Breathing of engine Multi-valve Technology Relation between rpm and breathing
What is variable valve timing?
Normal Valve Timing vs Variable Valve Timing
Variable Lift Different Types of Variable Valve Timing and Variable Lift
Cam-Changing VVT + Variable Lift
Example - Honda's VTEC
Cam Phasing VVT
Continuous or Discrete Intake and Exhaust
Example : BMW's Vanos
Another Example : Toyota VVT-I
Macro illustration of the phasing actuator
Cam-Changing + Cam-Phasing VVT + Variable Lift Example: Toyota VVTL-I
Example 2: Porsche Variocam Plus
Example 3: Honda i-VTEC VVT's benefit to fuel consumption and emission
Continuous Variable Valve Lift (CVVL)
Example: BMW Valvetronic
Example: Nissan VVEL
Example: Toyota Valvematic
Four Stroke Engine Oils
General Overview
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Monogrades 1950s
Multigrades 1960s
Fundamental Principles
Tribological Task Cylinder Sludge, Soot, Abraded Particles and Corrosion Oil Filter Oil Flow
Viscosity Grades
Performance Specifications
Longer life in spite of higher thermal and
mechanical loads Improved emission characteristics by a cut in fuel consumption Lower oil related particulate emissions
Improved wear protection even in severe conditions
Formulation Of Engine Oils
Group 1
SN mineral oils with saturates < 90%, S>0.03%
No uniformity
Group 2
HC oils with saturates > 90%, S<0.03%
Fair to good performance in lubricating properties such as volatility, oxidative stability and extreme pressure wear control
Group 3
HC oils with saturates>90%; VI>120, S<0.03%
Molecular uniformity, stability, mixing with additives to form synthetic and semi synthetic oils
Group 4
Polyalphaolefins
Chemically engineered synthetic base With additives offer excellent performance over a wide range of lubricating properties Very stable chemical compositions and highly uniform molecular chains
Group 5
Esters, Polyesters and others
Not used as base oils themselves, but add beneficial properties to other base oils.
Additives
Performance Additives
Antioxidants
Phenols, amines, phosphites and sulfurized substances Additives retard the degradation of the stock oil by oxidation.
Anti-wear agents
Metal dithiophosphate and carbamate Cause a film to surround metal parts, helping to keep them separated
Detergents
Ca and Mg sulfonates, phenolates and salicylates To clean and neutralize oil impurities which would normally cause deposits (oil sludge) on vital engine parts.
Dispersants
Polyisobutylene and ethylene-propylene oligomers with nitrogen and or oxygen as a functional group Keep contaminants (e.g. soot) suspended in the oil.
Friction modifiers
Alcohols, esters, fatty acid amides
Anti-misting agents
Silicone and acrylate Prevent the atomization of the oil.
Viscosity Improvers
Alkyl methacrylate
Soot Handling Piston Cleanliness Ring Sticking Black Death at Camshaft Black Sludge Wear TBN Depletion Fuel Efficiency Oil Consumption
Turbocharger Deposit