{"title":"Viscosity Loss and Wear Performance of Engine Oils Tested in a Motorcycle On-Road Test","authors":"Hannes Allmaier, David E. Sander, Sophia Bastidas","doi":"10.2474/trol.18.34","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The lubrication performances of three different fully synthetic motorcycle oils have been investigated in an on-road test. One aim of this study is to quantify the viscosity loss due to shear degradation and show that it is a key degradation process for motorcycle engines. A further aim is to compare the wear performance of these three lubricants. It is found that - while shear degradation may be strong for certain oils - an expected immediate and concurrent increase of wear rate is not observed, which might be attributed to well performing anti-wear additive packages. Central to this work is the intention to understand more what constitutes optimal lubrication for an engine.","PeriodicalId":0,"journal":{"name":"","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2474/trol.18.34","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The lubrication performances of three different fully synthetic motorcycle oils have been investigated in an on-road test. One aim of this study is to quantify the viscosity loss due to shear degradation and show that it is a key degradation process for motorcycle engines. A further aim is to compare the wear performance of these three lubricants. It is found that - while shear degradation may be strong for certain oils - an expected immediate and concurrent increase of wear rate is not observed, which might be attributed to well performing anti-wear additive packages. Central to this work is the intention to understand more what constitutes optimal lubrication for an engine.