YORK S is a refrigeration and compressor oil in the YORK range owned by Johnson Controls. We supply it matched to the viscosity and the oil type your chiller or compressor documentation specifies, and we confirm the match in writing before you order.
We manufacture refrigeration and compressor oils at our own blending plant in Foshan, China, and we can match a grade to a measured viscosity when one is supplied. There is no fixed minimum order — it is confirmed per order, because a single can and a full container load are both workable and the figure moves with the pack size, the quantity and the destination. Delivery is on any Incoterms 2020 term — EXW, FOB, CFR, CIF, DDP and every other rule — and payment is on any commonly used method, including T/T, L/C and PayPal. Send the chiller or compressor model, the refrigerant and the oil type on the nameplate and we will confirm what we can supply before quoting.
QISHANR is a refrigeration oil manufacturer and wholesale supplier, and the grades we list are supplied in bulk to distributors, HVACR service companies and compressor OEMs worldwide.
YORK S is supplied on published terms: the specification, the price terms, the payment terms and the documents are the same for every buyer, and they can be quoted without a site visit. The minimum order is deliberately left open, because it is judged case by case: the grade, the quantity, the pack size, the shipping terms and the container load all move it, so a single can and a full container load are both workable and neither is treated as the normal case. Send us the quantity, the destination port and whether your own brand goes on the container, and those three turn the table below into a firm quotation. Documents and lead time work the same way on every order: the technical data sheet and safety data sheet come with the quotation, and the certificate of analysis for the delivered batch comes with the shipment. This grade is supplied wholesale and in bulk — to distributors, HVACR service companies, compressor OEMs and private-label buyers — as well as in single packs and sample quantities.
| Item | Terms for YORK S |
|---|---|
| Minimum order quantity | Not a fixed figure — confirmed per order, because it is judged case by case: the grade, the pack size, the quantity, the shipping terms and the container load all move it, so a single can and a full container load are both workable |
| Payment terms | Any commonly used payment method — T/T, L/C, PayPal and every other option — confirmed with the order |
| Price terms | Any Incoterms 2020 term — EXW, FOB, CFR, CIF, DDP and every other rule — quoted against your destination port |
| Supply ability | 1,000 pieces per year on this grade, at our blending plant in Foshan — this is the figure for our equivalent, not the annual capacity of the plant |
| Origin | The original YORK product, or an equivalent manufactured at our own plant in Foshan, China |
| Supply options | Our own refrigeration oil matched to the grade, manufactured at our blending plant in Foshan, China, and matched on the viscosity your compressor specifies |
| Who buys this grade | Distributors and resellers who stock refrigeration oil, HVACR and refrigeration service companies, compressor OEMs filling new equipment, and buyers who need private-label or own-brand packing. Wholesale and bulk orders are the norm; trial and sample quantities are also supplied. |
| Grade confirmation | Send the chiller or compressor model, the refrigerant and the oil type on the nameplate. We confirm the grade against your machine and against whatever viscosity figure your documentation gives before quoting |
| Pack size | Confirmed at quotation: tell us the pack format you need and it is quoted with the oil. |
| Documents issued with the order | Technical data sheet, safety data sheet, and a certificate of analysis for the delivered batch |
| Handling and storage | Store sealed, away from direct sunlight, and keep the container closed between top-ups. Johnson Controls publishes a shelf life of two years for oil held in a plastic container and no limit for oil held in a metal container, provided the container stays closed. Never mix different oil types, brands or additives, which is the manufacturer's own instruction. |
Supply ability is stated for this grade rather than for the plant as a whole. It is not the annual capacity of the blending plant.
A lubricant order is rarely only a lubricant order. The buyer is usually solving a grade question, an import documentation question, a freight question and a packaging question at the same time — often across more than one product family. Those are the parts of the job we take on, and they are handled by the same team that quotes the oil rather than passed to a third party.
