An Advanced Radiotracer Technique for Assessing and Plotting Oil Consumption in Diesel and Gasoline Engines

700052

02/01/1970

Event
1970 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
A radiotracer method for measuring engine oil consumption, using tritium as the tracer element, has been adapted for use in both gasoline and diesel engines. The method is rapid, accurate, versatile, and almost totally free from radiological hazard. A digital computer with plotter has been programmed to produce a unique oil consumption “map” over the effective engine operating range. Such a map will indicate at a glance the areas of operation requiring improvement from an oil consumption standpoint. Some interesting observations have also been made of transient oil consumption phenomena.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/700052
Pages
15
Citation
Warrick, F., and Dykehouse, R., "An Advanced Radiotracer Technique for Assessing and Plotting Oil Consumption in Diesel and Gasoline Engines," SAE Technical Paper 700052, 1970, https://doi.org/10.4271/700052.
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Published
Feb 1, 1970
Product Code
700052
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English