The ASTM Caterpillar Surveillance Panel Chair has informed API that the ASTM D8047 ("COAT") test is again available for candidate oil testing. In response to this notification, API's Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System (EOLCS) has declared COAT Provisional Licensing closed in accordance with paragraph 6.7 of API 1509. Marketers with formulations that have been provisionally-licensed for COAT must now obtain a passing COAT result within 6 months from the date of this notification.
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