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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.
Camshaft
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/5484/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 Preex
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 low 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.