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ELF and Signatech-Alpine Renew their Partnership in FIA World Endurance Championship Racing

ELF and Signatech-Alpine have renewed their partnership in FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) racing until the end of 2023. The Alpine ELF Endurance Team will compete to win in the top-tier Hypercar class category during the 2022 season's six races, including the 24 ...

26 January 2022

What “as a top-up”?

TotalEnergies advises what to do when there is a need to top up oil in an engine, and a driver does not know which product to choose or cannot just buy a proper one.

25 January 2022

Engine oils for cars fitted with LPG systems

Gas has slightly different properties to petrol. Is this why we need to use special oils for LPG engines?

26 November 2021

Klimek and Mikiciuk in a truck

Two new episodes of the popular Team TotalEnergies series are now available online. This time, Adam Klimek and Patryk Mikiciuk drive a truck. Everything looks different from the cabin. Other topics are also covered. Adam and Patryk focused on Rubia oils and lubricants, w...

18 November 2021

About 70 students in the room, full concentration and genuine willingness to participate in the classes. Many a teacher or lecturer could envy the atmosphere that prevailed in the first class of the Quartz Academy.

28 October 2021

Downsizing and the quality and frequency of engine oil changes

Downsizing of engines is a trend that has been widely implemented by vehicle manufacturers for many years. This is related, on the one hand, to the optimization of fuel consumption and the space under the hood, and on the other hand, to the need to meet increasingly stri...

15 October 2021

Engine oil in a modern timing drive system

Engine oil performs many functions today, not only within the drive unit. An example of this is cars equipped with an internal combustion engine with a timing chain drive. This system uses oil to feed the hydraulic tensioners. Overworked lubricant or improperly selected ...

28 September 2021

Would engine oil be suitable for lubricating the gearbox and vice versa?

One of the most important functions of lubricants found in cars is to reduce the friction that occurs, for example, in the engine or gearbox. Examples of such agents are, of course, engine and transmission oils. Since their basic function is the same, could we, for examp...

15 September 2021

Viscosity, density and pumpability of engine oil

In the case of engine oil, we can distinguish many of its parameters, for example viscosity and pumpability. Colloquially, we also talk about the "density" of oil, but it is not technically correct. What is the relationship between these concepts and how much do they act...

30 August 2021

Saving oil and fuel in trucks without harming the engine

For obvious reasons, trucks consume more fuel and oil than cars. Oil manufacturers strive to optimize this consumption and thus contribute to reducing operating costs and environmental impact. Thus, savings in heavy goods vehicles, as in passenger cars, result not only f...

29 July 2021