A guide to truck engine oil: How to keep your fleet running efficiently
Running a fleet is no easy feat – from monitoring your vehicles across the nation to finding the best way for your drivers to use their trucks, maintenance can be quite a challenge.
Often with tight budgets to consider, every little saving helps to ensure successful fleet management. Though it may not seem obvious, your choice of engine oil is one element that can help to reduce costs in the long run.
As with passenger cars, truck engine oil can be thought of as the ‘blood’ of heavy-duty vehicles. There are several vital roles that these lubricants play, including:
- Reducing friction between moving parts
- Helping to prevent excessive wear and tear
- Acting as a coolant, helping to dissipate heat generated by the engine’s continuous combustion process
- Handling dirt, debris, and contaminants within the engine, which can cause damage in the long run
Texaco Delo® 600 ADF SAE 15W-40 to the rescue
A popular choice among operators around the world, Texaco Delo 600 ADF SAE 15W-40 is designed to deliver robust and reliable protection to both the engine and emissions system across mixed fleets.
In particular, it can:
- Offer extended diesel particulate filter (DPF) service intervals
- Help to improve fuel economy through reducing DPF regeneration and ash build-up
- Promote reduced DPF clogging, which helps to minimise DPF maintenance, equipment downtime and service cost.
On which vehicles should I use it?
With a purpose of optimising productivity, Texaco Delo 600 ADF SAE 15W-40 is specially formulated for long oil drain protection. Additionally, its design offers robust engine wear and corrosion resistance with reliable DPF protection, which are both valuable tools in the battle to reduce downtime.
What’s more, the oil is designed for on-highway applications and low emission diesel engines with selective catalytic reduction (SCR), diesel particulate filters (DPF), and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) systems.
Does it have any manufacturer approvals?
To put it simply, yes. Texaco Delo 600 ADF SAE 15W-40 and all its benefits are supported by a series of approvals from key manufacturers, including:
- Cummins CES 20086, CES 20092
- Daimler Truck DTFR 15C100 (previously known as MB 228.31)
- Deutz DQC III-18 LA
- Detroit Diesel DFS 93K222
- Mack EOS-4.5
- MAN M3775
- Renault RLD-3
- Volvo VDS-4.5
- ZF TE-ML 04C
Additionally, the product meets the performance requirements of:
- ACEA E6, E9, E11
- API CK-4
- Caterpillar ECF-3
- Mack EO-O Premium Plus, EO-N, EO-M Plus, EO-M
- MTU Oil Category 3.1
- Renault RLD-2, RLD
- Volvo VDS-4
To find out more about how Texaco Delo 600 ADF SAE 15W-40 can support your business, please visit: Delo 600 ADF SAE 15W-40
