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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1994
Fritz Braun, Kernen, DE;
Ursula Felger, Schorndorf, DE;
Otto Jung, Stuttgart, DE;
Jakob Wojtacki, Wendlingen, DE;
Mercedes-Benz AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining and extending a change interval for an operating fluid of a unit, particularly for an engine of a motor vehicle, uses at least one directly or indirectly recorded operating variable which represents the qualitative condition of the operating fluid. An evaluation of the at least operating variable and a continuous calculation of the change interval therefrom is performed by a computing and control unit. The calculated change interval is related to a specified unit service interval and, if the change interval expires before the service interval, a regeneration signal for the removal of a certain quantity of the spent operating fluid and the replacement of the quantity with a fresh operating fluid is produced as a function of the difference therebetween.