1、Designation: D6984 17aStandard Test Method forEvaluation of Automotive Engine Oils in the Sequence IIIF,Spark-Ignition Engine1This standard is issued under the fixed designation D6984; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision
2、, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. Asuperscript epsilon () indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.INTRODUCTIONPortions of this test method are written for use by laboratories that make use of ASTM TestMonitoring Ce
3、nter (TMC)2services (see Annex A1 Annex A4).The TMC provides reference oils, and engineering and statistical services to laboratories that desireto produce test results that are statistically similar to those produced by laboratories previouslycalibrated by the TMC.In general, the Test Purchaser dec
4、ides if a calibrated test stand is to be used. Organizations such astheAmerican Chemistry Council require that a laboratory utilize the TMC services as part of their testregistration process. In addition, the American Petroleum Institute and the Gear Lubricant ReviewCommittee of the Lubricant Review
5、 Institute (SAE International) require that a laboratory use theTMC services in seeking qualification of oils against their specifications.The advantage of using the TMC services to calibrate test stands is that the test laboratory (andhence the Test Purchaser) has an assurance that the test stand w
6、as operating at the proper level of testseverity. It should also be borne in mind that results obtained in a non-calibrated test stand may notbe the same as those obtained in a test stand participating in the ASTM TMC services process.Laboratories that choose not to use the TMC services may simply d
7、isregard these portions.1. Scope*1.1 This test method covers an engine test procedure forevaluating automotive engine oils for certain high-temperatureperformance characteristics, including oil thickening, varnishdeposition, oil consumption, as well as engine wear. Such oilsinclude both single visco
8、sity grade and multiviscosity gradeoils that are used in both spark-ignition, gasoline-fueledengines, as well as in diesel engines.NOTE 1Companion test methods used to evaluate engine oil perfor-mance for specification requirements are discussed in SAE J304.1.2 The values stated in SI units are to b
9、e regarded asstandard. No other units of measurement are included in thisstandard.1.2.1 ExceptionsThe values stated in inches for ring gapmeasurements are to be regarded as standard, and where thereis no direct SI equivalent such as screw threads, National PipeThreads/diameters, tubing size, or sing
10、le source supply equip-ment specifications.1.3 This test method is arranged as follows:Subject SectionScope 1Referenced Documents 2Terminology 3Summary of Test Method 4Significance and Use 5Apparatus 6Laboratory 6.1Drawings 6.2Specified Equipment 6.3Test Engine 6.4Engine Parts 6.4.1Engine Speed and
11、Torque Control 6.5Sequence IIIF Fluid Conditioning Module 6.6Engine Cooling System 6.6.1Flushing Tank 6.7Coolant Mixing Tank 6.8Condenser Cooling Systems 6.9Engine Oil-Cooling System 6.10Fuel System 6.11Induction Air Supply Humidity, Temperature, and Pressure 6.12Temperature Measurement 6.13Thermoco
12、uple Location 6.13.1Air-to-Fuel Ratio Determination 6.141This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D02 onPetroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants and is the direct responsibility ofSubcommittee D02.B0.01 on Passenger Car Engine Oils.Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2017. P
13、ublished October 2017. Originallyapproved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2017 as D6984 17. DOI:10.1520/D6984-17A.2Until the next revision of this test method, the ASTM Test Monitoring Centerwill update changes in the test method by means of information letters. Informationletters may be
14、obtained from theASTM Test Monitoring Center, 6555 PennAvenue,Pittsburgh, PA 15206-4489. Attention: Administrator. www.astmtmc.cmu.edu. Thisedition incorporates revisions contained in all information letters through 17-2.*A Summary of Changes section appears at the end of this standardCopyright ASTM
15、 International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United StatesThis international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Stand
16、ards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.1Subject SectionInjector Flow Testing 6.14.1Exhaust and Exhaust Back Pressure Systems 6.15Blowby Flow Rate Measurement 6.16Pressure Measurement and Pressure Sensor Location 6.17Reagent
17、s and Materials 7Test Fuel 7.1Engine and Condenser Coolant 7.2Coolant Additive 7.3Coolant Preparation 7.4Pre-Test Cleaning Materials 7.5Sealing and Anti-seize Compounds 7.6Test Oil Sample Requirements 8Preparation of Apparatus 9Condenser Cleaning 9.1Intake Manifold Cleaning 9.3Cleaning of Engine Par
