Shell Rotella Fleet Newsletter

Title: Ask an Expert, Meet the Fleet Technical Experts

Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds

Description: A video of a Shell technical expert discussing how Shell heavy duty lubricants are developed.

[Video starts]

Karin Haumann, Shell Heavy Duty Lubricant Technical Specialist, headshot speaking. She has blonde hair and is wearing glasses and a white button-down shirt.

[Karin Haumann voice and video]

I'm Karin Haumann, I'm a Heavy Duty

Lubricant Technical Specialist.

Many of you know that heavy duty lubricants are made to work hard, because of the environments they serve. But few people really know what goes into developing a heavy duty lubricant.

So right now, I'll walk you through some of the steps.

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First, extensive testing is done

with the American Petroleum

Institute standards for either CK4 or FA4.

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This includes 9 engine tests

that run between 100 and 500 hours

each, and measure 34 critical parameters

like:

carbon deposits on your pistons

or engine sludge

or Cam Lobe wear

Then we go into the laboratory

where there are 13 tests that measure things like

Engine oil volatility

and corrosion protection

The oil is even tested in cold temperatures to make sure that it can flow at as low

as 40° below zero.

And that's just the beginning.

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Then we run the oil in dozens of trucks on the road in real world conditions.

We even make sure that we stress the oil for severe environments by extending the drain interval well beyond its recommended service interval.

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Tractor trailer truck driving on road

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We can accumulate as many as a million miles or more on a single product, testing the condition and the quality of the oil the entire way through.

[Video of Karin Haumann speaking]

Hopefully that gives you a better understanding of the rigor that goes into Shell Rotella lubricants that are developed specifically for heavy duty applications.

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Part 1

Meet the Fleet

Technical Experts

With Karin Haumann

Thank you for watching

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Shell Rotella oil being poured into an engine