摘要 |
The invention relates to a method and a device for controlling the supply of lubricant to the cylinder bearing surface (16) of a piston (6) of a reciprocating engine (2), especially a two-stroke reciprocating engine. In order to improve the control of the quantity of lubricant to be supplied, the electrical continuity between the cylinder wall (4) and the piston (6) is observed and the quantity of lubricant supply is gradually reduced as long as the spurious signals of the electrical continuity indicate a rupture of the lubricant film on the cylinder bearing surface (16), whereupon the amount of lubricant supply is raised to a value in which the spurious signal disappears. |