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Delo

®

Testimonial:

HJ Linde & Sons

Achieves 16,000+ hours of engine durability in a New Holland Tractor

with Caltex Delo

®

400.

Pistons

Iveco diesel engine pistons show

minimal deposit formation on piston

lands and ring grooves, allowing

for excellent oil consumption

control.

Camshafts

There is no visible abrasion or

micro-pitting wear on the camshaft

or lobes. The camshaft could be

reused by the customer due to

excellent wear protection provided

by Delo

®

400.

Delo/5601/SAGRAIN

“The tractors are good but it’s the oil helping us get the longer engine

life. I can’t count on the rain, but I can count on Delo

®

400. Delo

®

helps

my tractors go further,” says Linde.

To learn how Delo’s family of products can help you go further, visit

CaltexDelo.com

.

John Green

Hansie Linde

Boy Du Preez

HJ Linde & Sons operates a large potato farm located outside of Vryburg, South Africa. They have

been in the farming business since 1856 and used Delo

®

400 heavy-duty engine oil in their tractors

for over 30 years. In 2001, Hansie Linde, owner of HJ Linde & Sons, purchased a New Holland 8066

tractor with an Iveco 4045 diesel engine and started it brand new running on Delo

®

400 Multigrade

SAE 15W-40 engine oil.

“Having inspected the critical components of this diesel engine, we

can state with confidence that the combination of the maintenance

practices of HJ Linde & Sons and the performance of Caltex Delo

®

400

Multigrade SAE 15W-40 has enabled the customer to maximise engine

durability and reliability,” says Green.

“This camshaft is very smooth with no scrapes, gouges, or abrasive

wear. Sometimes we have engines with 6,000-7,000 hours with a lot

more wear, scrapes and damage. Additionally, the balancer in the

bottom half of the engine most of the time will show damage or broken

teeth. However, these gears look particularly good with no visible wear

or broken teeth at all. It all looks in very good shape,” says Nel.

One of the technicians from Suidwes Co-op, E. Nel, was also able to

provide comment on the engine condition based on his wide experience

in tearing down these types of engines for other customers.

After 16,000 hours of operation running 500ppm sulphur diesel fuel at 250-hour oil drains with

no major issues, Hansie, the Local OE Dealer, and the Caltex team wanted to inspect the engine

performance, since it had achieved 6,000 - 8,000 more hours than the engine would typically last

before a rebuild is required.

“I have been farming now 41 years, here. My dad has been farming before me for 50-something

years. His dad was farming here. They started in 1856. I’ve had about 25 New Holland tractors and

some of them are over 30 years old. For 3 generations we count on Caltex and Delo

®

400 to protect

our tractors,” says Hansie Linde, Owner HJ Linde & Sons.

“It is the standard to overhaul an Iveco engine between 8,000 and

10,000 hours on a New Holland. When we heard of a tractor that

was still running after 16,000 hours, we were very surprised and

very proud,” says Boy du Preez, Suidwes Co-op’s Technical

Service Manager.

“This really reinforces for

the South African farming

community that investing

in premium Delo

®

400 engine oil can

provide a total cost of operation

savings beyond the differences in

price with lower quality oils. This

farmer was able to almost double

his engine life to 16,000 hours,

saving him R50,000 in additional

rebuild costs over the life of the

equipment. This more than offsets

any price differences between

Caltex Delo

®

400 and lower quality

oils,” says J.P. Potgieter, Technical

Manager, Star Lubricant Distributors.