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Passenger Car Market Overview Video
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Introduction
Heavy Duty Engine Oils
Passenger Car Engine Oils
Introduction ICIS LOR 2009: Fuel Economy - The Role of Engine Oils and Base Oils in Europe UEIL 2008: ACEA 2008 is coming ICIS LOR 2008: Biodiesel, Impact on Engine oil Durability and Demand UEIL 2007: Biodiesel, Impact on Engine Oil Performance ICIS LOR 2007: Euro 5 and ACEA 2008 and Impact on European Base Oil ICIS PanAmerican 2006: Passenger Car & Heavy Duty Diesel Performance Demands ATA 2006: Euro 5 and Beyond UEIL 2006: Lower SAPS Engine Oils, Essential components
Engine and Aftertreatment Technologies
European Union Emissions Standards
Glossary
The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) released the latest version of the European Oil Sequences on the 22nd December 2008.
This issue of the Oil Sequences demand higher performance from automotive engine oils in areas such as aftertreatment protection, fuel economy and durability. It contains new engine tests and some existing engine tests have been removed from the sequences.
ACEA 2008 represent the biggest performance upgrade to service fill engine oil requirements since the introduction of the Sequences in 1996 and some oils will be unable to meet these new challenges.
The Oil Sequences define the minimum quality level for service fill engine oils for gasoline, light duty diesel and heavy duty diesel engines. Since their introduction in 1996 the Oil Sequences have been updated periodically as shown below.
These define the requirements for engine oils for service fill usage in passenger car gasoline and light-duty diesel engines.
These define the requirements for “catalyst compatible” engine oils for service fill usage in passenger car gasoline and light-duty diesel engines with aftertreatment systems.
These define the requirements for engine oils for service fill usage in heavy duty diesel engines.
Each new issue of the Oil Sequences may include a new sequence, an increase in severity for an existing sequence or a change in testing with no change in severity. Depending upon the type of change the nomenclature used by ACEA as a suffix to the category name changes. The table below summarises the changes that have occurred for each of the Oil Sequences and the expect sequences that will be included in ACEA 2008.
