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Chevron seems to be changing up/simplifying its Delo products a bit:
https://www.chevronlubricants.com/en_us/home/products/by_brand/delo.html?src-tab=products

They are discontinuing:
  • 400 SDE 10W-30
  • 400 SDE 15W-40
  • 400 XLE 15W-40.
They will be replaced by Delo 400 XLE SB SAE 15W-40 which is a synthetic blend and CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 PLUS,CI-4, CH-4, SN rated:
https://www.chevronlubricants.com/en_us/home/products/delo-400-xle-sb-15w-40.html
PDS: https://cglapps.chevron.com/msdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481952&docFormat=PDF


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That PDF still has the regular XLE a few pages back. And the pour point of the regular XLE is far superior to the SB, if it’s correct… and it has been listed about there for a long while now…
 
Here's the Discontinued oil.
https://cglapps.chevron.com/sdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481951&docFormat=PDF

  1. Viscosity, Cold Crank, °C/mPa.s -20/5400
  2. Pour Point -45F
  3. Delo® 400 SDE SAE 15W-40 is approved for:•
  4. API Service Categories CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 PLUS,CI-4, CH-4, SN•
  5. Cummins CES 20086•
  6. Daimler MB-Approval 228.31•
  7. Detroit Fluids Specification (DFS) 93K222•
  8. DEUTZ DQC III-18 LA•
  9. MAN M3775•
  10. Mack EOS-4.5•
  11. MTU Category 2.1•
  12. Renault RLD-3•
  13. Volvo VDS-4.5
  14. Delo 400 SDE SAE 15W-40 meets the requirements for:•
  15. ACEA E9, E11•
  16. Caterpillar ECF-3•
  17. JASO DH-2•
  18. MAN M3575

Here's the new replacement.
https://cglapps.chevron.com/msdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481952&docFormat=PDF

  1. Viscosity, Cold Crank, °C/mPa.s -20/5200
  2. Pour Point -38F
  3. Delo 400 XLE SB SAE 15W-40 is approved for:•
  4. API Service Categories CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 PLUS,CI-4, CH-4, SN•
  5. Cummins CES 20086•
  6. Detroit Fluids Specification (DFS) 93K222•
  7. Mack EOS-4.5•
  8. Renault RLD-3•
  9. Volvo VDS-4.5
  10. Delo 400 XLE SB SAE 15W-40 is recommended for:•
  11. ACEA E11•
  12. Allison TES-439•
  13. Caterpillar ECF-3•
  14. DEUTZ DQC III-18 LA•
  15. DTFR 15C100 (previously known as MB 228.31)•
  16. Ford WSS-M2C171-F1•
  17. JASO DH-2•
  18. MAN M3775•
  19. MTU Category 2.1
They received more "Approvals" & IMO a beefier additive pack like Phosphorus to meet Ford Spec on this newest product. The Cold Crank test seems to, slightly, favor the old 15w-40 (Synblend) product mentioned below. Apparently it was already a synthetic blend before. You can see (Synblend) in the title before naming it SB.

Then there's this product you're referring to 15w-40 SDE (Synblend) that has that low -54F pour point. Product number 257004. This must of been the product you're talking about & it appears it was launched around the time of CK-4.
https://shop.sclubricants.com/pub/media/pds/chevron/Delo-400-XLE-SAE-15W-40-Technical-Datasheet.pdf
 
fantastic said:
Here's the Discontinued oil.
https://cglapps.chevron.com/sdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481951&docFormat=PDF

  1. Viscosity, Cold Crank, °C/mPa.s -20/5400
  2. Pour Point -45F
  3. Delo® 400 SDE SAE 15W-40 is approved for:•
  4. API Service Categories CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 PLUS,CI-4, CH-4, SN•
  5. Cummins CES 20086•
  6. Daimler MB-Approval 228.31•
  7. Detroit Fluids Specification (DFS) 93K222•
  8. DEUTZ DQC III-18 LA•
  9. MAN M3775•
  10. Mack EOS-4.5•
  11. MTU Category 2.1•
  12. Renault RLD-3•
  13. Volvo VDS-4.5
  14. Delo 400 SDE SAE 15W-40 meets the requirements for:•
  15. ACEA E9, E11•
  16. Caterpillar ECF-3•
  17. JASO DH-2•
  18. MAN M3575

Here's the new replacement.
https://cglapps.chevron.com/msdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481952&docFormat=PDF

  1. Viscosity, Cold Crank, °C/mPa.s -20/5200
  2. Pour Point -38F
  3. Delo 400 XLE SB SAE 15W-40 is approved for:•
  4. API Service Categories CK-4, CJ-4, CI-4 PLUS,CI-4, CH-4, SN•
  5. Cummins CES 20086•
  6. Detroit Fluids Specification (DFS) 93K222•
  7. Mack EOS-4.5•
  8. Renault RLD-3•
  9. Volvo VDS-4.5
  10. Delo 400 XLE SB SAE 15W-40 is recommended for:•
  11. ACEA E11•
  12. Allison TES-439•
  13. Caterpillar ECF-3•
  14. DEUTZ DQC III-18 LA•
  15. DTFR 15C100 (previously known as MB 228.31)•
  16. Ford WSS-M2C171-F1•
  17. JASO DH-2•
  18. MAN M3775•
  19. MTU Category 2.1
They received more "Approvals" & IMO a beefier additive pack like Phosphorus to meet Ford Spec on this newest product. The Cold Crank test seems to, slightly, favor the old 15w-40 (Synblend) product mentioned below. Apparently it was already a synthetic blend before. You can see (Synblend) in the title before naming it SB.

Then there's this product you're referring to 15w-40 SDE (Synblend) that has that low -54F pour point. Product number 257004. This must of been the product you're talking about & it appears it was launched around the time of CK-4.
https://shop.sclubricants.com/pub/media/pds/chevron/Delo-400-XLE-SAE-15W-40-Technical-Datasheet.pdf
Click to expand...
No, the standard old blue bottle sde has had a fantastic pour point, fwiw, if it’s real, for a long while.

https://cglapps.chevron.com/sdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481951&docFormat=PDF

XLE also has a great pour point, and I didn’t pick up on thst being the second product in the pds above.

But look at the blue bottle delo I linked to…
 
JHZR2 said:
No, the standard old blue bottle sde has had a fantastic pour point, fwiw, if it’s real, for a long while.

https://cglapps.chevron.com/sdspds/PDSDetailPage.aspx?docDataId=481951&docFormat=PDF

XLE also has a great pour point, and I didn’t pick up on thst being the second product in the pds above.

But look at the blue bottle delo I linked to…
Click to expand...
Understood, & it did have a lower pour point. Though the Cold Crank Test, very slightly, shows the new SB product performs better. This brand would do better w/me if they'd offer rebates via Wal-Mart but that's a different subject.
 
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