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API Engine Oil Licensing and

Certification System

API Lubricants Group

November 2012

1220 L Street, NW • Washington, DC 20005-4070 • www.api.org 2

Engine Oil Program Participation

As of 11/5/2012

538 licenses in 56 countries

3 Africa

196 Asia

28 Central America

40 Europe

28 Middle East

232 North America

11 South America

Represents >10,900 products


2011 AMAP Sample Profile 2010 2011

Products collected 634 708

Bottles/bulk 395/239 506/202

PCMO/HDEO 82%/18% 85%/15%

US & Canada/all others 73%/27% 81%/19%

Viscosity grade profile

5W-20 12% 11%

5W-30 35% 30%

10W-30 19% 25%

10W-40 6% 6%

15W-40 17% 15%

All others 11% 13%


2011 AMAP Sample Profile

Bulk Packaged

Products collected 202 506

– PCMO 83% 85%

– HDEO 17% 15%

Viscosity grade profile

– 5W-20 21% 7%

– 5W-30 41% 26%

– 10W-30 17% 28%

– 10W-40 -- 9%

– 15W-40 16% 15%

– 20W-50 -- 7%

– All others 4% 10%


2011 AMAP Sample Profile

Facilities where bulk samples drawn

2010 2011

Quick lubes 41% 26%

Service stations 11% 14%

Auto repair shops 17% 26%

Auto dealers 25% 24%

Truck facilities 3% 3%

Distributor/manufacturer 3% 7%

2011 Domestic Sample Distribution

= state where sample or

samples were purchased

Alaska & Hawaii not sampled.

2011 International Sampling


Canada Mexico

Colombia Singapore

Dominican Republic South Korea

India Spain

Japan

2011 AMAP Results


2011 AMAP Oils Evaluated


AMAP YEAR 2010 2011

TOTAL NUMBER OF OILS EVALUATED 628 690*

LICENSED OILS 564 615

LICENSED COMPANY - UNLICENSED BRANDS 14 18

UNLICENSED COMPANY USING MARKS 24 40

UNLICENSED COMPANY-NO MARKS 26 17

*API evaluating test results for 18 oils not included in downloads

from lab

2011 AMAP Licensed Oils Summary


NUMBER OF OILS

S 1ST (510) C 1ST (103)

BULK BOTTLED BULK BOTTLED

NUMBER OF LICENSED OILS EVALUATED 136 372 27 76

FULLY CONFORMING OILS 66 241 13 54

OILS OK-PAPERWORK ISSUES 28 56 6 8

OILS WITH QUESTIONABLE ADDITIVE 16 37 5 10

OILS WITH ADDITIVE DEFICIENCIES 2 18 1 1

PHYSICAL PROPERTY/BENCH TEST ISSUE 28 45 3 3

Some oils have multiple issues

2011 AMAP Licensed Oils Summary


TREND vs. 2010 BETTER WORSE

w/I + 5%

% OF SAMPLES

S 1ST C 1ST

BULK (136) BOTTLED

(372) BULK (27)

BOTTLED (76)

