Maintaining older categories when the industry is at risk of not having the necessary engine tests to keep them alive is one key challenge to future h ...

Although managers of heavy-duty truck fleets understand the fuel economy benefits of API FA-4 engine oils, many remain hesitant to use a lower-viscosi ...

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 stricter emissions regulations looming, the industry is already catching a glimpse of PC-12.

The National Lubricating Grease Institute yesterday announced a collaboration with the Center for Quality Assurance to define future grease specificat ...

Adding its weight to recent efforts to rid the tractor lubricant market of poor quality products, ASTM International announced last week that it will ...

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 ...

Advances in four-stroke engines and emission regulations mean that passenger car oils arent a good deal for todays motorcycles.

The American Petroleum Institute announced on May 15 that the Caterpillar Oil Aeration Test, or COAT, was again available for candidate oil testing an ...

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

Grease performance and production techniques continue to advance. Two companies present their latest grease innovations.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...