Let’s talk about plant operations for a minute. If your plant blends large quantities of automotive oils, it is often necessary to flush the fill system to make sure there is no cross-contamination. Normally, these flush oils are stored and worked off in blends at a small percentage. All well and good, except when the flush oil, which contains motor oil additives, comes into contact with an ash less formulation like outboard motor oil. What makes it worse is that often the impact of the contamination is not immediately obvious. Visit us at the Range of Engine Oil & Lubricants for Cars UAE.
Back to the outboard motor oil: Complaints started to come in, instigating a recall and compensation to those who were affected. After a thorough process review, it became clear that biggest lubricant oil manufacturers were the culprit. Interestingly, other issues surfaced that, although not directly related to the outboard situation, could be a possible source of future problems. Bottom line: Check your systems to make sure potential sources of contamination are eliminated.
Finally, the UAE Petroleum Institute symbol (donut) and certification marks (shield) are your guarantee that oil meets all relevant quality standards. Those include the formulation details on the license, the testing to back up performance claims, and the proper labeling standards.
According to the diesel engine oil Licensing and Certification System, which is the definitive standard for engine oils manufactured and marketed worldwide, the technolubeuae is designed to define, certify and monitor engine oil performance that vehicle and engine manufacturers and the oil and additive industries deem necessary for satisfactory equipment life and performance. The system includes a formal license agreement executed by the marketer with technolubeuae. The program’s marks are intended to help the consumer identify products that have satisfied the requirements for licensing and certification.
Please note that there is a sample audit system in place to verify that hydraulic engine oils with the TECHNOLUBE marks are routinely and randomly collected. They are then analyzed for conformance to the data registered with their license.
TECHNOLUBE continues: All engine oils licensed to use the technolubeuae marks are subject to conformance audits. Conformance is determined by comparing measured physical and chemical properties of the oil with licensing data on file at technolubeuae. In addition, a limited number of products may be randomly selected for engine and bench testing. There is a process for evaluating noncompliant results, and it allows for some “fudge factors.” However, if errors of major significance are detected, there is a process for correcting the error.
