Cars can not get away with the name of oil as a lubricant. In a car, the oil customized and developed according to function. Oil today is divided into several types. In the car until there are five kinds of oil.
There are 5 types of oil on a car that should be known and become routine for the check, in order to know when the replacement with new oil. Five kinds of oil covers, engine oil, transmission oil, axle oil, brake oil and power steering oil.
If until late during oil changes, could result in damage to the car. Including errors include the type of oil that is not right on the device.
Engine oil is divided into three types of oil, which is mineral oil, semi-synthetic and full synthetic. Mineral oil is an oil made from petroleum (oil based).
As for the semi-synthetic oil is an oil made from a combination of mineral oil and synthetic. Then the full synthetic oil made from pure synthetic oil developed for the use of more durable engine.
In the condensed size of the engine oil has been set by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers). For tropical regions using 15W-30 and 20W-50.
For quality or qualities symbolized by the API (American Petroleum Institute), marked with a capital letter. For the type of gasoline cars generally use the letter S (service / spark) and diesel use the letter C (comercial).
Changing the engine oil is generally measured through per kilometer mileage car. Mineral oil can be used a maximum of up to 7000 miles and synthetic oil can be used up to 10,000 miles, but you should change the oil that has been specified by the manufacturer or ATPM. In general 5000 km, to make the machine stays in good condition.
So prepare to change the oil on a regular schedule before the engine is damaged engine components, how to record the initial kilometer when using the new oil.
Oil is also used in the transmission of the vehicle, known there are two types of transmission oil the manual and automatic transmissions, the use of oil was not the same. Manual transmission oil can be used up to 10,000 km, the state of the roads are not jammed or every six months.
While the special oil automatic, it should be replaced every multiple of 20,000 km.
Axle oil changes are generally done in conjunction with transmission oil. Namely each achieve mileage every 20,000 km, to the value of viscosity lubricants as recommended by the vehicle manufacturer.
Brake oil as engine oil, brake fluid also had grade expressed in units of DOT (Department Of Transportation). DOT is the value of the boiling point of the brake fluid to reduce heat caused by braking, the lower the ability to reduce the heat of the DOT number is also small.
Generally DOT 3 for a daily vehicle, while such higher DOT DOT 5 is used for racing. In the market there are DOT 3, DOT 4 and DOT 5.
Oil is used as the power steering pump hydraulic vehicle users, easing the steering wheel controls.
Future replacement power steering oil is roughly equal to the replacement of brake fluid. Usually done every 25,000 km or about two years.
