Castrol VECTON Long Drain 10W-40 E8/E11

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Fully synthetic low-ash 10W-40 oil for truck and bus diesels to ACEA E11 and API CK-4, with MAN M 3775 and Volvo VDS-4.5 approvals.

Classification
Product line Castrol VECTON 5 oils
SAE viscosity 10W-40What SAE means
Base oil fully synthetic
Intended use commercial vehicles
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
JASO class
Approvals
Manufacturer approvals What an approval means
Meets the requirements of
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 100 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 14.5 mm²/s
Viscosity index 148
Pour point -36 °C
Flash point 202 °C
Base number (TBN) 8.3 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 0.97 %
Density 867 kg/m³

The car maker has not officially approved the entries in the “Meets the requirements of” row.

Description

Castrol VECTON Long Drain 10W-40 E8/E11 is a fully synthetic low-ash oil for extended drain intervals; with sulphated ash below 1 %, it is compatible with particulate filters.

Classifications: ACEA E6, E7, E8, E9 and E11, API CK-4, JASO DH-2. Official approvals: CAT ECF-3, Cummins CES 20086, DDC DFS 93K222, Deutz DQC IV-18 LA, DTFR 15C100, DTFR 15C110, DTFR 15C120, Mack EOS-4.5, MAN M 3775, MTU Oil Category 3.1, Renault Trucks RLD-3, Volvo CNG and Volvo VDS-4.5. Castrol itself states that it meets DAF Euro VI, MAN M 3271-1, MAN M 3271-3, MAN M 3477 and Iveco requirements, without official approval.

Typical figures: 14.5 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 148, base number 8.3 mg KOH/g.

Application

Euro VI and earlier diesel engines in trucks, buses and off-road machinery, with or without a particulate filter, where the listed Daimler, MAN, Volvo or Renault Trucks specifications apply; also Volvo gas engines.

Worth knowing

On the VECTON range page Castrol gives a change interval of 120,000 km for the Long Drain oils, but a note qualifies it: that mileage was approved by MAN, whereas for Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Renault engines, under their own specifications, the figure is 100,000 km, and the actual interval depends on the engine type, operating conditions, service history, on-board diagnostics and fuel quality. On the same page Castrol reminds readers to go by the specifications in the vehicle’s manual.

For MAN this means checking the code itself. This oil’s official MAN approval is M 3775, whereas MAN M 3271-1, MAN M 3271-3 and MAN M 3477 are guaranteed only by Castrol itself. MAN no longer issues new approvals under M 3477, and where it used to be required, an oil to MAN M 3677 is now used; that number is not in this oil’s list. Why a long interval holds only with an oil approved to the code in the service book is the subject of the article on truck oil approvals and change intervals.

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