| Passenger Car Engine Test Category For API SJ And SL |
| Requirements | Test Method | Properties | Unit | Limits |
| SJ/EC
GF-2 | SL/EC
GF-3 |
| 1. LABORATORY TESTS |
| 1.1 Viscosity Grades | | All those that apply, typically SAE 5W-30 and 10W-30. Per SAE J300 specification | | Manufacturer sets targets within SAE J300 parameter |
| 1.2 Foam Test | ASTM D892 | Sequence I | ml initial
Foam/ml
after setting | 10/0 max | 10/0 max |
| Sequence II | 50/0 max | 50/0 max |
| Sequence III | 10/0 max | 10/0 max |
| Sequence IV | 200/50 max | 100/0 max |
| 1.3 Phosphorus | ASTM D4951 or D5185 | | | 0.10 max | 0.10 max |
| 1.4 EOFT | GM 9099P | 0.6% Water - with dry ice -% reduction in flow | % | 50 max | 50 max |
| 1.5 EOWTT | | 0.6% Water - without dry ice -% rate of change | % | report | 50 max |
| 1.0% Water - without dry ice -% rate of change | % | report | 50 max |
| 2.0% Water - without dry ice -% rate of change | % | report | 50 max |
| 3.0% Water - without dry ice -% rate of change | % | report | 50 max |
| 1.6 TEOST | ASTM D6335 | Total Deposits, max | mg | 60 max | NR |
| 1.7 TEOST (MHT4) | | Total Deposits, max | mg | NR | 45 max |
| 1.8 Homogeneity and Miscibility | FTM STD 791C | | | pass | pass |
| 1.9 Scanning Brookfield | ASTM D5133 | Gelation Index | | 12 max | 12 max |
| 1.10 Volatility | ASTM D5800 | Volatility (Noack), % off | % | 22 max | 15 max |
| ASTM D6417 | Volatility (GCD), % off | % | 17 max | 10 max |
| 2. ENGINE TESTS FOR API SJ AND SL |
| 2.1 BRT | ASTM D6557 | Rust rating | Gray value | 100 min | 100 min |
| 2.2 Sequence IIIF | | % Viscosity increase at 60 hours, max | % | 325 max | NR |
| % Viscosity increase at 80 hours, max | % | NR | 275 |
| Average piston skirt varnish rating, min | merits | 8.5 min | 9.0 min |
| Weighted piston deposit rating, min | merits | 3.2 min | 4.0 min |
| Cam plus lifter wear avg, max | microns | 20 max | 20 max |
| Hot stuck rings | # | none | none |
| Oil consumption, max | liters | 6.5 | 5.2 max |
| Low-temperature viscosity performance | Cp | NR | rate and report |
| 2.3 Sequence IVA | | Cam wear average, max | microns | 120 max | 120 max |
| 2.4 Sequence VG | ASTM D6593 | Average engine sludge, min | merits | 7.8 min | 7.8 min |
| Rocker arm cover sludge, min | merits | 8.0 min | 8.0 min |
| Average piston skirt varnish, min | merits | 7.5 min | 7.5 min |
| Average engine varnish, min | merits | 8.9 min | 8.9 min |
| Oil screen clogging, max | % | 20 max | 20 max |
| Hot stuck compression rings | # | none | none |
| Cold stuck rings | # | rate and report | rate and report |
| Oil screen debris | % | rate and report | rate and report |
| Oil ring clogging | % | rate and report | rate and report |
| 2.5 Sequence VE
(Only if oil Phosphorus
< 0.08%) | ASTM D5302 | Cam wear | | | |
| Average, max | microns | NR | 127 max |
| Maximum, max | microns | NR | 380 max |
| 2.6 Sequence VIII | | Bearing weight loss, max | mg | 26.4 max | 26.4 max |
| 10 hr stripped viscosity | cSt | Stay in grade | Stay in grade |
| 2.7 Sequence VIB
(FEI1 using BC before only) | | For viscosity grades: | | | |
| OW-20 and 5W-20 | % improvement | 2.0 | NR |
| Other OW- and 5W- multigrades | % improvement | 1.6 | NR |
| All 10W- multigrades | % improvement | 0.9 | NR |
| 2.8 Sequence VIB | | OW-20 and 5W-20 (FEI1/FEI2/sum), min | % improvement | NR | 2.0/1.7/NR |
| | | OW-30 and 5W-30 (FEI1/FEI2/sum), min | % improvement | NR | 1.6/1.3/3.0 min |
| | | All other viscosity grades (FEI1/FEI2/sum), min | % improvement | NR | 0.9/0.6/1.6 min |
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