Steve Haffner

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ASTM Passenger Car Panel Gets New Leader

ASTM Passenger Car Panel Gets New Leader

General Motors Angela Willis has succeeded Valvolines Thom Smith as chairman of the Passenger Car Engine Oil Classificat …

Ford Progresses on 6.7L Diesel Test

Ford Progresses on 6.7L Diesel Test

HOUSTON – Ford continues to progress in its development of a shorter test for valve train wear in heavy-duty diesel engi …

ILSAC GF-6: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

ILSAC GF-6: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

HOUSTON – The semi-annual ASTM meetings here last week included discussions by several groups at the center of engine oi …

API SN Plus Advances

API SN Plus Advances

The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group met in Detroit last week to discuss the new supplemental API SN PLUS …

Most GF-6 Tests Shaping Up

Most GF-6 Tests Shaping Up

The Sequence IVB may be attracting the lions share of attention, but the ILSAC GF-6 engine oil upgrade also has six othe …

GF-6 Timing May Come Down to Key Test

GF-6 Timing May Come Down to Key Test

Much of the recent passenger car lubricant news has been focused on the proposed API SN-Plus supplemental category. Nort …

Dexos1 Gen 2 Taking Off

Dexos1 Gen 2 Taking Off

On Sept. 1, all licenses for General Motors first-generation Dexos1 passenger car engine oils expired – those products m …

Smoothing the Path to a Hybrid Future

Smoothing the Path to a Hybrid Future

Hybrids are garnering an increasing share of the automotive market. Lubricant suppliers, in partnership with original eq …