Patent ID: 8755985

Claim:
A method of monitoring a vehicle engine having at least one part of limited-lifetime, each part being associated with an ageing parameter and a reference, wherein once said engine is started, the following steps are performed: during an identification step (STP 1 ), temporary storage means of the vehicle communicating with identification means associated with the at least one part of limited-lifetime of the engine to identify one or more of the at least one part and obtain the reference for each identified limited-lifetime part and storing a list including the reference for each identified limited-lifetime part of said engine; during an information-search step (STP 2 ), the storage means communicating with a centralized data system (DB) remote from the vehicle to obtain from the centralized data system maintenance data including at least for each reference of a limited-lifetime part a value of the ageing parameter prior to said engine being started, the storage means storing the corresponding maintenance data for each identified limited-lifetime part; during a monitoring step (STP 3 ), a calculation system of the vehicle monitoring engine wear using the maintenance data stored in said storage means, the calculation system calculating a current value of the ageing parameter for each identified part by taking into consideration said value of the ageing parameter prior to said engine being started and a consumption value of said ageing parameter that is determined for each part, said calculation system storing said current value of the ageing parameter for each identified part in the storage means; and during an updating step, after said engine is stopped, storage means updating said centralized data system (DB) with the current value of the ageing parameter for each identified limited-lifetime part.