Time to talk about oil

In March 2023, Product Profile3 MinutesBy NZ Trucking magazineApril 5, 2023

Today’s heavy-duty diesel engines are expensive and more technically advanced than ever, with ever-increasing oil drain intervals. Fleets are often the backbone of many operator’s businesses, with realiability and component life of meaning everything.

Different fuels and environmental conditions can impact efficiency and longevity, which can be greatly improved with the correct lubrication.

Gulf Western prides itself in only using the highest-quality virgin base oils and the most technologically advanced API-approved additive systems, allowing the company to hold some of the highest OEM approvls in today’s market.

The facility has API (American Petroleum Institute)licensing and has an ISO 9001 Quality Assurance Managemnet System certification.

Gulf Western Oil was launched in 1988 to design an oil specific to the Australian market. Since then, it has grown from a small company blending lubricants for the local market to a multi-million-litre organisation with an extensive distributor netwrok throughout Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Fiji, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Vietnam, China, Tonga, Samoa, Kiribati, the Christmas Islands, PNG and Russia.

TOP DOG

Gulf Western TOP DOG INDESTRUCTIBLE was formulated using Gulf Western’s indestructible additive technology. It makes engines stay cleaner, use less fuel and last longer. TOP DOG INDESTRUCTIBLE 15W-40 meets most modern engine manufacturer’s specifications, formulated to meet API CK-4.

It meets the specifications of modern and older engine manufacturers and OEMs and is backward-compatible with API CJ-4 and CI-4 engine oil specifications. It is suitable for heavy-duty diesel engines fitted with EGR systems and those fitted with DPFs. Being backward-compatible with API specifications, it is an ideal mixed fleet/universal engine oil.

For more information, contact NAPA Auto Parts on 08800 800 073 or at napa.co.nz

BENEFITS

Top DOG INDESTRUCTIBLE 15W-40 meets the following international performance specifications:

  • Increased fuel economy through reduced friction
  • Extended drain intervals compared with generation API grades
  • Vastly improved oxidation control
  • Suitable for EGR (Exhaust gas recirculation) engines
  • Low SAPS formulation offering suitability for diesel particulate filters
  • Better dispersancy compared with conventional API CK-4 and CJ-4 specifications resulting in cleaner engines that offer an increased service life
  • Increased shear stability resulting in decreased oil consumption
  • TOP DOG INDESTRUCTIBLE 15W-40 offers advanced levels of engine protection compared with API CJ-4 and the new conventional API CK-4 specification.