ASTM D5533-98e1

Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils in the Sequence IIIE, Spark-Ignition Engine (Withdrawn 2003)

SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers an engine test procedure for evaluating automotive engine oils for certain high-temperature performance characteristics, including oil thickening, sludge and varnish deposition, and oil consumption, as well as engine wear. Such oils include both single viscosity grade and multiviscosity grade oils which are used in both spark-ignition, gasoline-fueled engines, as well as in diesel engines.  Note 1-Companion test methods used to evaluate engine oil performance for specification requirements are discussed in SAE J304.
1.2 The values stated in either acceptable metric units or in other units shall be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other, without combining values in any way.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.  
1.4 This test method is arranged as follows:  Subject Section Introduction Scope 1 Referenced Documents 2 Terminology 3 Summary of Test Method 4 Significance and Use 5 Apparatus 6 Laboratory 6.1 Drawings 6.2 Specified Equipment 6.3 Test Engine 6.4 Engine Parts 6.4.1 Hold-Back Fixture 6.4.2 Engine Speed and Load Control 6.5 Engine Cooling System 6.6 Flushing Tank 6.7 Coolant Mixing Tank 6.8 Jacketed Rocker Cover, Intake Manifold Crossover, and Breather Tube Cooling Systems 6.9 External Oil-Cooling System 6.10 Fuel System 6.11 Carburetor Air Supply Humidity, Temperature, and Pressure 6.12 Temperature Measurement 6.13 Thermocouple Location 6.13.1 Air-to-Fuel Ratio Determination 6.14 Exhaust and Exhaust Back Pressure Systems 6.15 Blowby Flow Rate Measurement 6.16 Pressure Measurement and Pressure Sensor Location 6.17 Reagents and Materials 7. Test Fuel 7.1 Additive Concentrate for the Coolant 7.2 Coolant Preparation 7.3 Pre-Test Cleaning Materials 7.4 Post-Test Cleaning Materials 7.5 Sealing and Anti-seize Compounds 7.6 Hazards 8 Test Oil Sample Requirements 9 Preparation of Apparatus 10 Oil Heat Exchanger Cleaning 10.1 Jacketed Rocker Cover Cleaning 10.2 Breather Tube Cleaning 10.3 Cleaning of Special Stainless Steel Parts 10.4 Intake Manifold Cleaning 10.5 Precision Rocker Shaft Follower Cleaning 10.6 Cleaning of Engine Parts (other than the block and heads) 10.7 Engine Block Cleaning 10.8 Cylinder Head Cleaning 10.9 Engine Build-up Procedure 10.10 General Information 10.10.1 Special Parts 10.10.2 Hardware Information 10.10.3 Sealing Compound Applications 10.10.4 Fastener Torque Specifications and Torquing Procedures 10.10.5 Main Bearing Cap Bolts 10.10.5.1 Cylinder Head Bolts 10.10.5.2 Intake Manifold Bolts 10.10.5.3 Torques for Miscellaneous Bolts, Studs, and Nuts 10.10.5.4 Parts Replacement 10.10.6 Engine Block Preparation 10.10.7 Piston Fitting and Numbering 10.10.8 Piston Ring Fitting 10.10.9 Pre-Test Camshaft and Lifter Measurements 10.10.10 Camshaft Bearing Installation 10.10.11 Camshaft Preparation 10.10.12 Camshaft Installation 10.10.13 Installation of Camshaft Hold-Back Fixture 10.10.14 Camshaft Sprocket, Crankshaft Sprocket, and Chain 10.10.15 Camshaft Thrust Button 10.10.16 Main Bearings 10.10.17 Crankshaft 10.10.18 Main Bearing Cap Installation 10.10.19 Crankshaft End Play 10.10.20 Piston Pin Installation 10.10.21 Piston Installation 10.10.22 Harmonic Balancer 10.10.23 Connecting Rod Bearings 10.10.24 Engine Front Cover 10.10.25 Coolant Inlet Adapter 10.10.26 Timing Mark Accuracy 10.10.27 Oil Pump 10.10.28 Oil Dipstick Hole 10.10.29 Oil Pan 10.10.30 Cylinder Head Assembly 10.10.31 Adjustment of Valve Spring Loads 10.10.32 Cylinder Head Installation 10.10.33 Hydraulic Valve Lifters 10.10.34 Pushrods 10.10.35 Precision Rocker Shaft Assembly 10.10.36 Valve Train Loading 10.10.37 Intake Manifold 10.10....

