Mobil Delvac Ultra 5W-40 Ultimate Defense

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Synthetic high-base-number 5W-40 for truck and plant diesels, rated ACEA E4 and E7, with MAN M 3377 and Volvo VDS-3 approvals.

Classification
Product line Mobil Delvac Ultra 6 oils
SAE viscosity 5W-40What SAE means
Base oil 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 92.7 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 15.4 mm²/s
Viscosity index 174
Pour point -48 °C
Flash point 221 °C
Base number (TBN) 14.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.2 %
Density 849 kg/m³

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

Description

Mobil Delvac Ultra 5W-40 Ultimate Defense is a synthetic-technology oil with a high base number for heavy-duty diesels in trucks and off-highway machinery, designed for extended drain intervals.

Official approvals: MAN M 3277, MAN M 3377, Volvo VDS-3, Renault Trucks RLD-2, Mack EO-N, MTU Oil Category 3, Cummins CES 20076, Cummins CES 20077, Cummins CES 20078, DTFR 15B120. Classes: ACEA E4, E7, API CI-4 Plus, CI-4, CH-4, CG-4, CF-4, JASO DH-1. Without formal approval, it meets the requirements of CAT ECF-2 and Isuzu DEO.

Base number 14.5 mg KOH/g, sulphated ash 1.2 %, 15.4 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 174, pour point -48 °C.

Application

Naturally aspirated and turbocharged heavy-duty diesels from European makers on long-haul and delivery routes and in slow, heavily loaded off-highway work; extended drains, including with higher-sulphur fuel.

Worth knowing

For engines without exhaust after-treatment running on fuel with more than 15 ppm of sulphur, Cummins recommends CES 20078 oils rather than CES 20081 or 20086; the reasons are covered in the article on high-sulphur fuel, base number and Cummins codes. Here CES 20078 is an official approval, and among Mobil 5W-40 oils in the catalogue only this one has it with that status: for Mobil Delvac 1 5W-40 it is compliance. The base number of 14.5 mg KOH/g is given in the data sheet by the ASTM D4739 method, while the value of 12 for Ultimate Protection V1 in the same line is by ASTM D2896, so the figures come from different methods.

The list itself points to engines without a particulate filter: the letter B in DTFR 15B120 means an oil for machines without a filter, and the Isuzu DEO line carries the note “w/o DPD”. An engine with a filter needs a low-ash oil; among oils of the same SAE grade, one example is Mobil Delvac Ultra 5W-40 Ultimate Protection V1: ash 1 % against 1.2 % here, API CK-4, ACEA E11, DTFR 15C100 and Cummins CES 20086.

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