Tribological Study of Engine Oil Lubricant Characteristics and its Performance on 660cc Engine

Authors

  • Mohd Kameil Abdul Hamid
  • Mohamad Shahidan Daud

Abstract

This paper presents analysis on engine lubricant characteristic and investigation on different engine oil lubricant effect, P1 and P2, in reducing fuel consumption of a 660cc engine. Four-ball tester machine was used to study the friction and wear response with variable speed and temperature. Optical microscope was used to measure the wear scar diameter and capture the image for analysis. The result obtained from this experiment showed that the engine oil P1 contributed to more friction and wear compared to engine oil P2 due to the P2 film characteristics and anti-wear additive characteristics. Fuel consumption experiment was carried out to investigate the engine oil P1 and engine oil P2 lubricant effect in reducing fuel consumption. Based on the result, P2 engine oil showed a better lubricant characteristics compared P1 engine oil in term of fuel consumption based on maximum mileage it could travel using two litre of fuel. Keywords : Tribology; fourball tester; fuel consumption

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Published

2015-03-01

How to Cite

Abdul Hamid, M. K., & Daud, M. S. (2015). Tribological Study of Engine Oil Lubricant Characteristics and its Performance on 660cc Engine. Journal of Transport System Engineering, 2(1), 37–40. Retrieved from https://jtse.utm.my/index.php/jtse/article/view/38

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015): Volume 2 Issue 1 (March)

Section

Transport System Engineering

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