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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JULY 2015 29 T he next category of heavy-duty engine oils, right now dubbed PC-11, could come to market in December 2016, said Dan Arcy, head of the development team for the next-gen- eration engine oil and OEM technical manager for Shell Lubricants. Arcy spoke last month at Shell's annual global media event, held in San Anto- nio at the Southwest Research Institute, where Shell and other major oil marketers perform key engine oil tests that allow lubricants suppliers to stamp their prod- ucts with American Petroleum Institute certification. Licensing was set to begin in 2017, Arcy said, but engine makers recently asked the development committee to shoot for late 2016, as the engines that need to use the new oils will start being produced in 2017. PC-11 originally was requested by engine makers in 2011 in response to the looming mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower fuel consumption. Modern engines also are running hotter than older engines – as much as 10 degrees Celsius more, Arcy said – and a new oil category was needed to reflect that. The key PC-11 goals are to improve oxidation stability to handle hotter engine temperatures, reduce aeration, provide scuffing and adhesive wear protection and improve shear stability. There are two PC-11 subcategories: PC- 11A and PC-11B. PC-11A will offer the requested improvements to the current CJ-4 engine oil, but it will retain CJ-4's viscosity level and be backwards-compati- ble with all model-year engines. PC-11B also will have the requested im- provements over CJ-4, and it also will be formulated to further increase fuel econ- omy and lower greenhouse gas emissions, Arcy said. It's uncertain yet whether the oil will be backwards-compatible and may be recommended only by manufacturers of model-year 2017 and newer engines. Arcy said Shell will back up whatever recommendations manufacturers make about the backwards compatibility re- garding PC-11B. – James Jaillet Next-generation heavy-duty engine oil could arrive next year

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