We are a manufacturer rather than a reseller, which is what makes that possible. The blending plant in Foshan, Guangdong runs at 6,000 tonnes a year and has been producing lubricants for more than ten years, so the answer to most of the questions below comes out of our own production and our own paperwork.
| What you are dealing with | What we do about it |
|---|---|
| The nameplate names an oil type and you need to know what it is equivalent to | Send us the chiller or compressor model, the refrigerant and the oil type on the nameplate. We match on whatever viscosity your documentation gives and confirm it in writing before you order. |
| You need the grade, not a catalogue description | Every figure on this page is traceable to a document published by Johnson Controls, and both documents are linked at the foot of the page. |
| You are buying alongside other oils and want them on one order | Refrigeration oils are the core of our business, not the whole plant. The same lines produce air compressor oils, vacuum pump oils and general industrial lubricants, and a mixed enquiry can be quoted, packed and shipped together rather than split across suppliers. |
| You need documentation for customs or for a tender | CE, CO, MSDS and transport certification are issued as standard documents with an export order. Tell us at the enquiry stage which certificate the destination requires and we compile the file with the quotation rather than after the shipment. |
| You are changing a machine over from another oil | The manufacturer's instruction is never to mix different oil types, brands or additives. Where a machine is being changed over, the old charge is drained and the circuit flushed and evacuated rather than topped up. Tell us what is coming out and what is going in, and we will confirm the changeover procedure with the oil. |
The point of this list is that the questions are answered before the order rather than after it. If you are unsure which of them applies to you, describe the system and we will tell you what we need.
Grade confirmation comes before pricing, because the YORK range separates its grades by measured viscosity and a wrong one is the mistake that costs a compressor. The sequence is the same whether you are buying one can or a full container:
If you already know the grade and only need a price, send the quantity and the destination port and we will quote directly.
The decisions for this grade are made on the machine. These are the points that matter.
| Parameter | Position for YORK S | What it means for the order |
|---|---|---|
| Grade substitution | Check the nameplate first | The manufacturer's catalogue instructs the buyer to check the chiller nameplate or documentation for the correct oil type, and that is the starting point for this grade. |
The YORK oils are a set of grades separated by measured viscosity and by the compressor duty they are intended for. The table shows the range as the manufacturer publishes it: the new-oil viscosity range, the ISO 3448 class it falls in, and the typical application from the manufacturer's oil catalogue.
| Grade | Viscosity at 40 °C (new oil) | ISO 3448 position | Typical application |
|---|---|---|---|
| YORK K | 30–35 cSt (new oil) | ISO VG 32 | YK compressors, open reciprocating compressors, M compressors (industrial duty) |
| YORK F | 28–32 cSt (new oil) | ISO VG 32 | Scroll compressors, open/semi-hermetic reciprocating, flooded or DX evaporators, single stage centrifugal |
| YORK J | 46–51 cSt (new oil) | ISO VG 46 | K (old style) compressors, M compressors (standard water chilling duty and industrial duty) |
| YORK C | 56–63 cSt (new oil) | straddles the VG 46 / VG 68 boundary | Evaporator temperatures −20 °C and higher: open/hermetic reciprocating, screw compressors (water cooled), M compressors, single stage centrifugal |
| YORK H | 61–68 cSt (new oil) | ISO VG 68 | Open/semi-hermetic reciprocating compressors, screw compressors (water cooled), M compressors |
Viscosity ranges are the new-oil figures published by Johnson Controls. ISO 3448 defines discrete bands at 40 °C, so a grade whose published range straddles a band boundary is shown as straddling it rather than assigned to the nearer class.
If this grade is not the one you need, the sections below show where it sits against the rest of the YORK range and against the oils we manufacture ourselves, so a substitution can be checked before it is ordered.
| Brand | Grade | Viscosity at 40 °C | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qishanr | Refrigeration oil | Matched to your specification | We match on the viscosity your compressor documentation gives rather than naming a QSL code up front |
| YORK / Johnson Controls | YORK range | 28 to 68 cSt | The full published range from the same manufacturer, listed here as the context for the grade on this page |
| YORK / Johnson Controls | YORK J | 46–51 cSt | A grade in the same range with a published viscosity range |
| YORK / Johnson Controls | YORK H | 61–68 cSt | A grade in the same range with a published viscosity range |
A substitution should be made on the measured viscosity at 40 °C and on the base oil type, not on the brand name alone. The machine documentation is the reliable starting point for the grade.
