LubeSpec reads the technical data sheets of the major oil brands and turns them into one comparable dataset. Look up a specification and see which products carry the formal OEM approval and which only claim to meet it.
| Brand | Product | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Castrol | GTX 5W-30 C3 | Approved |
| Mobil | Mobil 1 ESP 5W-30 | Approved |
| Motul | 8100 X-clean+ 5W-30 | Approved |
| Shell | Helix HX8 ECT C3 5W-30 | Approved |
| Shell | Helix HX8 ECT 5W-30 | Meets |
| TotalEnergies | Quartz Ineo Long Life 5W-30 | Approved |
| TotalEnergies | Sporti 9 C3 5W-30 | Meets |
1,700+products
3,300+formal OEM approvals
6major oil brands
Monthlydata sheet check
Most equivalence lists put both under one tick. For a vehicle under warranty that is the difference between a covered claim and a rejected one, so LubeSpec stores the two separately for every product and every OEM specification.
The OEM tested the oil against its own specification and put it on its approval list. On the data sheet this shows as a formal approval, often with an approval number. This is what a workshop needs for warranty work.
The lubricant brand states the oil performs to the specification, without the OEM's formal listing. Often fine for an older vehicle, but not something to put in a fleet contract where warranties are at stake.
In LubeSpec, 30 products list BMW Longlife-04. Six of them only meet it. Several of those carry nearly the same name as an approved product from the same brand, which is exactly where a wrong pick happens.
Compare, Fleet and Radar all read from the same structured data. A correction made once shows up everywhere, and every answer links back to the data sheet it came from.
What is the equivalent of this oil, and does it keep the approval?
Search any product or specification and see the matching products from every brand side by side: viscosity, ACEA, API, ILSAC, JASO and OEM approvals.
ForDistributors, workshops and the technical teams at oil brands
How few oils can this fleet run on without losing a warranty?
Enter the vehicles and the oils in use. Fleet works out the smallest approved product set in one brand, flags every line where a switch would cost an approval, and prices the change.
ForFleet operators and the distributors who supply them
Where does our range cover the market, and where are we missing?
Radar reads a national vehicle parc as lubricant demand and lays your catalogue over it, so the specifications you do not cover show up by size of opportunity.
ForOil brands and larger distributors, prepared per market
Compare: 430 passenger car oils in one list, filtered by viscosity grade, with the properties that decide an equivalence next to each product.
LubeSpec does not copy marketing pages or reseller lists. It starts from the document the manufacturer is accountable for.
The current technical data sheet is taken from the manufacturer's own site.
Viscosity, properties, industry standards and OEM approvals go into one schema, so products from different brands line up.
Outliers are flagged automatically. OEM approvals, the field where a mistake costs a warranty, are reviewed by hand.
Every equivalence and every fleet recommendation keeps a link to the data sheet behind it. Sheets are rechecked monthly.
Everyone who has to answer "which oil can I use instead" and stand behind the answer.
Answer equivalence questions in seconds, prove them to the customer, and see where the catalogue wins or leaves sales on the table.
Fewer oils in the store room, each one formally approved for the vehicles it goes into, with per-vehicle proof.
Technical teams answer competitor conversions faster, and sales show a customer the switch is safe before the order.
An oil brand showing equivalents on its own product pages, or a workshop network running consolidation on its own range, needs an integration rather than a login. We scope and price that per project.
Look up a product, return its approvals, ask for equivalents in a given brand or post a fleet list and get the consolidated range back.
Compare and Fleet in your identity, limited to the products you sell, on your domain or internally.
The structured dataset as a scheduled export or feed, mapped to your schema and refreshed as manufacturers publish.
LubeSpec is a lubricant specification database and web platform. It turns manufacturers' technical data sheets into structured data, so engine oils from Shell, Castrol, Mobil, TotalEnergies, Motul and Chevron Delo can be compared by viscosity, ACEA, API, ILSAC, JASO and OEM approval.
Approved means the vehicle manufacturer has formally tested and listed the oil against its specification. Meets means the oil maker states the oil fulfils the specification without that formal listing. For warranty purposes the two are not the same, so LubeSpec keeps them apart for every product and every specification.
From the technical data sheets published by the lubricant manufacturers themselves. Each value is captured from the data sheet, structured into one schema and checked, with OEM approvals reviewed by hand.
More than 1,700 products from six brands: Shell, Castrol, Mobil, TotalEnergies, Motul and Chevron Delo, with over 3,300 formal OEM approvals. Passenger car, heavy duty, motorcycle, gear, transmission, grease and other segments are included. More brands are added on request.
Data sheets are checked for changes every month. Changed values are updated and logged.
Yes. Enterprise customers get a REST API, the Compare and Fleet tools in their own branding, or the dataset as a scheduled export mapped to their schema.
LubeSpec is a product of RS Consultancy and Trading in the Netherlands (KvK 80773516). The team has a background in lubricant data and in sales to oil brands, distributors and fleets.
Tell us what you sell or what you run. We prepare the walkthrough with your range or fleet loaded, so the first thing you see is your own situation.
Or email us directly at sales@lubespec.eu