40 includes the intake valve 4
2 and the exhaust passage 41 is opened and closed by the exhaust valve 43 at a predetermined timing. An injector 100 is provided in the intake passage 40 to inject fuel at a predetermined timing according to the operating state of the engine. An intake pipe 44 constituting the intake system 13 is connected, and the intake pipe 44 extends toward the hull side and is connected to an intake surge tank 45. The upper two intake pipes 44 and the lower two intake pipes 44 are integrally connected to the intake surge tank 45 at the side portion of the cylinder body 10 to improve the assemblability by being integrated. ing.

The intake surge tank 45 is the cylinder body 1.
0 is arranged vertically on the hull side and the intake surge tank 4
5, a throttle device 46 is arranged above the throttle body 47, and a throttle body 47 is connected to an upper portion of the intake surge tank 45.
A throttle valve 48 is provided in the throttle body 47, and the intake amount is adjusted by driving the throttle shaft 49, and intake air is taken in from above and sent to the intake surge tank 45 below.

An exhaust manifold 50 is connected to the exhaust passage 41, and the exhaust manifold 50 is connected to the cylinder body 1.
It is located on the side opposite to the 0 hull. The exhaust manifold 50 is attached to the cylinder head 11 with bolts 54. The exhaust manifold 50 is connected to four cylinders 15 arranged in series.
Has an exhaust opening 50a communicating with the exhaust opening 50a, and the exhaust from the four exhaust openings 50a is configured to be collected by the exhaust collecting portion 50b. Multiple exhaust openings 50a
Are arranged on a substantially straight line L1, and the exhaust collecting portion 50b is formed to meander with respect to the plurality of exhaust openings 50a. The plurality of exhaust openings 50a and the exhaust collecting portion 50b are arranged in the vertical direction, an exhaust outlet 50c is provided in the lower portion of the exhaust collecting portion 50b, and the exhaust pipe 52 is connected to the exhaust outlet 50c via a connecting pipe 51. The exhaust pipe 52 is connected and exhausted downward. Further, a cooling water passage 53 is formed in the exhaust opening 50a and the exhaust collecting portion 50b.

In this way, the exhaust gas from the plurality of exhaust openings 50a of the exhaust manifold 50 is collected, and the plurality of exhaust openings 50a are arranged side by side on the substantially straight line L1.
The zero mounting portion 50f is positioned between the exhaust openings 50a substantially in parallel to the juxtaposed direction, and is bent and extended in the juxtaposed direction, so that the exhaust manifold 50 is installed in parallel with the plurality of exhaust openings 50a. Even if the exhaust manifold 50 is bent and extended in the direction, the attachment portion 50f of the exhaust manifold 50 can be made compact without expanding in the width direction.

Further, with respect to the plurality of exhaust openings 50a,
The mounting portions 50f of the exhaust manifold 50 are alternately provided to meander the exhaust gas collecting portion 50b, so that a predetermined exhaust gas cross-sectional area or length can be easily ensured. Further, an exhaust passage for discharging exhaust to the outside of the outboard motor is formed below the engine via the connecting pipe 51 and the exhaust pipe 52, and a plurality of exhaust openings 50a and exhaust collecting portions 50b are arranged in the vertical direction, An exhaust outlet portion 50a communicating with the exhaust passage is provided below the exhaust collecting portion 50b, and the plurality of exhaust openings 50a and the exhaust collecting portion 50b of the exhaust manifold 50 are arranged in the vertical direction.
It can be compactly arranged integrally with the cylinder of the engine of the outboard motor so as to communicate with the exhaust passage in the casing below the engine.

A cooling water passage 53 is formed along the exhaust collecting portion 50b, and cooling water flows upward from the exhaust outlet portion 50c side to cool the entire exhaust manifold 50, and the cooling water outlet portion 210 in the upper portion. Can be sent from
The exhaust manifold 50 can be cooled efficiently.

The exhaust guide 9 comprises an upper exhaust guide 60, a middle exhaust guide 61 and a lower exhaust guide 62. A flywheel 63 is arranged in a recess 60a that is open on the lower side of the upper exhaust guide 60. The flywheel 63 is connected to the lower portion of the crankshaft 14 by bolts 64 and is arranged below the engine 8. Upper exhaust guide 60
A starter mounting portion 60b is provided on the hull side, and a starter motor 65 is mounted on the starter mounting portion 60b. The output gear 65a of the starter motor 65 is
It meshes with the gear 63 a of the flywheel 63, and the starter motor 65 is driven to forcibly rotate the crankshaft 14 via the flywheel 63 to start the engine 8.

