Passenger Car Engine Oil Specifications

GF-6, SP Hit Market May 1

April 29, 2020

First licensing for ILSAC GF-6A and GF-6B and API SP is scheduled to begin May 1. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, hundreds of licensed GF-6 ...

ILSAC GF-6 makes its debut this month, but trouble is already brewing around LPSI prevention as engine oils age. A new test is in the works to cover p ...

The ROBO test brought significant savings as a stand-in for an engine test for low-temperature performance in aged oil, and it may not have reached it ...

SPOTLIGHT ON ILSAC GF-6

January 21, 2020

The looming introduction of one of the most complex specifications to date is top of mind for formulators. Two companies share how they are preparing ...

The world's two leading engine oil specification groups have developed a closer working relationship in recent years, which will enable new developmen ...

Publishers Letter

December 21, 2019

In October, General Motors promised its Dexos1 Gen 3 gasoline-fueled engine oil specification would be published this month, followed by a first licen ...

After previously saying it would release Dexos1 Gen 3 in January and begin commercial licensing during the second quarter, General Motors is consideri ...

Quick Uptake Forecast for GF-6

September 11, 2019

ILSAC GF-6 will be four years late by the time it comes to market next May, but it will take little time for the industry to embrace the passenger car ...

With engine oils based on Group III picking up market share and the cost of approvals rising, discontent is bubbling up from stakeholders who are foot ...

With its ability to save time and money, can the Single Technology Matrix carve out a larger place in engine oil approvals?

Agreements Near for GF-6

February 6, 2019

Automakers and the lubricant industry are closer to wrapping up the long-delayed ILSAC GF-6 passenger car motor oil category after the International L ...

An American Chemistry Council committee proposed a plan last week for the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car engine oil category to be completed and brought to ...

A proposed engine test that is key to the ILSAC GF-6 engine oil specification is failing to discriminate between reference oils, an API official repor ...

The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Standards Group formally adopted API SN Plus last week but still has not set a date for first licensing. ...

General Motors Angela Willis has succeeded Valvolines Thom Smith as chairman of the Passenger Car Engine Oil Classification Panel, the first time an O ...

The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group closed its ballot on SN Plus Dec. 29, with a healthy majority voting to adopt the supplemental cate ...

Fees for the American Petroleum Institutes Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System increased Dec. 1 in order to offset the costs of APIs consume ...

The U.S. National Conference on Weights and Measures will amend motor oil guidelines to encourage the identification of engine oil performance specifi ...

Less than a year remains to complete the new passenger car engine oil category - but there are still thorny patches in the path to final approval.