18、ts (other than the block and heads)9.4Engine Block Cleaning 9.5Cylinder Head Cleaning 9.6Engine Build-up Procedure 9.7General Information 9.7.1Special Parts 9.7.2Hardware Information 9.7.3Fastener Torque Specifications and TorquingProcedures9.7.4Parts Replacement 9.8Engine Block Preparation 9.9Pisto
19、n Fitting and Numbering 9.10Piston Ring Fitting 9.10.1Pre-Test Camshaft and Lifter Measurements 9.11Camshaft Bearing Installation 9.12Camshaft Installation 9.13Main Bearings 9.14Crankshaft Installation 9.14.1Main Bearing Cap Installation 9.14.2Crankshaft Sprocket 9.15Camshaft Sprocket and Timing Cha
20、in 9.16Crankshaft End Play 9.17Piston Pin Installation 9.18Piston Installation 9.18.1Harmonic Balancer 9.19Connecting Rod Bearings 9.20Engine Front Cover 9.21Coolant Inlet Adapter 9.22Oil Dipstick Hole 9.23Oil Pan 9.24Cylinder Head Assembly 9.25Adjustment of Valve Spring Forces 9.26Cylinder Head Ins
21、tallation 9.27Hydraulic Valve Lifters 9.28Pushrods 9.29Valve Train Loading 9.30Intake Manifold 9.31Rocker Covers 9.32Water Inlet Adapter 9.33Condenser 9.34Coolant Outlet Adapter 9.35External Oil Cooling System 9.36Oil Sample Valve 9.37Ignition System 9.38Throttle Body 9.39Accessory Drive Units 9.40E
22、xhaust Manifolds, Water-Cooled 9.41Engine Flywheel 9.42Pressure Checking of Engine Coolant System 9.43Lifting of Assembled Engines 9.44Mounting the Engine on the Test Stand 9.45External Cooling System Cleaning 9.46Engine Coolant Jacket Cleaning (Flushing) 9.47Coolant Charging 9.48Test Oil Charging 9
23、.49Engine Oil Pump Priming 9.50Calibration 10Laboratory and Engine Test Stand Calibration 10.1Testing of Reference Oils 10.2Reference Oil Test Frequency 10.3Evaluation of Reference Oil Test Results 10.4Subject SectionStatus of Non-Reference Oil Tests Relative to ReferenceOil Test10.5Status of Test S
24、tands Used for Non-Standard Tests 10.6Data Acquisition and Control 10.7Sample Rate 10.7.1Measurement Accuracy 10.7.2Temperature 10.7.3Pressure 10.7.4Flow 10.7.5Speed 10.7.6Mass 10.7.7Measurement Resolution 10.7.8System Time Response 10.7.9Quality Index 10.7.10Engine Operating Procedure 11Dipstick an
25、d Hole Plug 11.1Dipstick Hole O-ring 11.2Engine Start-up and Shutdown Procedures 11.3Start-up 11.4Scheduled Shutdown 11.5Non-Scheduled Shutdowns 11.6Oil Sampling 11.7Oil Leveling 11.8Air-to-Fuel-Ratio Measurement and Control 11.9Air-to-Fuel Ratio Verification 11.10Blowby Flow Rate Measurement 11.11N
26、OxDeterminations 11.12Data Recording 11.13Initial Run (10 min) 11.14Engine Oil Quality Testing (80 h) 11.15Test Termination 11.16Determination of Test Results 12Engine Disassembly 12.2Preparation of Parts for Rating of Sticking, Deposits,and Plugging12.3Piston Deposit Ratings 12.4Post-Test Camshaft
27、and Lifter Wear Measurements 12.5End-of Test Used Oil Sample Testing 12.6Viscosity Test 12.7Testing Oil Samples for Wear Metals 12.8Blowby Flow Rate Measurements 12.9Oil Consumption Computation 12.10Photographs of Test Parts 12.11Retention of Representative Test Parts 12.12Severity Adjustments 12.13
28、Determination of Operational Validity 12.14Report 13Report Forms 13.1Precision of Reported Units 13.4Deviations from Test Operational Limits 13.3Precision and Bias 14Keywords 15AnnexesASTM Test Monitoring Center Organization Annex A1ASTM Test Monitoring Center Calibration Procedures Annex A2ASTM Tes
29、t Monitoring Center Maintenance Activities Annex A3ASTM Test Monitoring Center Related Information Annex A4Sequence IIIF Test Parts Replacement Guidelines Annex A5Sequence IIIF Determination Volume of Engine Oil in Pan Annex A6Sequence IIIF Test Fuel Analysis Annex A7Sequence IIIF Test Report Forms
30、and Data Dictionary Annex A8Sequence IIIF Test Air-to-Fuel Ratio Control Flow Chart Annex A9Sequence IIIF Test Set Points and Control States Annex A10Sequence IIIF Quality Index Upper and Lower Values Annex A11Sequence IIIF Engine Oil Level Worksheet Annex A12Engine Build Worksheets Annex A13Blowby
31、Flow Rate Determination Annex A14Safety Precautions Annex A15Sequence IIIF Blueprint Listing Annex A16Fluid Conditioning Module Components Annex A17Engine Oil Cooling System Configuration Annex A18Guidelines For Hardware Subject To First-In/First-OutCriteriaAnnex A19AppendixesSequence IIIFHD Test Pr
32、ocedure Appendix X1Sequence IIIFVIS Test Procedure Appendix X2D6984 17a21.4 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety, health, and environmental practices
33、 and deter-mine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-ization established in the Decision on Principles for theDevelopment of International Standards, Guides and Rec
34、om-mendations issued by the World Trade Organization TechnicalBarriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.2. Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:3D86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products andLiquid Fuels at Atmospheric PressureD130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petro-leum Produc
