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Transportation Specialist Series: Commercial

Facilitated 8 week online commercial transportation lubrication program.
Time commitment: about 2-3 hours week

Gain the confidence and credibility to discuss commercial transportation lubrication with fleet managers, including API and Euro specifications, drain intervals, oil analysis, on and off road applications and transmissions.

Language Session  
$495.00 per person

Prerequisite - Successful completion of Lubrication: Components, Lubrication: Equipment are highly recommended.

Who is it for: sales, technical, marketing, management, others who need a basic understanding of lubrication

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.


Upon completion of this program, you should be able to:

  • Describe commercial transportation equipment and lubrication
  • Explain critical aspects of commercial transportation lubrications
  • Discuss and diagnose equipment problems with customers

For a complete list of learning objectives for each course in this program, click here.

Curriculum & Topics

API CJ-4
  • 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
EGR Engines
  • 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-highway Diesel Engines
  • 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
Used Oil Analysis
  • Understanding an oil analysis report
  • Significance of abnormal readings for various chemical elements

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