YORK S is part of the YORK oil range owned by Johnson Controls, and the grade a machine takes is set by the viscosity and the oil type its documentation specifies. That is the figure the grade is matched on, and it is confirmed in writing before the order is placed.
A grade in this family is defined by its viscosity, so the figure that decides whether the oil is right for the machine is the one the machine documentation carries. Send us the chiller or compressor model and the nameplate oil type, and we match the grade on the viscosity your documentation gives.
The check for this grade is made against the machine. Johnson Controls' own catalogue instructs the buyer to check the chiller nameplate or documentation for the correct oil type, and that is the starting point for the grade.
It also means a substitution cannot be quoted blind. Send the nameplate detail and whatever viscosity figure the documentation carries, and the grade can be matched on a measured value rather than on a name.
Where a figure is quoted on this page it comes from a document published by Johnson Controls, or from the data sheet issued for the grade we supply, and it is reproduced with the test method it was reported against. That matters in a product category where values circulate between suppliers: a figure quoted without its method cannot be checked.
It also means a figure can be corrected against the source rather than repeated. Every value quoted here is the manufacturer's own, reproduced from the published document — so nothing here rests on a second-hand number.
ISO 3448 assigns a viscosity class from a measured figure at 40 °C. The class for this grade is established from the viscosity your compressor documentation specifies, which is the figure the grade is matched on.
What a buyer should match is the viscosity on the compressor documentation, which is the figure the grade is selected on. Send us the machine model and the documented viscosity and we confirm the match in writing before you order.
The YORK oils are a set of grades separated by measured viscosity, so two grades that look alike on the drum can be wrong for each other's machine. A quotation that skips the grade check is a price for a product that may not fit the unit it is going into, and the cost of that mistake is a compressor rather than a drum of oil.
So the sequence is fixed: send the chiller or compressor model, the refrigerant and the oil type on the nameplate, and we confirm the grade against the manufacturer's published data before the price is issued. That is also what makes the specification comparable on a page like this one, because every figure is tied to a published document rather than to a description.
We manufacture lubricants at our own blending plant in Foshan, Guangdong, which runs at 6,000 tonnes a year and has been producing for more than ten years. That is what allows us to quote a refrigeration oil matched to the viscosity your machine specifies against the YORK specification, and to hold stock on the grades we list rather than promising on behalf of a third party.
It also means the answer to a question about the oil comes from the plant rather than from an intermediary. If you need the grade matched to a chiller model, or to know which documents come with the shipment, tell us at the enquiry stage and we will confirm it against your destination rather than leave it until the order is placed.
Alongside the refrigeration oils the same plant produces air compressor oils, vacuum pump oils and general industrial lubricants, so a mixed enquiry can be quoted, packed and shipped as one shipment rather than split across suppliers.
A: There is no fixed minimum order — it is confirmed per order, because it depends on the pack size, the quantity and the destination, and a single can and a full container load are both workable. Tell us the pack format you need and it is quoted with the oil. Custom pack formats and private-label artwork are available as a quotation item.
A: YORK S is a refrigeration and compressor oil in the YORK range owned by Johnson Controls, supplied matched to the viscosity and the oil type your machine documentation specifies. Send us the chiller or compressor model and the nameplate oil type and we will confirm the grade.
A: YORK J is published at 46–51 cSt at 40 °C, and the two grades are listed for different duties, so they are not interchangeable. Send us the chiller or compressor model and the nameplate oil type and we will confirm what applies.
A: Check the chiller nameplate, which is what the manufacturer's own catalogue instructs the buyer to do, and send us the detail with the enquiry; we confirm the refrigerant for your unit before quoting.
