"This SAE Standard outlines the engine oil performance categories and classifications developed through the efforts of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance)@ American Petroleum Institute (API)@ the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)@ the Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA)@ International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC) and SAE. The verbal descriptions by API and ASTM@ along with prescribed test methods and limits are shown for active categories in Table 1 and obsolete categories in Table A1. Appendix A is a historical documentation of the obsolete categories. For purposes of this document@ active categories are defined as those (a) for which the required test equipment and test support materials@ including reference engine oils and reference fuels@ are readily available@ (b) for which ASTM or the test developer monitors precision for all tests@ and (c) which are currently available for licensing by API EOLCS. The current processes for initiating new classifications were developed through the cooperative efforts of the Alliance@ API@ ASTM@ EMA@ ILSAC@ and SAE. New ILSAC classifications are developed using the procedure defined in API 1509 Appendix C. New API ""C"" categories are added using the procedure defined in API 1509 Appendix D. New API ""S"" categories are added by the API Lubricants Committee."
SAE J183-2011 history
2020SAE J183-2020 Overlap Shear Test for Sealant Adhesive Bonding of Automotive Glass Encapsulating Material to Body Opening@ Recommended Practice
2017SAE J183-2017 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
2016SAE J183-2016 "Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other than ""Energy Conserving"")"
2013SAE J183-2013 Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other than Energy Conserving)
2011SAE J183-2011 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
2006SAE J183-2006 Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other Than Energy-Conserving)
2002SAE J183-2002 Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other Than Energy-Conserving)
1999SAE J183-1999 "Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other Than ""Energy Conserving"")"
1996SAE J183-1996 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
1991SAE J183-1991 "ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION (OTHER THAN ""ENERGY CONSERVING"")"
1990SAE J183-1990 "ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION (OTHER THAN ""ENERGY CONSERVING"")"
1989SAE J183-1989 "Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other than ""Energy Conserving"")"
1988SAE J183-1988 "Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other Than ""Energy Conserving"")"
1987SAE J183-1987 "Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other Than ""Energy Conserving"")"
1986SAE J183-1986 Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification
1984SAE J183-1984 "Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (Other than ""Energy Conserving"")"
1980SAE J183-1980 Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification
1979SAE J183C-1979 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
1977SAE J183B-1977 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
1976SAE J183A-1976 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
1971SAE J183A-1971 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION
1970SAE J183-1970 ENGINE OIL PERFORMANCE AND ENGINE SERVICE CLASSIFICATION