Soot contamination of engine oil – the case of a small turbocharged spark-ignition engine
| 1 | Instytut Silników Spalinowych i Napędów, Politechnika Poznańska, Poland |
| 2 | private person, Poland |
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Submission date: 2020-07-11
Final revision date: 2020-08-06
Acceptance date: 2020-08-11
Publication date: 2020-09-30
Combustion Engines 2020,182(3), 28–32
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The paper presents the results of thermogravimetric tests of engine oil used in a small turbocharged spark-ignition engine. The main observation from the research was a significant soot contamination of engine oil, that appears even at its low mileage. This indicates that also in the case of port fuel injection spark-ignition engine, high particulate matter emissions may occur. It may therefore turn out that the small city car can be more harmful to the environment than much larger vehicles. A rapid soot contamination of the oil in this engine indicates as well that the oil change interval should be shortened.
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