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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 oil standards and a new certification mark – a shield – for low viscosity [...]
API Fights Against Unauthorized Labels
The American Petroleum Institute is posting information on unauthorized oils displaying API engine oil certification marks on a new web page, as part of a continuing effort to call out counterfeiters. [...]
API Invokes Provisional Licensing for API CK-4 and FA-4
The ASTM Caterpillar C13 Oil Aeration Test (COAT) Surveillance Panel Chair has informed API that there are currently no referenced ASTM D8047 (COAT) test stands that can be used to qualify oils [...]
SN Plus First Use Set for May 1st
The American Petroleum Institute advised yesterday that May 1 will be the first licensing date for API SN Plus, the supplemental classification for passenger car motor oils. In mid-March API staff [...]
API Issues Addendum 7 to API 1509, EOLCS Update
On February 15, 2018, API issued Addendum 7 to API 1509 which provides an update to the voluntary API Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System (EOLCS) and in particular API SN PLUS and [...]
Latest API SN Plus Advances at Engine Oil
The American Petroleum Institute’s Lubricants Group met in Detroit last week to discuss the new supplemental API “SN PLUS” engine oil category and when it will be implemented. API is proposing [...]
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