The Truck & Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA), which represents worldwide manufacturers of internal combustion engines and on-highway medium- and heavy-duty trucks, has proposed to sunset the API CH-4 diesel engine oil category, according to EMA Vice President Tia Sutton during the API Diesel Engine Oil Advisory Panel meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. on 10 […]

The ASTM Caterpillar Surveillance Panel has informed the American Petroleum Institute (API) that the ASTM D8047 test is again available for candidate oil testing. ASTM D8047, Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Engine Oil Aeration Resistance in a Caterpillar C13 Direct-Injected Turbocharged Automotive Diesel Engine, otherwise known as “COAT”, evaluates aeration performance under high-engine-speed, zero-load […]

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has added a description of API SN PLUS to its English- and Chinese-language Motor Oil Guides entitled “Oil Matters.” API SN PLUS, which is defined as a “classification,” identifies oils that meet API SN and are also formulated to provide additional protection against low-speed pre-ignition for turbocharged direct injection gasoline-powered […]

The ASTM Caterpillar C13 Oil Aeration Test (COAT) measures the ability of a diesel engine to prevent aeration. On May 8, 2018, due to the unavailability of an ASTM D8047 (COAT) test stand to qualify oils against these standards, the American Petroleum Institute (API) invoked provisional licensing for API CK-4 and API FA-4. A December […]

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) will start using Chevron Delo 400 ZFA SAE 10W-30 (API FA-4) as their factory fill engine oil starting next year, Chevron Products Company, a Chevron U.S.A. Inc. division, and maker of the Delo®brand of lubricants and coolants announced. Beginning 1 January 2019, Delo 400 ZFA SAE 10W-30 will be used […]

The American Petroleum Institute (API) announced that it has invoked provisional licensing for API CK-4 and FA-4 due to the unavailability of any ASTM D8047 (COAT) test stand that can be used to qualify oils against the API CK-4 and FA-4 standards. The ASTM Caterpillar C13 Oil Aeration Test (COAT) measures the ability of a […]

The lubricating base oil market registered little growth in 2016, according to U.S. market research and management consulting firm Kline’s Global Lubricant Basestocks report. While Group II and III basestocks registered good growth rates, Group I continued on a downward trajectory. The global basestock market is in the midst of significant structural changes, the Kline […]

The American Petroleum Institute said it has so far issued 525 licenses for API CK-4 and 76 licenses for API FA-4. API CJ-4, the previous heavy-duty diesel engine oil category, had just under 1,000 licensees at its peak. Kevin Ferrick, senior manager of API’s Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System (EOLCS), said this is a […]

Ford Motor Co.’s Ron Romano has requested the American Petroleum Institute (API) to include the words “low phosphorus” on the label of API CK-4 products containing lower than 1,000 parts per million (ppm) phosphorus. Since API started licensing the new heavy-duty engine oil categories on December 1, 2016, it has licensed 133 API CK-4 products […]

The lubricants business of Total Specialties USA Inc. has launched the new Rubia Optima range designed for heavy-duty engines, which meets the requirements of the new American Petroleum Institute (API) categories, known as API CK-4 and API FA-4. These new API categories meet the new standards regarding U.S. greenhouse gas emission limits. Cleaner and more […]