What Are the Motor Oil Certification Standards?

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Currently, there are three types of motor oil certification standards: the common API certification standard, the more advanced ACEA certification standard, and the ILSAC-GF certification standard. The details are as follows: 1. API Certification Standard: API stands for the American Petroleum Institute, established in 1919. It is the first national-level commercial association in the United States and one of the earliest and most successful standard-setting chambers of commerce worldwide. 2. ACEA Certification Standard: ACEA, short for Association des Constructeurs Européens, is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It represents the European automotive industry's testing and certification standards for automotive lubricants, which are technically more demanding than the American API standards. 3. ILSAC-GF Certification Standard: The International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC) was established in the early 1990s, jointly initiated by the American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA).