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Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other than “Energy Conserving” or “Resource Conserving”)
- Ground Vehicle Standard
- J183_202007
- Revised
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English
Scope
This SAE Standard outlines the engine oil performance categories and classifications developed through the efforts of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), American Petroleum Institute (API), the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA), the International Lubricant Specification Advisory Committee (ILSAC), and SAE. The verbal descriptions by API and ASTM, along with prescribed test methods and limits, are shown for active categories in Table 1 and obsolete categories in Table A1. Appendix A is thus a historical documentation of the obsolete categories.
For purposes of this document, active categories are defined as those (a) for which the required test equipment and test support materials, including reference engine oils and reference fuels, are readily available, or for which the Category Life Oversight Group has established equivalencies between unavailable tests and newer, available tests; (b) which ASTM or the test developer monitors precision for all tests; and (c) which are available for licensing by API EOLCS at time of writing.
The current processes for initiating new classifications were developed through the cooperative efforts of the Alliance, API, ASTM, EMA, ILSAC, and SAE. New ILSAC classifications are developed using the procedure defined in API 1509 Annex C. New API “C” categories are added using the procedure defined in API 1509 Annex D. New API “S” categories are added by the API Lubricants Group.
Rationale
This revision of SAE J183 had four objectives: First, to incorporate the SN PLUS Classification requirements. Second, to introduce ILSAC GF-6A, GF-6B specifications and the corresponding API SP Category. Third, to update various Categories in light of the activities of the Category Life Oversight Group (CLOG) as well as the ASTM D4485 Surveillance Panel. CLOG reviews the applicability of newer tests to support the ongoing licensing of older Categories (for example, using Sequence IIIH in lieu of Sequence IIIG to support API SN licensing). The ASTM D4485 Surveillance Panel aims to provide prompt updates to ASTM D4485 using Information Letters. Finally, the title of the document had to be updated, since API no longer introduces “Energy Conserving” Categories; rather, the most recent gasoline engine oils displaying the right performance levels are referred to as “Resource Conserving.”
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Topic
Data Sets - Support Documents
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Table 1A | Active API classification SJ | |
Appendix to Table 1A | ||
Table 1B | Active API classification SL | |
Appendix to Table 1B | ||
Table 1C | Active API classification SM | |
Appendix to Table 1C | ||
Table 1D | Active API service category SN and SN PLUS | |
Table 1D-B | Elastomer compatibility | |
Table 1E | Active API service category SP, effective 01 May 2020 | |
Table 1E-A | Elastomer compatibility | |
Table 1F | Active ILSAC classification GF-5, to become obsolete 30 April 2021 | |
Table 1F | Active ILSAC classification GF-5, to become obsolete 30 April 2021 | |
Table 1G | ILSAC Categories GF-6A and GF-6B, effective 01 May 2020 | |
Table 1G-A | Elastomer compatibility | |
Table 1H | Active API classification CH-4 | |
Table 1I | Active API classification CI-4 and CI-4 PLUS | |
Table 1I | Active API classification CI-4 and CI-4 PLUS | |
Table 1I | Active API classification CI-4 and CI-4 PLUS | |
Table 1J | Active API classification CJ-4 | |
Table 1J | Active API classification CJ-4 | |
Table 1J | Active API classification CJ-4 | |
Table 1J | Active API classification CJ-4 | |
Table 1K | Active API classifications CK-4 and FA-4 | |
Table 1K | Active API classifications CK-4 and FA-4 | |
Unnamed Dataset 29 | ||
Table A1A | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SA | |
Table A1B | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SB | |
Table A1C | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SC | |
Table A1D | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SD | |
Table A1E | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SE | |
Unnamed Dataset 35 | ||
Table A1F | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SF | |
Table A1G | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SG | |
Table A1H | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category SH | |
Table A1I | Obsolete engine service classifications - ILSAC category GF-1 | |
Table A1J | Obsolete engine service classifications - ILSAC category GF-2 | |
Table A1K | Obsolete engine service classifications ILSAC category GF-3 | |
Table A1L | Obsolete engine service classifications ILSAC category GF-4 | |
Table A1M | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CA | |
Table A1N | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CB | |
Table A1O | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CC | |
Table A1P | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CD | |
Table A1Q | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CD-II | |
Table A1R | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CE | |
Table A1S | Obsolete engine service classifications - API service category CF | |
Table A1T | Obsolete engine service classification API service category CF-2 | |
Table A1U | Obsolete engine service classification API service category CF-4 | |
Table A1V | Obsolete engine service classification API service category CG-4 |
Issuing Committee
Fuels and Lubricants TC 1 Engine Lubrication
The Fuels and Lubricants Council is responsible for: setting policy; providing final approval of documents; arbitrating controversial issues; reporting to the Technical Board (via the Technology/Development Group); approving the Technical Committee membership; and appointing Technical Committee, Coordinating Committee, and other Chairpersons as required. Participants in the SAE Fuels and Lubricants Council include OEMs, suppliers, consulting firms, government and other interested parties.
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