A: ISO 3448 assigns a class from a measured viscosity at 40 °C, and for this grade the class is established from the viscosity your compressor documentation specifies. Match on that figure: send us the machine model and the documented viscosity and we confirm the grade in writing.
A: No. The manufacturer's own instruction is never to mix different oil types, brands or additives, and it applies to the whole YORK range. Where a machine is being changed from one oil to another, the changeover is carried out as a changeover rather than a top-up: the old charge is drained, the circuit is flushed and evacuated, and the new charge goes in clean. Confirm the changeover procedure with us before the system is charged.
A: For this grade an oil analysis is judged against the viscosity your machine documentation specifies. Send us the analysis and the machine model and we will review it against the grade your unit takes.
A: Yes. Private-label artwork and custom pack formats are a normal quotation item, and the container is packed at our plant in Foshan. Tell us at the enquiry stage that your own label is required, and the artwork and the pack are quoted together with the oil rather than added afterwards.
A: Store it sealed, away from direct sunlight, and keep the container closed between top-ups. Johnson Controls publishes the shelf life of a closed container as two years for oil in a plastic container and with no limit for oil in a metal container, which is why the storage instruction matters as much as the oil. Never mix different oil types, brands or additives, and do not decant into an unlined steel drum where the oil can pick up rust and moisture.
Every statement on this page traces to one of the sources below, so each one can be checked before you buy. This is the set of sources, with what each one establishes.
| Source | What it establishes |
|---|---|
| Johnson Controls — YORK Oil Application, Oil Change Interval, and Oil Quality Limits | The manufacturer's guide for YORK chiller oils. It publishes the new-oil viscosity range and the oil-condition limits for the YORK J, K, H, F and C grades. It is the document the viscosity ranges in the range table above are taken from. |
| Johnson Controls — YORK PureOil quick reference guide (PUBL-8396) | The manufacturer's oil catalogue: the typical application of each YORK oil type and the part number for every pack size. It is the source of the application statement and the part numbers on this page, and it is the guide that lists the grades Johnson Controls supplies, with the typical application and the part numbers for each. |
| ISO 3448:1992 — Industrial liquid lubricants — ISO viscosity classification | The standard that defines the discrete viscosity bands at 40 °C. The class for a grade is assigned from a measured viscosity at that temperature, and the classes in the range table above are read off it. |
Where a value is published by the manufacturer against a named test method, the method is reproduced with the figure so that the value can be traced to the published test.
This oil is manufactured and supplied by Guangzhou Qishanr Technologies Co., Ltd., trading as the brand QISHANR. The company is based in Foshan, Guangdong, adjacent to Guangzhou Port, and has been producing lubricants for more than 10 years from its own blending plant. That plant runs at an annual capacity of 6,000 tonnes, which is what allows us to hold stock on the grades we list and quote firm lead times rather than promising on behalf of a third party.
Refrigeration oils are the core of the business, but they are not the whole plant. The same lines produce general industrial lubricants, so a mixed enquiry that covers both refrigeration oils and ordinary industrial grades can be quoted, packed and shipped together instead of being split across suppliers.
This is not the full range. Specialised ester base oils and lubricant additives are produced in-house as well, which is the reason the synthetic ester grades can be specified to a target rather than bought off a shelf. If the grade you need is not listed above, send the specification or the product you are replacing and we will confirm whether we produce it.
Long-term partners get pricing that reflects a stable manufacturing base rather than a trading margin, and the same technical contact stays with the account from grade selection through to repeat orders.
YORK S is quoted on the grade, the pack size and the destination port rather than on a list price. Send your chiller or compressor model, the refrigerant, the oil type on the nameplate and the quantity you need. We will confirm the grade against your machine documentation — including whether your machine takes this grade or the one next to it — and come back with pricing, pack size and lead time. A technical data sheet and safety data sheet come with the quotation, and we can quote our own equivalent side by side so the comparison is on landed cost.
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