If you go to the API site and look on the list of oil licencees/brands and their ratings, you will see very clearly that AutoPrix oil, a recycled product of Safety Kleen, is an SJ-rated oil 'till March, 2007.
If you look on bottles of AutoPrix oil in Zellers stores, you will see that the bottle says the oil is SM-rated. They are obviously lying about having the right to market the oil as SM-rated, at least as far as the API is concerned.
But what is the truth about this oil - is it really mixed to meet SM specs, and they just aren't paying the licensing fees, OR, is this oil blended at the SJ level, and is a notable different product from what it says it is.
If an oil is 'new', and says it meets SJ ratings, as some diesel oils do, does that mean the oil is blended using an add pack that would have been used when oil in general was SJ-rated, ie, a 6-10 year old 'formula'? Or is it blended using a newer add pack that may well meet new specs, but just hasn't been tested to formally be recognized as meeting this spec?
If you look on bottles of AutoPrix oil in Zellers stores, you will see that the bottle says the oil is SM-rated. They are obviously lying about having the right to market the oil as SM-rated, at least as far as the API is concerned.
But what is the truth about this oil - is it really mixed to meet SM specs, and they just aren't paying the licensing fees, OR, is this oil blended at the SJ level, and is a notable different product from what it says it is.
If an oil is 'new', and says it meets SJ ratings, as some diesel oils do, does that mean the oil is blended using an add pack that would have been used when oil in general was SJ-rated, ie, a 6-10 year old 'formula'? Or is it blended using a newer add pack that may well meet new specs, but just hasn't been tested to formally be recognized as meeting this spec?
