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| Automobile manufacturers clearly have a stake in the kind of oil that goes into their vehicles when they are delivered and throughout the life of the car or at least its life during its warranty period. To protect their interests, representatives of the auto industry, including the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors, working as the International Lubricants Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC) set standards for engine oil. The former Chairman of ILSAC is Dr. Michael McMillan, who recently retired after 35-years of employment at General Motors. Dr. McMillan has also agreed to serve as a Director of PRO. |
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| This important committee is responsible for reviewing, assessing and incorporating information on a variety of issues, such as the state of current and prospective future emissions and environmental legislation, the cost, complexity and performance considerations of certain formulation strategies versus others, and coordinating the latest advancements in technology into far reaching strategies for managing oil formulation suitable for broad industry compliance and utilization. As one might expect, engine oil must be formulated and blended to exacting standards, and must meet a wide range of criterion in order satisfy rigid emissions and other standards, and must also be backwards compatible in order to accommodate older vehicles. Periodically, ILSAC introduces a new standard or specification for motor oil, with the next scheduled specification (to be known as "GF-5") expected to be released for industry compliance in the summer of 2010, and as
factory and service fill oils for most, if not all, vehicles
in 2011. |
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