Diesel Engine Oils, for Non-Turbine Power Plant Equipment
Characterization Tests for New Oils

Test Description

Method

Required Tests:

Color, ASTM Color Scale

ASTM D 1500

Fire Point, Cleveland Open Cup

ASTM D 92.b

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 40°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.a

Viscosity, Kinematic, at 100°C, cSt

ASTM D 445.b

Viscosity Index, Calculated From Kinematic Viscosity Tests at 40°C and 100°C

ASTM D 2270

Base Number by Potentiometric Titration

ASTM D 4739

Water Content by Karl Fischer Method, Lubricating Oils and Additives

ASTM D 6304

Additive Elements, Wear Metals, and Contaminants in Used Lubricating Oils and Determination of Selected Elements in Base Oils by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic - Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)

ASTM D 5185

 

Additional Optional Tests:

Wear Metals and Contaminants in Lubricating Oils by Rotating Disc Electrode Atomic Emission Spectrography, (RDE-AES)

ASTM D 6595

Water by Distillation, Petroleum Products

ASTM D 95

Acid Number, Color-Indicator Titration (TAN)

ASTM D 974.a

Base Number, Potentiometric Perchloric Acid Titration

ASTM D 2896

Infrared Spectrochemistry; Full Spectrum FT-IR

TOL 5047.a