Oil Choices, Programs and Best Practices Jerry Rogers 9/17/2014 National Association of Fleet...

Oil Choices, Programs and Best Practices

Jerry Rogers9/17/2014

National Association of Fleet Administrators New England Chapter

Equipment uptime Alternative fuels Longer drain intervals Lower total cost of maintenance Synthetics and fuel economy Selective Catalytic Reduction PC-11 engine oil category Lower viscosity grade HDEO

Issues facing you today

Consider:

What is your starting point?Have you done an equipment survey?Do you do Oil Analysis?

In House/Commercial Lab?Are you using Synthetics or Blends vs

Conventional Oils?What are your maintenance goals?Does your lubricant match your goal?

Extended Drain?Fuel Economy?

A Good Equipment Survey Will:

List all equipment to be lubricatedList the Make, Model and Type of equipmentList each component on the equipmentIdentify the correct lubricants to be usedIdentify the OEM recommended change interval

Oil Analysis

Includes four categories of information

Equipment InformationOil InformationContaminant InformationEvaluative Comments

In House VS Commercial Lab

Garbage In – Garbage Out

You may not see a difference between Conventional, Synthetic Blends and Synthetics

You have the choices betweenConventional Oils

5w20 -5w3015w40-10w30

Synthetic Blends5w20-5w3010w30-15w40

Full Synthetics5w20-5w30-0w305w40

Better Lubricants

If your goal is extendeddrains did you knowthat all OEM’s have theirown recommendations onintervals?

Annual Fuel Savings could be up to $1,280 per truck

Up to 1.6% Annual fuel savings

At 120,000 miles per year At 6 Miles Per Gallon At $4.00 Diesel Per Gallon

This can provide a fleet of 25 trucks a potential fuel cost saving of $32,000 annually.

Did you know that if your goal is fuel economy………….

Did you also know that switching to a Full Synthetic will probably save you less that that?

Resources Available:

• Your Equipment Manual• OEM Representative• Oil Company Technical Specialist• A Qualified Lube Specialist--------------

In Summary:

Best Practices for Fleet Maintenance includes:Having a current fleet surveyUsing Oil AnalysisEmbracing New TechnologyUsing higher quality productsUsing the resources available to assist you

What about SCR????

New engine technology to meet emissionsFuel economy standardsAs well as……

Changes in hardwareEngine test obsolescence

Why is PC 11 around the corner?

16

14

12

10

SAE

30SA

E 40

SAE

20

HTHS ~3.5 cP

Visc

osity

(cSt

)

HTHS ~2.9 cP

SAE Viscosity @100°C HTHS Viscosity @150°C

HTHS ~4.2 cP

1. Higher HTHS Backward compatible On & Off-Road 15W-40 , 10W-40, 5W-40, 0W-

40

2. Lower HTHS Fuel efficiency benefits Maintaining durability Limited backward compatibility 10W-30, 5W-30

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