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    Another year of change for oils and lubricants

    2025 was another year of change in an increasingly complex oils and lubricants market, as VLS Chairman Da ...

    2025 was another year of change in an increasingly complex oils and lubricants market, as VLS Chairman Darren Frogson explains to PMM. Not quite an ‘annus horribilis’, but 2025 certainly posed continu ...

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    VLS investigates false Stellantis oil claims

    The VLS has launched an investigation and issued a warning about engine oils making claims against Stella ...

    The VLS has launched an investigation and issued a warning about engine oils making claims against Stellantis specification used for Peugeot, Citroen, Fiat and Vauxhall models. The Verification of Lub ...

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    VLS clears up oil specification confusion

    Many workshops are still unsure about oil specifications. It’s the VLS’ job to make sure that changes. In ...

    Many workshops are still unsure about oil specifications. It’s the VLS’ job to make sure that changes. Independent membership organisation the Verification of Lubricant Specifications, with the suppor ...

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    VLS investigates Stellantis specification

    The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) has launched a widespread market investigation and iss ...

    The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) has launched a widespread market investigation and issued a caution over engine oils making claims against the Stellantis FPW 9.55535/03 specificatio ...

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    Why are lubricant investigations on the rise?

    Alan Outhwaite, chairman of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications Technical Review Panel, gives re ...

    Alan Outhwaite, chairman of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications Technical Review Panel, gives readers of PMM some details about the recent spike in lubricant investigations and the work the o ...

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    The PMM Awards 2024

    The PMM Awards are back, celebrating the standout articles that defined 2024! Read on to discover who too ...

    The PMM Awards are back, celebrating the standout articles that defined 2024! Read on to discover who took home the top honours! Every month, the PMM team works tirelessly to produce a magazine that i ...

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    VLS issues lubricant warning

    Data from the Department for Transport has shown people are making fewer trips  and travelling fewer mile ...

    Data from the Department for Transport has shown people are making fewer trips  and travelling fewer miles, with average vehicle mileage falling since 2002 from 9,000 miles a year to 7,000 miles in 20 ...

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    The latest lubricant investigations

    David Wright, Company Secretary of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) brings PMM readers ...

    David Wright, Company Secretary of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) brings PMM readers up to speed on the latest lubricant investigations. In 2013, reputable lubricant blenders and m ...

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    Brake fluid safety warning issued by VLS, Mannol responds

    Verification of Lubricant Specifications has issued a safety warning and escalated case VLS 010200, a com ...

    Verification of Lubricant Specifications has issued a safety warning and escalated case VLS 010200, a complaint regarding Mannol Brake Fluid DOT 4 3002, to Trading Standards. In December 2023, VLS rec ...

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    VLS reports Silverhook case to Trading Standards

    The VLS has been left with no choice other than to escalate a 5W30 PCEO investigation concerning Silverho ...

    The VLS has been left with no choice other than to escalate a 5W30 PCEO investigation concerning Silverhook's 5W30 Supreme Plus to Trading Standards after the company failed to bring the product into ...

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    PMM discusses the state of motor oil in 2024

    PMM clears up a thing or five about motor oil. Dipping into the silver tome that is the AA Book of the Ca ...

    PMM clears up a thing or five about motor oil. Dipping into the silver tome that is the AA Book of the Car, published in 1976, I find the advice for “choosing the right oil” includes castor oil as a v ...

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    PMM interviews Chair of the VLS

    PMM sat down with Jacquie Berryman, Chair of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications, to catch up on ...

    PMM sat down with Jacquie Berryman, Chair of the Verification of Lubricant Specifications, to catch up on her plans for her role as VLS chair and the wider issues VLS will need to address in the comin ...

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    VLS welcomes new Chair

    The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) has welcomed Jacquie Berryman as its new Chair. Jacqui ...

    The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) has welcomed Jacquie Berryman as its new Chair. Jacquie takes over from Mike Bewsey, who has become President of the United Kingdom Lubricants Associ ...

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    PMM Podcast records live at Automechanika

    The latest episode of the PMM Podcast is here and this month is all about Industry Insights, recorded liv ...

    The latest episode of the PMM Podcast is here and this month is all about Industry Insights, recorded live at Automechanika UK! Aftermarket trade shows offer the perfect opportunity to catch up with l ...

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    VLS advises on oil choices for ageing cars

    Mike Bewsey, VLS Chairman, is warning mechanics on the risks of using the latest engine oils in ageing cu ...

    Mike Bewsey, VLS Chairman, is warning mechanics on the risks of using the latest engine oils in ageing customer vehicles. The number of vehicles on UK roads is growing, but it’s also ageing. According ...

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