Europes lubricant industry has fallen far behind in the development of base oil interchange and viscosity grade read-across guidelines but is now work ...

Shandong province aims by 2020 to replace all local diesel vehicles that don't comply with emissions standards newer than China 3 - which was adopted ...

ASTM International approved as a standard a new small scale oxidation test that provides more accurate results for biobased greases. The approval culm ...

Competition rules in the European Union allow automakers to recommend certain brands of replacement parts, including engine oils and other lubricants, ...

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 ...

Automaker and oil company representatives say their biggest concerns about European use of engine tests developed in North America have been alleviate ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association has delayed approval of its ACEA 2018 engine oil sequences because of work that still needs to be do ...

A critical test for wheel-bearing greases has been returning wildly inconsistent results for decades. Could it soon be brought to heel?

An industry group organized by the American Petroleum Institute is making headway on recommendations to improve the engine oil specification developme ...

Ford Motor Co. recently amended its engine oil guidance for small-engine diesel-powered pickups, including the diesel version of the F-150, to recomme ...

The automobile and lubricant industries spend lots of time and money developing new specifications for automotive engine oils, but countless vehicles ...

Automotive engine oil demand in Southeast Asia is gradually shifting from obsolete grades to higher quality products, a Lubrizol official told an indu ...

Now that all of its engine tests have been accepted, the countdown has begun for first licensing of the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car motor oil category. I ...

A group of major Chinese vehicle makers and energy giants are working on the nations first lubricant specification for diesel truck engines.

Work continues on a variety of tests, test parameters and engine and bench test limits necessary for completion of the ILSAC GF-6 passenger car engine ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association is working to complete an upgrade of its ACEA automotive engine oil standards by the end of this yea ...

The American Petroleum Institute invoked provisional licensing last week for its two newest heavy-duty diesel engine oil categories, API CK-4 and API ...

The last engine test for ILSAC GF-6 failed this month to gain acceptance into the passenger car engine oil classification, a critique that the propose ...

The next big, official push toward lower-viscosity passenger car motor oils in North America may still be several years off, but Toyota has already st ...