Engine Oils and Automotive Lubrication

By Wilfried J. Bartz

Discusses all the major aspects of automotive and engine lubrication - presenting state-of-the-art advances in the field from both research and industrial perspectives. This book should be of interest to mechanical, lubrication and automotive engineers, automotive and machinery designers as well as undergraduate and graduate students in these fields.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824788079
• ISBN13: 9780824788070
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 832 Pages
• Weight: 2.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Slippery Slopes!

At first I balked at paying almost $300 for a book about motor oil- but after several costly engine explosions I decided it was time to give it a try! One of the underlying rudiments (though never explicitly spelled out) of this text could be summed up as - "motor oil, you should pick one for your engine". After failing with old gasoline, bits of glass, sand, sugar, and baby formula this book was really a breathe of fresh air (which also doesn't work). What they don't tell you is that if you seal the "underport" of your engine to retain this "oil", your engine has a higher probability of not melding into one hot mass of steal. Perhaps this books is a bit advanced for most readers but being an eccentric billionaire with paid legal help, this book was well worth the money. Also, my handlers are glad to see me "destroying fewer of mankind's great technological wonders". My only caveat for this book lies in its round-about jargonease talk about other uses for industrially refined petroleum lubricants. Once I had glossed this tome over and handed it to my lawyers to explain to me, I started experimenting. From a new "grease rink" for afternoon skating to the delicious application of "digestive lubricants" it's clear to me that this book only brushes the surface of this vast and syrupy subject. Nevertheless, my lawyers tell me they quite enjoyed it and I never enjoyed such speed when visiting the bathroom! A+ Thanks!