The drive shaft 16 is attached to the shaft portion 63b of the flywheel 63 via a pump shaft 67 of an oil pump 66.
Are connected, whereby the crankshaft 14, the flywheel 63 and the drive shaft 16 rotate integrally. The oil pump 66 is driven by the rotation of the pump shaft 67 to move the oil in the oil pan 20 to the oil strainer 68, the oil pipe 69, and the oil passage 7 formed in the middle exhaust guide 61.
Pump up through 0. The pumped oil is driven by an oil pump 66 from an oil pressure feed passage 71 formed in the middle exhaust guide 61 and an oil pressure feed passage 72 formed in the upper exhaust guide 60 via an oil pipe 73 or an oil pipe 76. 74, and is sent from the oil filter 74 to each part of the engine 8 through the oil passage 75 for lubrication. The oil filter 74 is attached to a substantially central portion of the cylinder body 10. Also,
The oil that lubricates the various parts of the engine 8 is used as the upper exhaust guide
It is returned to the oil pan 20 through the drop opening 60 c of 0 and the drop opening 61 a of the middle exhaust guide 61.

Above the crankshaft 14 of the engine 8,
A sprocket 78 and a pulley 79 are attached, the pulley 79 is connected to a pulley 81 of an alternator 82 via a belt 80, and the alternator 82 is driven by the crankshaft 14. The alternator 82 is attached to the upper portion of the cylinder body 10 on the hull side by bolts 83.

A valve mechanism is arranged above the engine 8, and a sprocket 78 constituting the valve mechanism has an intake side cam shaft 85 by a cam belt 84 which is a cam winding means.
And the exhaust side cam shaft 86 are connected to cam sprockets 87 and 88, respectively, and the intake side cam shaft 85 and the exhaust side cam shaft 86 rotate in conjunction with the crankshaft 14, and the cams 89 and 90 act as intake valves 42. Also, the exhaust valve 43 is opened and closed at a predetermined timing. A predetermined tension is applied to the timing belt 84 by a tensioner 91 provided on the cylinder body 10.

A cam belt 8 for interlocking the crank shaft 14 of the engine 8 with the intake cam shaft 85 and the exhaust cam shaft 86.
4, a cam winding cover 92 for covering 4 is arranged, and an intake passage 93 is formed by the cam winding cover 92 and the upper cowling 28. The cam winding cover 92 is provided with a communication portion 92a that communicates with the throttle device 46, which is an intake system component, and connects the intake passage 93 to the intake opening 4 of the throttle device 46.
It is connected to 6e. Communication part 9 of cam winding cover 92
2a and the throttle body 47 of the throttle device 46 are communicated with each other via a flexible member 94 such as rubber. In this way, the intake passage 93 is arranged above the engine 8, and the opening portion 2 for taking in fresh air into the intake passage 93.
8a is formed on the upper side of the upper cowling 28 opposite to the hull. Air is taken into the intake passage 93 from the opening 28a of the upper cowling 28, and is taken from the intake surge tank 45 via the throttle device 46.

A cooling water pump 200 is provided on the drive shaft 16 of the engine 8. The cooling water pump 200 is driven to suck up the cooling water from the water and send it from the cooling water passage 201 to the connecting portion 202 of the exhaust pipe 52 for cooling. The cooling water from the water pump 200 is guided to the exhaust system 12. Exhaust pipe 52 connection 2
As shown in FIG. 11, in 02, a cooling water passage 203 is formed around the exhaust pipe 52 to cool the exhaust pipe 52.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, this cooling water passage 203 communicates with the cooling water passage 53 of the exhaust manifold 50, and the cooling manifold cools the exhaust manifold 50. A cooling water outlet 210 is provided at the upper part of the exhaust manifold 50, while a cooling water inlet 211 is provided at the lower part of the cylinder head 11 and the cooling water outlet 2 is provided.
10 and the cooling water inlet / outlet portion 211 are connected by a cooling water pipe 212, and the cooling water that has cooled the exhaust manifold 50 is guided from the uppermost portion of the exhaust manifold 50 to the lowermost portion of the cylinder head 11. The cooling water guided to the cylinder head 11 flows through the cooling water passages 213 and 214 of the cylinder head 11 and the cylinder body 10 to be cooled, and then cooled from the cylinder body 10.

Below the cylinder head 11, the exhaust system 1
A pressure adjusting valve 215 is arranged in a cooling water passage for guiding the cooling water from the cylinder 2 to the cylinder head 11, and the cooling water is discharged through a discharging cooling water pipe 216 when the cooling water reaches a predetermined pressure or more. In this way, the pressure of the cooling water that cools the cylinder body 10 and the cylinder head 11 can be made constant by operating the pressure regulating valve 215.

