ENGINE OIL - 6 Vital Lessons to Learn

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he overall work of your engine oil is to provide lubrication (smooth surface) for your engine parts to work without rubbing on one another. In playing this role, your MOTOR ENGINE OIL works like the BLOOD just as the ENGINE works like your HEART.

Thus, the engine oil plays the following roles:

It offers lubrication to engine parts. This reduces friction.

YES, ENGINE OIL FIGHTS FRICTION!

Friction

1.     Causes wear and tear of the engine parts. Friction results when the parts of the engine move and rub against one another.

 

2.     Wastes the energy generated by the engine by converting part of the energy to heat. Hence, friction reduces the efficiency of the engine.

 

3.     Produces heat which increases the temperature of the engine which would weaken the strength the engine parts.

 

Besides lubrication

4.     Engine oil helps to cool the engine by distributing the temperature from points of generation to other parts of the engine.

 

5.     Engine oil helps to clean the engine of the carbon deposits generated in the engine as the fuel burns to generate energy. This is a no mean role as these carbon deposits block tiny spaces required in-between the engine parts.