Russia has introduced a new heavy-duty motor oils standard.
Effective on 1st January 2017, the new standard has been introduced by the Eurasian Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification, according to Lube Report.
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Russia's new heavy duty engine oil standard Image: Creative Commons |
The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (formerly known as Gosstandard or Gost) has issued potential new specifications for Gost 17479.1-2015.
The new standard is an upgrade of the obsolete 17479.1-85 introduced by the ex-Soviet Union almost 30 years ago.
The Gost spec lines up with the CF-4 diesel engine oil standard introduced by the American Petroleum Institute (API) in 1990.
Oleg Tsvetkov, head of VNIINP’s lubricants department, told Lube Report, “The upgraded standard refurbished a few technical positions in the old one such as elimination of the low-temperature viscosity estimates, [adding the] possibility to use viscosity grade designations under the SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] nomenclature, etc.”
According to Tsvetkov, a lack of funding and research has left some Russian oil standards far behind API's. with some dating as far back as 1988.