SYNTHETIC AUTOMOTIVE ENGINE OILS FROM A CONSULTANT'S EXPERIENCE

This paper reviews complete performance results of a 100,000 mile field test with a diester synthetic oil run for five years under "no drain" conditions in a Lincoln Continental. The paper also describes two additional candidate synthetic oils under testing. Performance Correlation Curves between extended Sequence Engine Oil Tests and field results are compiled. /GMRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Potter, R I
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 15 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Engine oils; Field tests; Performance tests; Synthetics; Vehicle power plants
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile engines
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145125
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE # 760561
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 11 1977 12:00AM