ASTM D5598-01
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Evaluating Unleaded Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel for Electronic Port Fuel Injector Fouling
Standard Test Method for Evaluating Unleaded Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel for Electronic Port Fuel Injector Fouling
SCOPE
1.1 This test method covers a vehicle test procedure to evaluate the tendency of an unleaded spark-ignition engine fuel to foul electronic port fuel injectors (PFI).
1.2 The test method is applicable to unleaded spark-ignition engine fuels which may contain antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, metal deactivators, dyes, deposit control additives, and oxygenates.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values in parentheses are provided for information only.
1.4 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. Specific precautionary statements are given throughout this test method.
Note 1—If there is any doubt as to the latest edition of Test Method D5598, contact ASTM Headquarters. Other properties of significance to spark-ignition engine fuel are described in Specification D4814.
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An American National Standard
Designation:D5598–01
Standard Test Method for
Evaluating Unleaded Automotive Spark-Ignition Engine Fuel
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for Electronic Port Fuel Injector Fouling
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5598; 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 (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
This test method is based on a test procedure developed by the Coordinating Research Council
(CRC) and maintains as much commonality as possible with the original test. A similar test method
is described in the California Air Resource Board (CARB) report, “Test Method for Evaluating Port
Fuel Injector Deposits in Vehicle Engines.”
Driveability problems in PFI automobiles were first reported in 1984. These driveability problems
were caused by deposits in the tips of pintle-type fuel injectors. In response to this problem, the CRC
developed a program to evaluate a method of testing PFI deposit-forming tendencies in gasolines. -h
test cycle consisting of 15 min of operation at 88 kph (55 mph) followed by a 45-min soak period was
used for the program. This test cycle showed statistically significant differences in deposit-forming
tendencies of the test fuels on the vehicles’ fuel injectors. The results of the CRC program are
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discussed in CRC Report No. 565, and SAE Paper 890213.
1. Scope priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precau-
1.1 This test method covers a vehicle test procedure to
tionary statements are given throughout this test method.
evaluatethetendencyofanunleadedspark-ignitionenginefuel
to foul electronic port fuel injectors (PFI).
NOTE 1—If there is any doubt as to the latest edition of Test Method
1.2 The test method is applicable to unleaded spark-ignition D 5598, contact ASTM Headquarters. Other properties of significance to
spark-ignition engine fuel are described in Specification D 4814.
engine fuels which may contain antioxidants, corrosion inhibi-
tors, metal deactivators, dyes, deposit control additives, and
2. Referenced Documents
oxygenates.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the
D 235 Specification for Mineral Spirits (Petroleum Spirits)
standard. The values in parentheses are provided for informa-
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(Hydrocarbon Dry Cleaning Solvent)
tion only.
D 4814 SpecificationforAutomotiveSpark-IgnitionEngine
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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Fuel
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
2.2 ANSI Standard:
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
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MC 96.1 Temperature Measurement Thermocouples
2.3 Other Standards:
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This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 on “Test Method for Evaluating Port Fuel Injector (PFI)
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
Deposits In Vehicle Engines,” State of California—Air
D02.A on Gasoline and Oxygenated Fuels.
Resources Board (CARB), Stationary Source Div., March
Current edition approved Aug. 10, 2001. Published September 2001. Originally
published as D 5598 – 94. Last previous edition D 5598 – 95a. 1, 1991 (incorporated by reference in California Code of
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CRC Report No. 565 “A Program to Evaluate a Vehicle Test Method for Port
Regulations, Title 13, Section 2257).
Fuel Injector Deposit-Forming Tendencies of Unleaded Base Gasolines,” February
1989. Available from Coordinating Research Council, Inc., 219 Perimeter Ctr.
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Pkwy., Atlanta, GA 30346. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 06.04.
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Tupa, Taniguchi, Benson, “A Vehicle Test Technique for Studying Port Fuel Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.02.
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Injector Deposits—A Coordinating Research Council Program,” Society of Auto- Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
motive Engineers (SAE)Technical Paper Series: Paper No. 890213, 1989,Available Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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from Society of Automotive Engineers International, 400 Commonwealth Dr., Available from California Air Resources Board, P.O. Box 2815, Sacramento,
Warrendale, PA 15096. CA 95812.
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D5598–01
Title 1—Provisions for Attainment and Maintenance of 4.3 The vehicle is operated on a cycle consisting of 15 min
National Air Quality Standards, Clean Air Act Amend- at a speed of 88 kph (55 mph) and an engine soak time of 45
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ments of 1990 Public Law 101-549, Nov. 15, 1990. min. This cycle is re
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