A cooling water passage 217 for returning the cooling water to the exhaust system 12 is formed in the upper part of the cylinder body 10.
The cooling water is guided to the exhaust system 12 through the thermostat 218 and the cooling water pipe 219 and discharged. The cooling water pipe 219 is
The cooling water is connected to the cooling water discharge part 220 formed in the lower exhaust guide 62, and the cooling water is discharged from the cooling water discharge part 220 through the cooling water passage 221 formed in the connection part 202 of the exhaust pipe 52.

As shown in FIG. 15, the cooling water passage of the engine 8 guides the cooling water from the cooling water pump 200 to the exhaust system 12 through the exhaust pipe 52 and the exhaust guide 9, and first, the exhaust system 12 The exhaust manifold 50 is cooled, and the cylinder head 11 and the cylinder body 10 are further cooled via the pressure adjusting valve 215. Then, it is returned to the exhaust guide 9 via the thermostat 218, and the exhaust pipe 52 is cooled and discharged. As described above, since the cooling water is supplied from the high temperature portion to the low temperature portion of the engine 8 to cool the engine 8, the engine 8 can be efficiently cooled, the thermal influence of the engine 8 can be reduced, and the durability of the parts can be reduced. It is possible to improve the engine performance as well as the engine performance.

Further, the cooling water pipe 212 guides the cooling water from the exhaust manifold 50 of the exhaust system 12 to the lower part of the cylinder head 11 and from the upper part of the cylinder body 10 to the exhaust pipe 52 of the exhaust system 12 by the cooling water pipe 212. The flow of the cooling water is smooth from the cylinder head 11 to the cylinder body 10, and the stagnation of the cooling water is eliminated, so that the cylinder body 10 and the cylinder head 10 can be efficiently and uniformly cooled by the cooling water.

The exhaust system 12 has a cylinder head 11
Exhaust manifold 50 connected to and the exhaust manifold 50
An exhaust pipe 52 connected to the exhaust pipe 52 via a connecting pipe 51. A cooling water passage 203 that guides the cooling water pump 200 to the exhaust manifold 50 and a cooling water from the cylinder body 10 are discharged to a connecting portion 202 of the exhaust pipe 52. Cooling water passage 22
1 forming an exhaust pipe 52 connected to an exhaust manifold 50
And a cooling water passage 203 for cooling the engine 8,
The cooling water passage 221 for cooling the engine 8 is formed, and the exhaust pipe 52 can be efficiently cooled with a compact structure.

Further, a thermostat 218 for opening and closing the cooling water passage 217 in accordance with the cooling water temperature is arranged above the cylinder body 10 so that the exhaust system 12 and the cylinder body 1 are closed.
0 and the cooling water that has cooled the cylinder head 11 flows, the temperature of the cooling water is uniform, and the thermostat 218 can be opened and closed appropriately.

The thermostat 218 is the cylinder body 1.
0, which is located on the opposite side of the tensioner 91 that gives tension to the cam belt 84 of the cam winding means, and is located on the upper side of the cylinder body 10 of the cam belt 84 of the cam winding means.
The thermostat 218 and the tensioner 91 are arranged by utilizing the space on both sides of the thermostat 218, and it is easy to secure a space for disposing the thermostat 218, and the thermostat 218 is provided above the engine 8 without increasing the size of the engine 8.
Can be easily arranged together with the valve operating mechanism.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 3, 5 and 12, a thermostat mounting cover 260 is mounted on the upper portion of the cylinder body 10 by means of bolts 500 to form a cooling water passage 217, and this thermostat mounting cover is formed. A thermostat 218 is attached to 260.
The thermostat 218 is a thermostat mounting cover 2
The thermostat mounting cover 260
As a result, the cooling water passage 217 is formed, so that parts can be shared. Further, the thermostat mounting cover 260 is integrated with the engine 8, so that the cooling water passage 217 can be easily formed.

Further, as shown in the embodiment of FIG. 13, a cooling water passage 217 can be integrally formed in the upper part of the cylinder body 10, and the thermostat 218 can be directly attached to the upper part of the cylinder body 10. By mounting the thermostat 218 directly on the upper portion of the engine 8, a dedicated mounting member is unnecessary, the number of parts can be reduced accordingly, and the cost is low.