OVERALL

FULLY CONFORMING OILS 48 65 48 71 61

OILS OK-PAPERWORK / BRAND ISSUES

21 15 22 11 16

OILS WITH QUESTIONABLE ADDITIVE

12 10 39 13 11

OILS WITH ADDITIVE DEFICIENCIES 0.1 5 8 1.3 4

PHYSICAL PROPERTY/BENCH TEST ISSUE

21 12 23 4 13


2011 AMAP Oils Additive Issues

QUESTIONABLE

S 1st Low Moly vs. Reported

Ca, Mg, Na Balance

C 1st Ca Low vs. Reported

Ca/Mg Balance

DEFICIENCIES

S 1st P >125% API 1509

P < 75% API 1509

Low Elements Overall

C 1st

Ca & P <75% Reported


2011 AMAP Licensed Oils

Physical Property & Bench Test Issues


TREND

BETTER WORSE w/I + 5%

NUMBER OF ISSUES S 1ST C 1ST


NUMBER OF SAMPLES 136 372 27 76 LICENSED OILS W/ PHYSICAL PROPERTY/BENCH TEST

ISSUE 28 45 3 3

KV100 5 9 2 0

CCS vs. SPEC 7 9 0 0

FE OIL CCS vs. REPORTED 9 9 NA MRV-YS 0 7 0 0

MRV-VISC (NO YS) 0 2 0 0

NOACK 6 8 0 0

HTHS 1 4 1 0

30 PASS SHEAR 2 4 NA 90 PASS SHEAR NA 0 0

D 892 FOAM 0 0 0 2

HIGH TEMP FOAM 1 3 NA BALL RUST TEST 0 1 NA

HTCBT NA 1 1

2011 AMAP Licensed Oils Critical Issues


TREND BETTER WORSE

w/I + 5%

NUMBER OF OILS

S 1ST C 1ST


NUMBER OF SAMPLES 136 372 27 76

LICENSED OILS W/ CRITICAL ISSUES 2 19 0 1

MRV-YS 7

NOACK >20% + PHOSPHORUS <75% 1509 1

NOACK >20% + 30 PASS >0.5 BELOW F-2 + PHOSPHORUS, 75% 1509

1

NOACK >20% + HTHS >0.4 BELOW J300 + PHOSPHORUS <75% 1509

1

HTHS >0.4 BELOW J300 1 30 PASS SHEAR >1.0 BELOW F-2 1

FOAM STABILITY >25ML 2 PHOSPHORUS & CALCIUM <75% REPORTED 1

PHOSPHORUS <75% 1509 1 4

PHOSPHORUS >125% 1509 2

2011 AMAP Unlicensed Oils


TREND vs. 2010 BETTER WORSE

w/I + 5%

NUMBER OF OILS

S 1ST C 1ST


LICENSED COMPANY, BRAND NOT LICENSED - 18

OK FOR CATEGORY 1 11 2 1

? FOR CATEGORY 1

NOT OK FOR CATEGORY 2

UNLICENSED COMPANY USING MARKS - 40

OK FOR CATEGORY 24 2

? FOR CATEGORY 6


UNLICENSED COMPANY-NO MARKS - 17

OK FOR CATEGORY 5 1

? FOR CATEGORY 4 1


11 of 16 "NOT OK" oil involved with a CRITICAL issue

2011 AMAP Unlicensed Oil Issues

QUESTIONABLE • Wrong Viscosity Grade

• Poor Low Temperature Flow

• High NOACK

• Low Moly

DEFICIENCIES • Wrong Viscosity Grade

• Poor Low Temperature Flow

• High NOACK

• Low Additive


2011 AMAP - ROBO Testing

• ROBO scheduled on 40 random API SM (12) &

SN (28) oils

SAE 0W20, 5W20, 5W-30, 10W30

Samples from 37 licensees

• Evaluated used oil MRV, including Yield Stress

• 40 Tests complete

37 Pass

1 Accepted w/I 95% CI (SAE 5W30, API SN)

2 Fail - YS (Both SAE 10W30, API SN)



2012 AMAP

• Continue with same collection & testing locations

• Sample number increased to 800

• 500+ Samples collected to date

• 335 Reports evaluated

• ROBO Tests on randomly selected samples

• Focus on reporting out non-conformance Cancel-for-Cause issues to reduce time between sampling and notifying licensee

2012 AMAP – A Quick Look


# OF SAMPLES

S 1ST C 1ST

BULK (72) BOTTLED

(217) BULK (4)

BOTTLED (42)

FULLY CONFORMING OILS 34 141 2 25

OILS OK-PAPERWORK / BRAND ISSUES

9 30 1 10

OILS WITH QUESTIONABLE ADDITIVE

0 2 0 2

OILS WITH DEFICIENCIES 27 44 1 5

PHYSICAL PROPERTY/BENCH TEST ISSUE

7 (3-C) 9 (3-C) 0 4 (1-C)


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