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It’s not just because stakeholders want better performance from engine oils in more demanding conditions—external fa …
ILSAC GF-6 makes its debut this month, but trouble is already brewing around LPSI prevention as engine oils age. A new t …
ILSAC GF-6 is on its home stretch to commercial introduction on May 1, but automakers and the lubricant industry are que …
The next heavy-duty engine oil category in North America is not expected for seven years, and industry insiders worry th …
After previously saying it would release Dexos1 Gen 3 in January and begin commercial licensing during the second quarte …
Engine oil viscosities for light-duty vehicles have become ever lower over the past few decades. Developments have been …
Running a prosperous lubes business in todays marketplace is no easy task. Several manufacturers give advice and share t …
With stricter emissions regulations looming, the industry is already catching a glimpse of PC-12.
With engine oils based on Group III picking up market share and the cost of approvals rising, discontent is bubbling up …
A proposed new engine oil specification development process would disconnect engine test development from the specificat …
The API Lubricants Group closed the last key Base Oil Interchange/Viscosity Grade Read-Across task force ballots and ind …
The North American auto industry now has a formal schedule for commercial introduction of the next passenger car motor o …
The American Petroleum Institute announced on May 15 that the Caterpillar Oil Aeration Test, or COAT, was again availabl …
With its ability to save time and money, can the Single Technology Matrix carve out a larger place in engine oil approva …
It has taken over seven years, many test development delays and missed schedules, but the end is finally in sight for IL …
Automakers and the lubricant industry are closer to wrapping up the long-delayed ILSAC GF-6 passenger car motor oil cate …
An American Chemistry Council committee proposed a plan last week for the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car engine oil category t …
Automaker and oil company representatives say their biggest concerns about European use of engine tests developed in Nor …