BP Vanellus Multi-Fleet ECO 15W-40

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Low-ash 15W-40 engine oil to ACEA E9, E11 and API CK-4 for diesels with particulate filters, approved to Volvo VDS-4.5 and Cummins CES 20081.

Classification
Product line BP Vanellus 15 oils
SAE viscosity 15W-40What SAE means
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
JASO class
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 113 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 15 mm²/s
Viscosity index 138
Pour point -33 °C
Flash point 205 °C
Base number (TBN) 9.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1 %
Density 875 kg/m³

Description

BP Vanellus Multi-Fleet ECO 15W-40 is a low-ash (Low SAPS) engine oil from the Vanellus line for heavily loaded diesels of American, European and Japanese design, above all those fitted with particulate filters.

It is rated ACEA E9 and E11, API CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 Plus, CI-4 and CH-4, and JASO DH-2, and holds official approvals Volvo VDS-4.5, Mack EOS-4.5, Cummins CES 20081, CAT ECF-3, DDC Powerguard 93K218 and DTFR 15C100.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 15 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 138, base number 9.5 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1 %, pour point -33 °C.

The maker allows extended drain intervals only under an oil analysis programme.

Application

Heavily loaded four-stroke diesels of American, European and Japanese design, especially those with particulate filters (DPF/DPD) or where the engine maker recommends a low-ash oil.

Worth knowing

Between Multi-Fleet ECO and Multi-Fleet Plus of the same viscosity, the choice comes down first of all to whether the engine has a particulate filter. This oil has sulphated ash of 1 % against 1.4 %, and among its codes are the low-ash ACEA E9, E11 and DTFR 15C100 and the newer Volvo VDS-4.5 and Mack EOS-4.5. Volvo expressly allows VDS-4.5 even in engines for which VDS-3 was previously prescribed, so this oil also meets that requirement for a Volvo engine without a filter. Renault Trucks RLD-2, DTFR 15B110, Deutz DQC III-18 and MTU Oil Category 2, by contrast, are found in the line only on Multi-Fleet Plus and Multi A. How the Volvo VDS generations relate and what the letters B and C in the DTFR numbers mean is shown in the article on oil for a truck or bus.

The second question is fuel. For an engine without an exhaust after-treatment system that runs on diesel with more than 15 ppm sulphur, Cummins’s recommendations call for CES 20078 rather than CES 20081. That code is in Vanellus Multi-Fleet Plus 15W-40, and its base number is higher: 10.9 mg KOH/g against 9.5.

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