Thursday, February 7, 2008

New SAE Papers Added

Here's some recommended reading that just showed up:

2007-32-0080
Study of Eco-Friendly Four-Cycle Motorcycle Engine Oils

2007-01-4134
Improved Friction Modifiers to Aid in Future Fuel Economy Targets

It's good to keep up to date on changes that will be coming soon to lubricants to understand how it will impact our older engines.

1999-01-3464
Development of a Wear Test Procedure to Evaluate Automotive Lubricating Oils

Understanding methods to test for wear will hopefully allow us to come up with new ways to evalate an oil's performance on a small scale... hopefully.

2007-32-0079
Development of new engine oil technology designed to bring more benefits to the boat owner than passenger car motor oils can provide

This last one is interesting as marine engines are also experiencing the effect of the poor performance on new passenger car motor oils in these engines.