SINGLECYLINDERENGINETESTSFOREVALUATINGTHEPERFORMANCEOFCRANKCASELUBRICANTS(AbridgedProcedures)ASTMApproved,butnotaStandardSponsoredbySectionIonEngineOilsofTechnicalDivisionBonAutomotiveLubricantsofASTMCommitteeD-2onPetroleumProductsandLubricantsASTMSPECIALTECHNICALPUBLICATION509Listprice$5.0004-509000-12ANNlVERSARy%AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1916RaceStreet,Philadelphia,Pa.19103CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriJan123:05:28EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.©BYAMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTINGANDMATERIALS1972LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber75-189600PrintedinAlpha,N.J.March1972CopyrightbyASTMInt'l(allrightsreserved);FriJan123:05:28EST2016Downloaded/printedbyUniversityofWashington(UniversityofWashington)pursuanttoLicenseAgreement.Nofurtherreproductionsauthorized.ForewordThetestmethodsdescribedinthispuhlicationhavenotbeensub-jectedtotheASTMStandardizationProcedure.TheyarenotstandardsorstandardrecommendedpracticesoftheAmericanSocietyofTestingandMaterials(ASTM).Theheavydutynon-corrosivecompoundedoilsintroducedin1939orearlierwerethebasisforthefirstspecificationoils.CaterpillarandGeneralMotorswerethefirstenginemanufacturerstoapprovecompoundedcrankcaselubricatingoilsonthebasisofsatisfactoryperformanceinlaboratoryenginetests.Theseearlymanufacturerspecificationswerealsothebasisforthefirstmilitaryspecificationoilswhichwereintro-ducedin19^1.Overtheyears,performancestandardshavebeenraisedasrequiredtomeetnewserviceoperatingconditionsand/ortherequirementsofnewenginedesigns.Sincetheseengineprocedures,servingasabasisformanymanufac-turer'sandmilitaryspecifications,werenotavailableinasingle-publicationinaconvenientformandsincetheseprocediireshavebeenthesubjectofanimiberofchangesandadditions.SectionIonEngineOilsofTechnicalDivisionBrecommendedinI967thattheybemadeavailableasanASTMspecialtechnicalpublication.ThisASTMformatwillpermittheperiodicupdatingofthesingle-cylindertestpro...
