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In This Issue
| - Timing Diesel Engine Oil Changes
- Condition Monitoring of Tactical Vehicles
- Common Use of Polyurea Grease
- Oil Analysis and Failure Root Causes
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| Timing Diesel Engine Oil Changes |
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Users of large diesel engines should consider sampling and changing oil based on the gallons of fuel burned instead of the calendar or work hours of the driver. The driver may not actually drive all the hours for which he is paid. Likewise, some days using the calendar method will be weekends and holidays. (Jerry Proctor, Washington Post)
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Among the conclusions derived from this study involving tactical and combat vehicles were that a catastrophic engine failure is a rare event and that the detection of impending failures is possible with condition monitoring. In addition, for the selection of single vehicles needed for peace-keeping or out-of-area missions, condition monitoring is quite suitable. Vehicles with conspicuous metal debris in the drivetrain can be sorted out or repaired in time.
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Question: What is a common use of polyurea greases?
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From "Oil Analysis Basics":
While the benefits of detecting abnormal machine wear or an aging lubricant condition are important and frequently achieved, they should be regarded as low on the scale of importance compared to the more rewarding objective of failure avoidance. Whenever a proactive maintenance strategy is applied, three steps are necessary to ensure that its benefits are achieved. Since proactive maintenance, by definition, involves continuous monitoring and controlling of machine failure root causes, the first step is to set a target, or standard, associated with each root cause. In oil analysis, root causes of greatest importance relate to fluid contamination (particles, moisture, heat, coolant, etc.) and additive degradation.
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