35、ts by Copper Strip TestD235 Specification for Mineral Spirits (Petroleum Spirits)(Hydrocarbon Dry Cleaning Solvent)D240 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hy-drocarbon Fuels by Bomb CalorimeterD323 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products(Reid Method)D381 Test Method for Gum Co
36、ntent in Fuels by Jet Evapo-rationD445 Test Method for Kinematic Viscosity of Transparentand Opaque Liquids (and Calculation of Dynamic Viscos-ity)D525 Test Method for Oxidation Stability of Gasoline (In-duction Period Method)D1319 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petro-leum Products by F
37、luorescent Indicator AdsorptionD2699 Test Method for Research Octane Number of Spark-Ignition Engine FuelD2700 Test Method for Motor Octane Number of Spark-Ignition Engine FuelD3231 Test Method for Phosphorus in GasolineD3237 Test Method for Lead in Gasoline byAtomicAbsorp-tion SpectroscopyD3338 Tes
38、t Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combus-tion of Aviation FuelsD3343 Test Method for Estimation of Hydrogen Content ofAviation FuelsD4052 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and APIGravity of Liquids by Digital Density MeterD4175 Terminology Relating to Petroleum Products, LiquidFuels, a
39、nd LubricantsD4485 Specification for Performance of Active API ServiceCategory Engine OilsD4684 Test Method for Determination of Yield Stress andApparent Viscosity of Engine Oils at Low TemperatureD4815 Test Method for Determination of MTBE, ETBE,TAME, DIPE, tertiary-Amyl Alcohol and C1to C4Alco-hol
40、s in Gasoline by Gas ChromatographyD5185 Test Method for Multielement Determination ofUsed and Unused Lubricating Oils and Base Oils byInductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrom-etry (ICP-AES)D5191 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Prod-ucts (Mini Method)D5293 Test Method for Appa
41、rent Viscosity of Engine Oilsand Base Stocks Between 10 C and 35 C UsingCold-Cranking SimulatorD5452 Test Method for Particulate Contamination in Avia-tion Fuels by Laboratory FiltrationD5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur inLight Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, DieselEngine
42、 Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet FluorescenceD5862 Test Method for Evaluation of Engine Oils in Two-Stroke Cycle Turbo-Supercharged 6V92TA Diesel Engine(Withdrawn 2009)4D6557 Test Method for Evaluation of Rust Preventive Char-acteristics of Automotive Engine OilsD6593 Test Method for Evaluation
43、of Automotive EngineOils for Inhibition of Deposit Formation in a Spark-Ignition Internal Combustion Engine Fueled with Gaso-line and Operated Under Low-Temperature, Light-DutyConditionsD6750 Test Methods for Evaluation of Engine Oils in aHigh-Speed, Single-Cylinder Diesel Engine1K Proce-dure (0.4 %
44、 Fuel Sulfur) and 1N Procedure (0.04 % FuelSulfur)D7320 Test Method for Evaluation of Automotive EngineOils in the Sequence IIIG, Spark-Ignition EngineD7422 Test Method for Evaluation of Diesel Engine Oils inT-12 Exhaust Gas Recirculation Diesel EngineE29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Tes
45、t Data toDetermine Conformance with SpecificationsE191 Specification forApparatus For Microdetermination ofCarbon and Hydrogen in Organic and Organo-MetallicCompoundsE608/E608M Specification for Mineral-Insulated, Metal-Sheathed Base Metal ThermocouplesE1119 Specification for Industrial Grade Ethyle
46、ne GlycolG40 Terminology Relating to Wear and ErosionIEEE/ASTM SI-10 Standard for Use of the InternationalSystem of Units (SI): The Modern Metric System2.2 Military Specification:5MIL-PRF-2104 Lubricating Oil, Internal CombustionEngine, Tactical Service2.3 SAE Standards:6J183 Engine Oil Performance
47、and Engine Service Classifi-cation (Other Than “Energy-Conserving”)J300 Engine Oil Viscosity Classification *HS-23/00*3For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org. For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information, refer t
48、o the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.4The last approved version of this historical standard is referenced onwww.astm.org.5Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk, DODSSP, Bldg. 4,Section D, 700 Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5098.6Available from SAE Internationa
49、l (SAE), 400 Commonwealth Dr., Warrendale,PA 15096, http:/www.sae.org. These standards are not available separately. Ordereither SAE Handbook Vol. 3, or SAE Fuels and Lubricants Standards ManualHS-23.D6984 17a3J304 Engine Oil Tests2.4 Other ASTM Document:7ASTM Deposit Rating Manual 20 (Formerly CRC Manual20)3. Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 blowby, nin internal combustion engines, that por-tion of the combustion products and unburned air/fuel mixturethat leaks past piston rings into the engine crankcase duringoperation.3.1.2 BTDC (before top dead center), nus
