Molded dual cam cover

Claim 1

An engine cam cover for an engine having dual overhead camshafts, the cam cover having a housing including a peripheral sealing flange having mounting bosses spaced therealong, walls defining a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally extending cam chambers separated by a valley and positioned above and inward of the flange, a valley panel generally parallel with the flange and connecting the chamber defining walls laterally between lower portions of the chambers, the panel having spaced openings for spark plug wires, transverse wall means laterally interconnecting the chamber defining walls at one end of the cover, an oil separator baffle fixed within at least one of the chambers, said baffle including a longitudinal floor having a cover-like shelf at one end, oil drain means in the floor below the shelf, opening means through one of the chamber defining walls and connecting with at least one of the chambers above the shelf for fluid exchange with the chamber without disturbing oil collected below the shelf, wherein the cam cover housing is formed of a molded plastic and includes a stiffening bar vertically and transversely interconnecting the chamber defining walls at an opposite end of the cover from said one end, spaced slot means formed along an upper edge of the stiffening bar and sized to clampingly retain the spark plug wires extending from the valley panel openings, the flange mounting bosses are supported by cylinder like stiffening ribs connecting the bosses with adjacent portions of the chamber defining walls, the ribs being outwardly angled to form oval appearing openings, a bushing is molded into a chamber defining wall above the baffle shelf for receiving a pressed in tube connection fitting in a solid non-loosening mounting, and the baffle shelf is formed with the floor from a single blank of sheet material, the shelf being folded over the floor to create the fluid separating shelf.