Transportation Specialist Series: Commercial
Facilitated 8 week online commercial transportation lubrication program
Prerequisite - Successful completion of Lubrication: Chemistry is highly recommended.
In about 2 hours a week. All online. No required meetings. No travel. Transportation program participants gain confidence to discuss transportation equipment and lubrication. Participants learn to: Explain critical aspects of transportation lubrication; Discuss and diagnose equipment lubrication problems with customers.
Curriculum & Topics
- The impact of EPA 2007 legislation for on-road, heavy duty diesel vehicle designs
- The impact of changing vehicle designs on oil formulations
- The benefits of API CJ-4 lubricants
or Euro 4 Impact on Specifications/Performance
- Impact of Euro 4 emissions legislation on heavy and light duty vehicle designs
- How vehicle design changes impact oil formulations
- Benefits of Euro 4 lubricants
- New engine designs
- Oil requirements for new diesel engine designs
or Extended Oil Drain Intervals for Heavy Duty Diesel
- Identifying customer needs through fleet surveys
- How vehicle manufacturers determine oil drain intervals for heavy-duty diesel engines
- Manufacturer approvals and heavy-duty diesel engine oil specifications
- The benefits of Super High Performance Diesel oil
- Off-road diesel engines
- Off-road diesel engine requirements
- Benefits of oil analysis
Attributes of Diesel Engine Oil
- High & low ash oil-what's the difference?
- TBN's impact on diesel oil performance
- Benefits of oil analysis
Heavy Duty Manual Transmissions
- Potential causes of failure
- Lubricants used in manual transmissions
- Manual transmission design changes and their impact on lubrication requirements
- Manual transmission fluid and its affect on transmission performance
- Understanding an oil analysis report
- Significance of abnormal readings for various chemical elements
