Steve Haffner

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Optimizing Specification Development

Optimizing Specification Development

A proposed new engine oil specification development process would disconnect engine test development from the specificat …

Sequence IVB Rules Approved

Sequence IVB Rules Approved

The API Lubricants Group closed the last key Base Oil Interchange/Viscosity Grade Read-Across task force ballots and ind …

API Unveils New Logo for SAE 0W-16

API Unveils New Logo for SAE 0W-16

The North American auto industry now has a formal schedule for commercial introduction of the next passenger car motor o …

COAT Engine Test Back in Business

COAT Engine Test Back in Business

The American Petroleum Institute announced on May 15 that the Caterpillar Oil Aeration Test, or COAT, was again availabl …

STM: A Sharper Tool for Engine Tests?

STM: A Sharper Tool for Engine Tests?

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

GF-6: First Use Now in Sight

GF-6: First Use Now in Sight

It has taken over seven years, many test development delays and missed schedules, but the end is finally in sight for IL …

Agreements Near for GF-6

Agreements Near for GF-6

Automakers and the lubricant industry are closer to wrapping up the long-delayed ILSAC GF-6 passenger car motor oil cate …

ACC Offers GF-6 Timeline, Relaxed Limits

ACC Offers GF-6 Timeline, Relaxed Limits

An American Chemistry Council committee proposed a plan last week for the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car engine oil category t …

Concerns Ease Over ACEA Use of ILSAC Tests

Concerns Ease Over ACEA Use of ILSAC Tests

Automaker and oil company representatives say their biggest concerns about European use of engine tests developed in Nor …

ACEA 2018 Adoption Delayed by ILSAC Tests

ACEA 2018 Adoption Delayed by ILSAC Tests

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association has delayed approval of its ACEA 2018 engine oil sequences because of …

Old at Heart

Old at Heart

While stakeholders struggle to prove that new oils will work in older engines, that proof is becoming more elusive.

ACEA Use of ILSAC Tests Draws Concerns

ACEA Use of ILSAC Tests Draws Concerns

Organizations involved in the development of North American engine oil specifications have expressed concerns about Euro …

Stuck in a Closed Loop

Stuck in a Closed Loop

Rerefined engine oils cant seem to make a dent in market share despite years of fighting for equal footing with virgin o …

GF-6 Timing Still Unresolved

GF-6 Timing Still Unresolved

While automakers are now pushing for an April 2020 debut of the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car motor oil classification, some …

Asia-Pacific Shifting Faster to Light Oils

Asia-Pacific Shifting Faster to Light Oils

The Asia-Pacific region will shift to lighter viscosity grade engine oils faster than the North American market did in t …

Shearly Staying in Grade

Shearly Staying in Grade

As engine oil viscosity trends downward, shear stability is more important than ever. Extending the use of one bench tes …

The Crowded World of Engine Oils

The Crowded World of Engine Oils

Engine oils used to have room to breathe on retail shelves, but the proliferation of subcategories and viscosities has b …

Progress on Tests, Test Limits for GF-6

Progress on Tests, Test Limits for GF-6

Work continues on a variety of tests, test parameters and engine and bench test limits necessary for completion of the I …