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VLS urges workshops not to reduce oil quality

|Date: January 20, 2025

VLS urges workshops not to reduce oil quality

The lubricants trade body, the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS), is urging workshops not to ...

The lubricants trade body, the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS), is urging workshops not to be tempted to use poorer quality oil amidst rising costs and decreasing margins this year. Acc ...

January 20, 2025
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A guide to heavy-duty engine oils

|Date: November 28, 2024

A guide to heavy-duty engine oils

After an influx of cases in its 10th anniversary year, the new chair of the lubricants industry trade bod ...

After an influx of cases in its 10th anniversary year, the new chair of the lubricants industry trade body, the Verification of Lubricant Specification (VLS), Harald Oosting, reports on recent cases r ...

November 28, 2024
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The rise in less scrupulous resellers of lubricants

|Date: August 20, 2024

The rise in less scrupulous resellers of lubricants

While the complexity of the UK lubricant market grows, so do the activities of less scrupulous blenders a ...

While the complexity of the UK lubricant market grows, so do the activities of less scrupulous blenders and resellers. CVW investigates. Manufacturers of engine oils and other lubricants work closely ...

August 20, 2024
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Misleading claims regarding HGV and LCV engines

|Date: July 18, 2024

Misleading claims regarding HGV and LCV engines

As guardians of lubricant authenticity the VLS is always on the look out for misleading claims about perf ...

As guardians of lubricant authenticity the VLS is always on the look out for misleading claims about performance. Now it’s on its 100th investigation. Chair Jacquie Berryman gives an insight into rece ...

July 18, 2024
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VLS discusses its impact on the lubricants market

|Date: January 26, 2024

VLS discusses its impact on the lubricants market

As the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) marked its tenth anniversary in 2023, CVW spoke to ...

As the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) marked its tenth anniversary in 2023, CVW spoke to head of the Technical Review Panel, Alan Outhwaite, about the organisation's impact on the lubr ...

January 26, 2024
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VLS explores engine oil for older vehicles

|Date: October 11, 2023

VLS explores engine oil for older vehicles

Beware the risks of using the latest engine oil on ageing customer vehicles, advises Mike Bewsey, chairma ...

Beware the risks of using the latest engine oil on ageing customer vehicles, advises Mike Bewsey, chairman of industry trade body the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS). The number of vehi ...

October 11, 2023
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VLS details ACEA 2022 Heavy-Duty Oil Sequences

|Date: August 04, 2022

VLS details ACEA 2022 Heavy-Duty Oil Sequences

With the ACEA 2022 Heavy- Duty Engine Oil Sequences now released, CVW spoke to Mike Bewsey, Chairman of t ...

With the ACEA 2022 Heavy- Duty Engine Oil Sequences now released, CVW spoke to Mike Bewsey, Chairman of the industry trade body, the Verification of Lubrication Specification (VLS), to find out what w ...

August 04, 2022
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VLS explores emissions standards

|Date: June 07, 2022

VLS explores emissions standards

CVW speaks to David Wright, company secretary of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) – an ...

CVW speaks to David Wright, company secretary of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) – an independent industry body that provides a means to verify lubricant specifications – about the ...

June 07, 2022
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VLS explores heavy-duty vehicle delay

|Date: April 14, 2022

VLS explores heavy-duty vehicle delay

CVW spoke to David Wright, Company Secretary of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS), about ...

CVW spoke to David Wright, Company Secretary of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS), about the continued delay to the European lubricant specifications for heavy-duty vehicles. The Euro ...

April 14, 2022
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VLS discusses the use of hydrogen as a fuel

|Date: February 18, 2022

VLS discusses the use of hydrogen as a fuel

CVW spoke to David Wright, Company Secretary of independent trade body the Verification of Lubricant Spec ...

CVW spoke to David Wright, Company Secretary of independent trade body the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS), about whether hydrogen could be a viable solution to the emissions challenge ...

February 18, 2022
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