High-speed engine
Castrol’s range of oils for high-speed engines, including Castrol HLX and Castrol Vecton, gives owners and operators reliable and efficient performance to reduce unplanned downtime.
High-speed engines
High-speed operators, such as fishing fleets and trawlers, demand confidence in their engine performance to keep their business moving and customers happy. Castrol’s range of oils for high-speed engines are proven to deliver optimum protection even in the harshest conditions.
Delivering reliability for high-speed engines
With the advances of technology in modern diesel engines and ever tighter emission legislations, the role of engine oil has become extremely important. In addition, efficiency and reliability are still key drivers for the owners and operators of all commercial vehicles. Every day you need to make sure that your vehicle performs well and no unexpected failure occurs. Minimizing unscheduled downtime is key to keeping your business running smoothly and delivering on your promise. In response to those needs, Castrol has engineered a product range of advanced diesel engine oils that can reduce frictional resistance and protect against corrosion and wear, assist in sealing, contribute to cooling the engine, and facilitate the suspension of harmful combustion by-products.
Castrol HLX: High Performance when it matters
Castrol HLX is a Super High Performance Diesel (SHPD) engine oil, specially formulated to meet the toughest marine lubricant industry specifications, including approval as a ‘Type 2’ MTU monograde lubricant. This provides extended drain capability that can double drain intervals when compared to standard marine oils. Castrol HLX is available in both SAE 30 and 40 viscosity grades.
- Premium additive technology blended with high quality base oils.
- Excellent high temperature performance.
- High resistance to bore polishing.
- ‘Type 2’ MTU monograde lubricant approval.
- High detergency and excellent thermal and oxidative stability required to lubricate today’s most severe diesel engine applications.
- Extended oil drain intervals compared to other API CF oils.
Optimize your high-speed engine with labcheck
Labcheck is Castrol’s world-renowned Used Oil Analysis (UOA) condition monitoring programme. Castrol’s Technical team offers expert data analysis and personalized consultancy to help you optimize engine performance. By using UOA to monitor the condition of your lubricants, and the assets they protect, you get early visibility to prevent damage and costly failures. This helps to reduce unplanned maintenance costs, lower oil usage, and provide all-important peace of mind.