BP Vanellus Turbo 15W-40

BPBP Vanellus linecommercial vehicles15W-40 data partly verified

Mineral 15W-40 engine oil to API CI-4 for high-speed four-stroke diesels running on fuel of varying quality.

Classification
Product line BP Vanellus 15 oils
SAE viscosity 15W-40What SAE means
Base oil mineral
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 109 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.3 mm²/s
Viscosity index 134
Pour point -30 °C
Flash point 215 °C
Base number (TBN) 8.5 mg KOH/g
Density 869 kg/m³

Description

BP Vanellus Turbo 15W-40 is a mineral engine oil from the Vanellus line for high-speed four-stroke diesels that run on fuel of varying quality. The maker stresses its control of deposits with high-sulphur fuel.

It is rated API CI-4 and suits engines that call for this or a lower category; it carries no official carmaker approvals.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 14.3 mm²/s at 100 °C and 109 mm²/s at 40 °C, viscosity index 134, base number 8.5 mg KOH/g, pour point -30 °C, flash point 215 °C.

Application

High-speed four-stroke diesel engines running on fuel of varying quality, where API CI-4 or a lower category is specified.

Worth knowing

When a truck’s service book names a maker code besides API CI-4, for example Volvo VDS-3, Cummins CES 20078 or DTFR 15B110, the Vanellus 15W-40 oils that have such codes are Multi-Fleet Plus 15W-40 and Vanellus Multi A 15W-40. BP states a mineral base for Multi A, as here, and its API class is the same, CI-4, supplemented by ACEA E7 and a list of engine-maker codes. The data-sheet figures differ: base number 11.4 mg KOH/g for Multi A against 8.5 for this oil, pour point -39 °C against -30 °C.

The latest BP data sheet for Turbo 15W-40 gives no sulphated ash, so on that measure it cannot be compared with the other oils in the line. To gauge cold starting it gives the CCS cranking viscosity: 5300 mPa·s at -20 °C. How CI-4 relates to the earlier CH-4 and the newer diesel classes is covered in the article on the API CI-4 class.

Data current as of data partly verifiedsome specifications could not be confirmed from an official sourceCheck the label and the current product data sheet before you buy.

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