Monday, May 27, 2013
Watch Your Car Lubricant Quality
Note the designation lubricants, whether digunaan for gasoline engine oil, or diesel, 2 stroke or 4 stroke, industrial equipment, and so forth.
The quality of the oil itself is usually indicated by a code of API (American Petroleum Institute) with a letter followed by a stage behind him. Example API: SL, code S (Spark) is indicative of engine oil for gasoline. The second letter code indicates the value of oil quality, getting closer to the letter Z, the better quality oil in the coating component with a layer of film and more in accordance with the needs of modern engines.
There are two groups of API service categories are:
1. API Service Categories for gasoline-fueled vehicle lubricants
2. API Service Categories for diesel vehicle lubricants
API SERVICE GASOLINE CAR ENGINE LUBRICATING
- BC = can be used for all new tech car engine
and before (safe for all cars). Lubricants categorized SM is designed to provide sediment control better high temperature and is designed for more efficient use of lubricants. In some oil meets ILSAC certification or qualification as an energy saving
- SL = for vehicle engines in 2004 and earlier
- SJ = for vehicle engines 2001 and earlier
- SH = for vehicle engines 1996 and earlier
- SG = for vehicle engines 1993 and earlier
- SF = for vehicle engines 1988 and earlier
- SE = for vehicle engines 1979 and earlier
- SD = for vehicle engines 1971 and earlier
- SC = for vehicle engines 1967 and earlier
- SB and SA = is not recommended
API SERVICE AUTOMOBILE DIESEL ENGINE LUBRICATING
- CI-4 = Introduced on 5 September 2002, for
4T engine, high speed. Formulated to maintain engine durability. Can be used to replace the lubricant category CD, CE, CF-4, CG-4 and CH-4
- CH-4 = Introduced in 1998, to 4T engine,
high speed. Can be used to replace the lubricant category CD, CE, CF-4, and CG-4
- CG-4 = Introduced in 1995, to 4T engine, load
weight, high speed using fuel with sulfur content of 0.5%. Can be used to replace the lubricant category CD, CE, and CF-4
- CF-4 = Introduced in 1990, for engine speed 4T
high with a turbo charger or exhaust normal. Can be used to replace the lubricant category CD, and CE
- CF-2 = allowed for 1994, to heavy load engine 2T,
Can be used to replace the lubricant category CD-II
- CF = Introduced in 1994, for off-road vehicles,
indirect-injection diesel engines and other diesel engines that use fuel with sulfur content above 0.05%. Lubricants can be used to replace the CD category
- CE = Introduced in 1987, to 4T engine, speed
high with a turbo charger or exhaust normal. Can be used to replace the lubricant category CC, and CD
- CD-II = Introduced in 1987 for 2T engines
- CD Introduced in 1955. For turbocharged engines
as well as ordinary waste gas
- CC = to a machine that was introduced in 1961
- CB and CA = is not recommended
API SERVICE DOUBLE
In most of its service API oil in the car usually is twofold. As an example of API SL / CF. Meaning: The first API that shows the main use of oil, which are on the gasoline engine with qualifications SL but in an emergency oil can still be used in diesel engines with CF qualification.
