Chevron delo ADF 600 now sold @wally's.

[JavierH19]

Now shipped and sold directly by Walmart for $29 a gal for the 15w-40 which is pricey but it was almost $50 when it came out if i remember correctly. The 10w-30 is still expensive at $44 a gal. Still strange to think about running an oil with no zddp or phos but it does pass all tests for wear protection. I find it odd that they're syn blends for the price. 4.4 hths on the 15w-40 and 3.6 on the 10w-30 is great however.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Chevron-...el-Motor-Oil-1-Gallon/2937982475?from=/search
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Chevron-...937982475&athposb=-1&athena=true&athbdg=L1600

Two separate voa's on the first and last posts in this thread.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/chevron-delo-600-adf-sample.338656/

 

[fantastic]

To add that it states it Meets some common big name engine builders specifications to boot. You're right it's an interesting add pack. Far as I know it's positioned for big semi trucks more than anything I think. Expensive downtime maintenance if dpf clogged.

 

[JavierH19]

To add that it states it Meets some common big name engine builders specifications to boot. You're right it's an interesting add pack. Far as I know it's positioned for big semi trucks more than anything I think. Expensive downtime maintenance if dpf clogged.

In the listing it also said that it would lower future costs from the dpf not being as restricted compared to if one were to run a standard oil and claims a 3% fuel economy retention and i didn't think of that before but restriction causing inefficiency is obvious.

 

[JavierH19]

I wonder why they didn't give it an SP rating, seems compatible enough to me.

 

[cptbarkey]

Blackstone has mentioned this oil a few times on their podcast because its a little bit of an odd duck with the potassium additive.

 

[Foxtrot08]

Chevron is pushing it very hard right now. Distributors have minimum gallon metrics to meet their contract goals and such right now.

The lubricants conspiracy theorist in me believes that we will see a lot more of this sort of engine oil beyond 2027, in what is now PC12 development cycle. And Chevron just wants to get out in front of the market with it.

 

[userfriendly]

Locomotives run for decades without ZDDP in their engine oil.

 

[Redhawk454]

It has little to no anti wear additives and the dispersant additives are very, very low.

no thanks

 

[addyguy]

I’m really curious how this would fare in a regular gasoline engine.

 

[JavierH19]

It has little to no anti wear additives and the dispersant additives are very, very low.

no thanks

My intial reaction as well but voa's show a thousand in moly and it does also have an hths of 4.4 which is a bit more than many other 15w-40's so i guess that's what's providing protection. It's also possible to have few material additive detergents with a better base stock. I do trust chevron to blend something up that's decent at the very least. Perhaps comparable to the low end sde in terms of wear at minimum but i'm not expecting delo xsp levels of anti wear performance. I only wonder why they didn't dual label it with SP.

 

[fantastic]

I wonder why they didn't give it an SP rating, seems compatible enough to me.

SP has minimum additive requirements this doesn't meet? Think it needs 600 PPM phosphorus minimum. Also, gasoline isn't the target market for this product from what I gather.

 

[JavierH19]

SP has minimum additive requirements this doesn't meet? Think it needs 600 PPM phosphorus minimum. Also, gasoline isn't the target market for this product from what I gather.

I think you're right. I know of the maximums but I forget the minimums. The maximum limits don't apply beyond resource conserving grades like 40/50 but maybe the minimum is for all grades. I think I've seen some SP oils be at around 500ppm but that's probably measuring variance and margin of error in the oil analysis.

 

[addyguy]

Whether it meets the requirements or not, I wonder how it would do in a gas engine?

 

[JavierH19]

Whether it meets the requirements or not, I wonder how it would do in a gas engine?

Average diesel oils have pretty much always needed to be a big beefier than average gas oils. Always having more more average detergents, average anti wear additives, and hths requirements. Diesel engines on average run at a higher load and generate more torque which tries to force metal to metal contact more than the average gas engine. I think I'd do just fine at the very least. The bearings, cams, timing chains ect aren't a different metal in a diesel engine. Still an odd oil to think about using diesel or not.