Fuel Deposit Control Additive Testing Services

Vehicle and engine dynamometer fuel deposit control additive testing, on vehicle and engine configurations, for automotive OEM and fuel clients.

Intertek has years of experience with test build-up, test-procedures, and end-of-test inspections in vehicle-based and engine dynamometer-based fuel testing, as specified in the ASTM D 5500 (BMW) intake valve deposit test procedure and the ASTM D 6201 (Ford 2.3L) engine dynamometer test procedure. Personnel are very familiar with customizing driving cycles and engine dynamometer test cycles to suit customer requirements.  Intertek's fuelling infrastructure can support a variety of fuel quantities and blends including small cocktail blends to large batch blends.

Fuel Deposit Control Additive Test Programs:  

• Intake valve deposit (IVD) mass evaluations
• Combustion chamber deposit (CCD) mass and thickness evaluations
• Dirty-up, clean-up and keep-clean evaluations
• Port fuel injection (PFI) evaluations
• Octane requirement evaluations
• Fuel properties and characteristics to ASTM and other specifications