As of July 1, the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) implemented new standards regulating vehicle engine oil labeling on customer receipts.  Responsibility is placed on the shop to comply with the standards.

As a service to you, ISI is providing this general information on the standards and links where to find more information.

 The new NCWM standards require the following information about engine oil to be included:

  • Viscosity Classification (preceded by the letters SAE)
  • Name, brand, trademark, or trade name of motor oil
  • Engine Service Category
  • Obsolete Service Category warning

 

For example, here is a description of what the labeling could look like on a LubeSoft invoice.

OilBrand Conv SAE 5W20

API SN ILSAC GF5

If you need training on how to change your inventory descriptions please feel free to call ISI Support.

Twenty states have adopted the changes made to the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook.

The following is taken from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce Handbook page 130.

 2.33.1.1 Viscosity.

The label on any vehicle engine (motor) oil container, receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank, and any invoice or receipt from service on an engine that includes the installation of vehicle engine (motor) oil dispensed from a receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank, shall contain the viscosity grade classification preceded by the letters “SAE” in accordance with SAE International’s latest version of SAE J300, “Engine Oil Viscosity Classification.”

 

2.33.1.2. Intended Use.

The label on any vehicle engine (motor) oil container shall contain a statement

Of its intended use in accordance with the latest version of SAE J183, “Engine Oil Performance and Engine

Service Classification (other than Energy Conserving).”

 

2.33.1.3.  Brand.

The label on any vehicle engine (motor) oil container and the invoice or receipt from service on an engine that includes the installation of vehicle engine (motor) oil dispensed from a receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank shall contain the name, brand, trademark, or trade name of the vehicle engine (motor) oil.

 

2.33.1.4. Engine Service Category.

The label on any vehicle engine (motor) oil container, receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank and the invoice or receipt from service on an engine that includes the installation of vehicle engine (motor) oil dispensed from a receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank shall contain the engine service category, or categories, met in letters not less than 3.18mm (1/8 in) in height, as defined by the latest version of SAE J183, “Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (other than Energy Conserving)” or API Publication 1509, ” Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System.”

 

2.33.1.4.1. Inactive or Obsolete Service Categories.

 The label on any vehicle engine (motor) oil container, receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank and the invoice or receipt from service on an engine that includes the installation of vehicle engine (motor) oil dispensed from a receptacle, dispenser, or storage tank shall bear a plainly visible cautionary statement in compliance with the latest version of  SAE J183, Appendix A, whenever the vehicle engine (motor) oil in the container or in bulk does not meet an active API service category as defined by the latest version of SAE J183, “Engine Oil Performance and Engine Service Classification (other than Energy Conserving). “

 

2.33.1.5. Tank Trucks or Rail Cars.

 Tank trucks, rail cars, and other types of delivery trucks that are used to deliver vehicle engine (motor) oil are not required to display the SAE viscosity grade and service category or categories as long as the bill of lading or other documentation provides that information.

 

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