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 24-Feb-1999
• Withdrawal Date: 17-Nov-2003
• ICS: 75.100 - Lubricants, industrial oils and related products
• Technical Committee: D02 - Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants
• Drafting Committee: D02.B0.01 - Passenger Car Engine Oils

Relations

• Referred By: ASTM D4485-22e1 - Standard Specification for Performance of Active API Service Category Engine Oils
• Effective Date: 25-Feb-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: D 5533 – 98 An American National Standard
Standard Test Method for
Evaluation of Automotive Engine Oils in the Sequence IIIE,
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Spark-Ignition Engine
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5533; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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e NOTE—Figure 15 was deleted and Figs. 14 and 17 were corrected editorially in March 1999.
INTRODUCTION
The test method described in this standard can be used by any properly equipped laboratory, without
the assistance of anyone not associated with that laboratory. However, the ASTM Test Monitoring
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Center (TMC) provides reference oils and an assessment of the test results obtained on those oils by
the laboratory (see Annex A1). By this means, the laboratory will know whether their use of the test
method gives results statistically similar to those obtained by other laboratories. Furthermore, various
agencies require that a laboratory utilize the TMC services in seeking qualification of oils against
specifications. For example, the U.S. Army imposes such a requirement, in connection with several
Army engine lubricating oil specifications.
Accordingly, this test method is written for use by laboratories which utilize the TMC services.
Laboratories which choose not to use those services may simply ignore those portions of the test
method which refer to the TMC.
This test method may be modified by means of Information Letters issued by the TMC. In addition,
the TMC may issue supplementary memoranda related to the test method (see Annex A1). Users of
this test method shall contact the ASTM Test Monitoring Center to obtain the most recent of these.
1. Scope in each system may not be exact equivalents; therefore, each
system must be used independently of the other, without
1.1 This test method covers an engine test procedure for
combining values in any way.
evaluating automotive engine oils for certain high-temperature
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
performance characteristics, including oil thickening, sludge
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
and varnish deposition, and oil consumption, as well as engine
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
wear. Such oils include both single viscosity grade and
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
multiviscosity grade oils which are used in both spark-ignition,
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bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
gasoline-fueled engines, as well as in diesel engines.
1.4 This test method is arranged as follows:
NOTE 1—Companion test methods used to evaluate engine oil perfor-
Subject Section
mance for specification requirements are discussed in SAE J304.
Introduction
Scope 1
1.2 The values stated in either acceptable SI units or in other
Referenced Documents 2
units shall be regarded separately as standard. The values stated
Terminology 3
Summary of Test Method 4
Significance and Use 5
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-2 on
Apparatus 6
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Laboratory 6.1
D02.B0.01 on Passenger Car Engine Oils.
Drawings 6.2
The multi-cylinder engine test sequences were originally developed in 1956 by Specified Equipment 6.3
an ASTM Committee D-2 group. Subsequently, the procedures were published in an Test Engine 6.4
Engine Parts 6.4.1
ASTM special technical publication. The Sequence IIIE method was published as
Hold-Back Fixture 6.4.2
Research Report RR:D02-1225, dated April 1, 1988.
Engine Speed and Load Control 6.5
Current edition approved Dec. 10, 1998. Published February 1999. Originally
Engine Cooling System 6.6
published as D 5533 – 97a. Last previous edition D 5533 – 96.
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Flushing Tank 6.7
ASTM Test Monitoring Center, 6555 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4489.
Coolant Mixing Tank 6.8
For other information, refer to Research Report RR:D02-1225 Multicylinder Test
Jacketed Rocker Cover, Intake Manifold Crossover, and
Sequences for Evaluating Automotive Engine Oils—Part 2 Sequence IIIE. This
Breather Tube Cooling Systems 6.9
research report and this test method are supplemented by Information Letters and
External Oil-Cooling System 6.10
memoranda issued by the ASTM Test Monitoring Center. This edition incorporates
Fuel System 6.11
revisions in all information letters through No. 98–1.
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