In the embodiment of FIG. 14, the cylinder body 10
The cooling water pipe 28 communicating with the cooling water passage 217 at the upper part of the
0 is attached, and the thermostat 21 is attached to the cooling water pipe 280.
8 is installed. As described above, by mounting the thermostat 218 using the cooling water pipe 280, the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the thermostat 218 can be increased.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, when the engine is viewed from above, a cooling water passage 217 is formed so as to cross the cam belt 84 of the cam winding means, and a thermostat 218 is detachably arranged outside the cam belt 84. Has been done,
The cam belt 84 does not get in the way, and the thermostat 218 can be easily attached and detached.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the anticorrosion electrode 29 is provided at a position other than between the bores of the cylinder body 10 of the cylinder 15.
0 is arranged so as to face the cooling water passage 214. The stagnation of the cooling water does not occur in the portion where the anticorrosion electrode 290 is arranged, the flow is smooth, and the anticorrosion efficiency of the anticorrosion electrode is good. Further, the anticorrosion electrodes 290 are alternately arranged on the sidewalls of the left and right cylinder bodies 10 of the serial cylinders, and the anticorrosion electrodes 290 are evenly arranged on the plurality of serial cylinders 15.
As a result, the cylinder body 10 can be uniformly hindered. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the anticorrosion electrode 291 is arranged on the cylinder head 11 of the engine 8 so as to face the cooling water passage 213, so that rust can be prevented from occurring on the cylinder head. The anticorrosion electrodes 290, 291 are the cylinder body 1
No. 0 or the cylinder head 11 is attached to the sand removing holes 293 and 294 at the time of molding. The anticorrosion electrodes 290, 29 are also used as the sand removal holes 293, 294 at the time of molding.
Since 1 is attached and no special attachment portion is formed, the structure is simple and the cost is low.

[0043]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the thermostat and the tensioner are arranged in the upper portion of the engine by utilizing the space on both sides of the cam winding means of the valve mechanism, thereby increasing the size of the engine. Without doing so, the thermostat can be easily arranged on the upper part of the engine together with the valve operating mechanism.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the thermostat is mounted on the thermostat mounting cover, but since the cooling water passage is formed by the thermostat mounting cover, parts can be made common. Further, the thermostat mounting cover is integrated with the engine, so that the cooling water passage can be easily formed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the cooling water passage is integrally formed in the upper part of the engine, the thermostat is directly attached to the upper part of the engine, and the thermostat is directly attached to the upper part of the engine. Is unnecessary, the number of parts can be reduced, and the cost is low.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the cooling water pipe communicating with the cooling water passage is attached to the upper part of the engine, and the thermostat is attached using this cooling water pipe. Therefore, the degree of freedom in the arrangement of the thermostat is expanded. be able to.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the thermostat is removably arranged outside the cam winding means, the cam winding means does not get in the way and the thermostat can be easily attached and detached.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an outboard motor mounted on a ship.

FIG. 2 is a side view in which a part of the outboard motor is broken away.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an outboard motor.

4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing attachment of a cover.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line VII-VII in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an exhaust manifold.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of an upper exhaust guide.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a lower exhaust guide.

11 is a sectional view taken along line XI-XI of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a sectional view of a mounting portion of the thermostat.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of another embodiment of the mounting portion of the thermostat.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of still another embodiment of the mounting portion of the thermostat.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a cooling water path.

[Explanation of symbols]

 8 Engine 10 Cylinder Body 11 Cylinder Head 12 Exhaust System 14 Crank Shaft 15 Cylinder 84 Cam Belt 85 Intake Side Cam Shaft 86 Exhaust Side Cam Shaft 91 Tensioner 218 Thermostat 200 Cooling Water Pump

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. An outboard motor cooling device for cooling a water engine, which comprises a cylinder body, a cylinder head, and an exhaust system by sucking and supplying cooling water from underwater by driving a cooling water pump. A cooling apparatus for an outboard motor, wherein a thermostat for opening and closing a water path is arranged on an upper portion of the engine on a side opposite to a tensioner that applies tension to a cam winding means for interlocking a crankshaft and a camshaft. 2. A cooling apparatus for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein a thermostat mounting cover is mounted on an upper portion of the engine to form a cooling water passage, and the thermostat is mounted on the thermostat mounting cover. . 3. The cooling apparatus for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein a cooling water passage is formed integrally with the upper portion of the engine, and the thermostat is directly attached to the upper portion of the engine. 4. The cooling device for an outboard motor according to claim 1, wherein a cooling water pipe communicating with a cooling water passage is attached to an upper portion of the engine, and the thermostat is attached to the cooling water pipe. 5. When the engine is viewed from above, the cooling water passage is formed so as to cross the cam winding means, and the thermostat is detachably arranged outside the cam winding means. The cooling device for an outboard motor according to any one of claims 1 to 4.