BP Vanellus 15W-40 CK-4

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15W-40 engine oil to API CK-4 for truck and bus diesels, including engines with EGR, DPF, DOC and SCR systems.

Classification
Product line BP Vanellus 15 oils
SAE viscosity 15W-40What SAE means
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 110 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.6 mm²/s
Viscosity index 136
Pour point -45 °C
Flash point 215 °C
Base number (TBN) 9.7 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1 %
Density 876 kg/m³

Description

BP Vanellus 15W-40 CK-4 is an engine oil from the Vanellus line for high-speed four-stroke diesels in trucks and buses. It is compatible with exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), diesel particulate filters (DPF), oxidation catalysts (DOC) and SCR systems.

It is rated API CK-4 and also suits engines that call for earlier API categories; it carries no official carmaker approvals.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 14.6 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 136, base number 9.7 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1 %, pour point -45 °C.

Application

High-speed four-stroke diesel engines in trucks and buses that call for API CK-4 or an earlier API category, including those with exhaust gas recirculation and DPF, DOC or SCR after-treatment.

Worth knowing

Among the Vanellus 15W-40 oils, API CK-4 is also claimed for BP Vanellus Multi-Fleet ECO 15W-40, and by the data-sheet figures the two oils are close: 14.6 against 15 mm²/s at 100 °C, sulphated ash 1 % in both, base number 9.7 against 9.5 mg KOH/g. Where they differ is the list of specifications. Multi-Fleet ECO also has ACEA E9 and E11, JASO DH-2 and the approvals Volvo VDS-4.5, Mack EOS-4.5, Cummins CES 20081, CAT ECF-3, DDC DFS 93K218 and DTFR 15C100. If a truck’s documentation names any of these numbers, you will not find it in this oil’s entry: only the API class is recorded here.

On the other hand, its pour point is lower, -45 °C against -33 °C. API named CL-4 as the successor to CK-4, likewise backward compatible, and FB-4 as the successor to the parallel FA-4 branch with reduced high-temperature viscosity; the article on API SQ and the diesel classes CK-4 and FA-4 shows how API split the diesel line in two.

Data current as of Check the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.

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