Oil Analysis and Condition Monitoring
Take a representative sample, understand the tests and read a laboratory report with confidence.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 16 hours
- Format
- Online
- Lessons
- 5
About this programme
Used oil carries a record of what is happening inside the machine. This programme covers sampling, the standard tests, and how to interpret trends in wear metals, contamination and oil condition.
What you will be able to do
- Take a sample that represents the oil in service
- Explain what viscosity, TBN, TAN and elemental analysis show
- Tell wear metals, contaminants and additive elements apart
- Decide when to change the oil, investigate or act
Lessons
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Taking a representative sample
Where, when and how to sample so that results can be compared.
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Oil condition: viscosity, TBN, TAN and oxidation
How the oil itself ages and how that is measured.
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Wear metals and elemental analysis
Linking iron, copper, lead, aluminium and chromium to components.
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Contamination: fuel, coolant, soot and water
The four contaminants that shorten oil life most.
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Reading a report and deciding what to do
From numbers to a maintenance decision.
Who it is for
- Fleet and maintenance engineers
- Laboratory technicians
- Lubricant technical-service staff
Other programmes
- UTR-101 Fundamentals of Lubrication and Tribology Friction, wear, viscosity and base oils: the ground every lubricant professional stands on.
- UTR-150 Certified Product Advisor For workshop and sales staff: match the right additive to the problem and explain it honestly.
- UTR-201 Engine-Oil Additive Chemistry How each additive family works at the metal surface and in the bulk oil, and how they interact.