Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Engine Oil

What is an Engine Oil or Motor Oil?
An liquid used for lubricating of various internal combustion engines while the main function is to lubricate the internal parts and the moving parts of an engine and it also cleans inhibits corrosion and improve sealing and cools the engines by carrying the heat.


There are three kinds of Oil Classification
  • Mineral oil
  • Semi synthetic
  • Fully synthetic
Some oil varies in their number like 20w40 means at low temperature the oil can perform the quality of the oil up to 20 degrees and at high temperatures at 40 degrees.

Usually some maintenance begins at 5000km reading, 3months or 6 months depending how you used the car.

How about Oil levels?
Well in my car i am regulating oil level at half to 3/4 of the deep stick sometime slightly full, less oil would help the engine run fine putting a lot of oil can harm the engine oil seals and other components due to too much pressure.

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