The European Automobile Manufacturers Association published a long-awaited update to its passenger car engine oil specifications on April 30 – more ...

A crossover test will allow quick, easy and inexpensive grease particle counts  An industry working group is nearing completion of a fast, sim ...

A representative for a new automaker association unveiled its plan yesterday to create a framework to develop global specifications for engine oils an ...

The American Petroleum Institute invoked provisional licensing this month for most active North American industry heavy-duty diesel engine oil specifi ...

Protecting the internal components of heavy-duty engines is about more than efficiency. High-quality engine oil is the lifeblood of the machine and wi ...

Transmission Fluids  Back in the Twilight Zone (also known as 2020), I commented on a note that I had received from Allen Comfort. For those o ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced the start yesterday of the 2021 cycle of its Aftermarket Audit Program, saying that it aims to once again t ...

Mexico’s new engine oils standard launched in mid-June introduced test methods and technical requirements to help ensure the country’s engine oils ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute launched on Dec. 2 its new High-Performance Multiuse Grease Certification, known as HPM, and subcategories w ...

The Readers Have Spoken  My wife and I were watching beach volleyball in Laguna Beach, California, on January 1. As the sun set, one player ye ...

The heavy-duty diesel engine oil market is gradually shifting to lower-viscosity products, with advancing technology and better understanding of their ...

The Fafnir fretting wear test, an important part of several grease performance specs, has produced unacceptable variability in results. An industry ta ...

Allison Transmission announced yesterday its newest automatic transmission fluid specification for on-highway equipment. TES 668 fluids will be availa ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute will publish details of its new High Performance Multiuse grease specification on its website within the nex ...

It’s not just because stakeholders want better performance from engine oils in more demanding conditions—external factors add more pieces to an al ...

General Motors’ proprietary tests required for its Dexos1 Gen 3 passenger car engine oil licensing will be available beginning Sept. 1, said GM Engi ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers' Association issued a revision to its 2016 European oil sequences last week, ahead of the anticipated release of ...

Enforcement of engine oil and transmission product labeling and receipt requirements that impact quick lubes and their distributor partners is ongoing ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute has scheduled a January launch for a program to certify high-performance multiuse greases for industrial app ...

Steve Swedberg discusses why the API CH-4 heavy-duty engine oil service category may soon be phased out.