ASTM D4682-87(1996)
(Specification)Standard Specification for Miscibility with Gasoline and Fluidity of Two-Stroke-Cycle Gasoline Engine Lubricants
Standard Specification for Miscibility with Gasoline and Fluidity of Two-Stroke-Cycle Gasoline Engine Lubricants
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1.1 This specification describes four categories of lubricants intended for use in two-stroke-cycle spark-ignition gasoline engines based on their miscibility with gasoline and their low-temperature fluidity.
1.2 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the test methods described in this specification. 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.
1.3 The values for temperature, pressure, etc. stated in SI units are the standard.
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Designation: D 4682 – 87 (Reapproved 1996) An American National Standard
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Standard Specification for
Miscibility with Gasoline and Fluidity of Two-Stroke-Cycle
Gasoline Engine Lubricants
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 4682; 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.
1. Scope lubricant introduced into the apparatus as separate phases to
produce a single-phase mixture by agitation under controlled
1.1 This specification describes four categories of lubricants
conditions.
intended for use in two-stroke-cycle spark-ignition gasoline
engines based on their miscibility with gasoline and their
4. Classification
low-temperature fluidity.
4.1 The candidate oils are classified into Categories 1
1.2 The following safety hazards caveat pertains only to the
through 4 according to the temperature at which the tests are
test methods described in this specification. This standard does
conducted; respectively, 0°C (32°F), −10°C (14°F), −25°C
not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any,
(−13°F), and −40°C (−40°F). Each category has its own
associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this
reference oil, which is the same for both the miscibility and
standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices
fluidity tests.
and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior
to use.
5. Qualification Requirements
1.3 The values for temperature, pressure, and so forth stated
5.1 Miscibility—When tested in accordance with Section 6,
in SI units are the standard.
candidate oils that mix with the gasoline in not more than 110
2. Referenced Documents
% of the number of inversions of the apparatus required to mix
the reference oil, and that do not separate on standing, qualify
2.1 ASTM Standards:
as miscible.
D 97 Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Products
5.2 Fluidity—When tested in accordance with Section 7,
D 439 Specification for Automotive Gasoline
candidate oils meet the requirements for fluidity if their
D 445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparent
viscosity is not more than 10 % higher than that of the
and Opaque Liquids (and the Calculation of Dynamic
reference oil.
Viscosity)
D 874 Test Method for Sulfated Ash from Lubricating Oils
TEST METHODS
and Additives
D 2983 Test Method for Low-Temperature Viscosity of
6. Miscibility Test Method
Automotive Fluid Lubricants Measured by Brookfield
4 6.1 Summary of Test Method:
Viscometer
6.1.1 The candidate oil and gasoline are placed as separate
3. Terminology phases in a stoppered-glass cylinder and mixed by end-over-
end rotation of the cylinder under controlled conditions at the
3.1 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
temperature appropriate to the category of the oil.
3.1.1 fluidity—of two-stroke-cycle gasoline engine lubri-
cants, following industry practice, this term is used to desig-
NOTE 1—This procedure specifies that the lubricant be mixed with
nate the absolute viscosity in millipascal·seconds (centipoises)
gasoline. Some fuels in current use are partially or predominately
composed of oxygenated compounds such as alcohols, and some lubri-
of the lubricant under test. In general usage, fluidity is the
cants that mix readily with gasoline may not mix with such fuels. A variant
reciprocal of absolute viscosity.
procedure can be run to determine the ability of a lubricant to mix
3.1.2 miscibility—of two-stroke-cycle gasoline engine lubri-
satisfactorily with a fuel consisting partially or wholly of oxygenates. In
cants, an inverse function of the time required for a fuel and
this case, the miscibility test must be run using the candidate oil in the
oxygenate or oxygenate-containing fuel against the reference oil in
gasoline.
This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-2 on
6.2 Significance and Use:
Petroleum Products and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
D02.B on Automotive Lubricants.
6.2.1 The lubricants used in two-stroke-cycle gasoline en-
Current edition approved May 15, 1987. Published November 1987.
gines normally reach the surfaces to be lubricated as a mixture
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01.
with the fuel. This mixture can either be prepared in advance,
Discontinued; see 1990 Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.01.
Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 05.02. usually in the engine fuel tank, or can be produced by the
D 4682
metered injection of oil into the fuel stream at some point 6.4.2 Any full-boiling-range gasoline meeting the general
before its entry into the engine crankcase. In either case, the requirements of Specification D 439 volatility Classes A, B, or
fuel and lubricant shall be readily miscible, and if the lubricant C can be used. When this procedure is run in conjunction with
is metered into the fuel stream, it must be readily pumpable. As an engine performance test, it is the normal practice to use the
it cannot be known in advance whether a given lubricant will gasoline specified for the performance test. Oxygenate blends
be mixed with the fuel in advance or be injected into the fuel and other fuels containing nonhydrocarbon blending compo-
stream by a metering pump, both miscibility and fluidity shall nents shall not be used.
be determined. 6.5 Calibration and Standardization:
6.2.2 The temperature at which the miscibility and fluidity
6.5.1 As a reference oil is tested simultaneously with each
of an oil is determined does not necessarily reflect the expected
set of candidate oils, no other standardization procedure is
temperature of use. For example, outboard motor manufactur-
required.
ers normally require the use of oils of Category 3, which are
6.6 Procedure:
tested at −25°C (−13°F), even though outboards are rarely used
6.6.1 Approximately 25 mL of the oil to be tested and 450
at such temperatures. The reason is that Category 3 oils are
mL of gasoline shall be available for each sample to be run,
readily pumpable and will mix quite rapidly with gasoline at
including the reference oil.
temperatures above about 5°C (40°F) with little or no agitation.
6.6.2 Pour 19 to 21 mL each of the reference oil and of the
This is an important consideration for boats with outboard
candidate oil(s) into separate 500-mL mixing cylinders and
motors using a fuel-oil mix that is made up in large built-in
insert their stoppers.
tanks which cannot readily be stirred or shaken.
6.6.3 It is preferred, but not mandatory, to purge the
6.3 Apparatus:
cylinders with nitrogen before inserting the stoppers.
6.3.1 Rotator—This consists of three or four standard ap-
6.6.4 Prepare one 395- to 405-mL sample of gasoline in a
paratus clamps to carry the cylinders specified in 6.3.2
stoppered flask for each oil sample to be tested, including the
mounted on a horizontal shaft of about 12- to 14-mm (0.4- to
reference oil.
0.6-in.) diameter and about 300 mm (12 in). long mounted
6.6.5 Place the cylinders and the gasoline samples with the
between antifriction bearings, driven by an electric motor, and
rotator into a freezer at the required test temperature for a
provided with a revolution counter. The shaft is rotated at about
minimum of 16 h. The cylinders may be attached to the rotator
10 to 14 r/min so that the cylinders are continuously being
or may be stored separately in the freezer at this time.
inverted as the shaft rotates. A maximum of three candidate oils
6.6.6 At the end of the soak period (if this has not already
can be run against one reference oil. While it would be possible
been done), mount the mixing cylinders onto the rotator at
to design apparatus to handle a greater number of samples, four
about 30° to the vertical, clamping them at about the 350-mL
appears to be a practical limit for ease of operation. In Fig. 1
mark.
a photograph of a suitable rotator is shown.
6.6.7 Remove the stopper and empty one of the gasoline
6.3.2 Four (or Fewer) Graduated Cylinders, 500 mL, ca-
samples into each cylinder in turn, pouring ca
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