The Power Behind Premium Blue™ Expanding Global

The Power Behind Premium Blue™
What happens when global leaders in engine design and premium lubricants team up? They create engine oils with
technology, quality and performance that you can depend on for your heavy duty vehicles. They deliver products that
meet today’s stringent standards and perform better than the competition. They design formulas that you can count
on to meet the demands of today’s constantly changing transportation environment. It’s all part of the power behind
Premium Blue.
Expanding Global Relationship
A marketing and technical alliance was signed in 1995 in
principle to market heavy-duty lubricants in North America,
has now grown rapidly over the years and emerged to form
a strong and global partnership between two of the best
known companies in their respective fields: Valvoline and
Cummins.
Today, Valvoline and Cummins have not only regional marketing
alliances but also joint ventures in emerging markets of INDIA,
CHINA, BRAZIL, and ARGENTINA. This world wide cooperation
has combined engine, lubricant, and filtration technology to
deliver products and services that reduce Total Cost of
Ownership and achieve our shared goal of “Customer for Life”.
Tested Technology
By sharing technology and product development at every
level with over hundreds of thousands of hours and millions
of miles of engine laboratory and real world testing, Valvoline
and Cummins have taken engine lubrication to a whole new
level with the development of Valvoline Premium Blue. The
product has been tested not only in Cummins engines but
also on other heavy-duty diesel engines in on-off highway
environments and stationary engines.
Protect Your Engine Every Time
Cummins engines are designed and built using genuine parts.
For optimal performance and long engine life, always use
Valvoline Premium Blue™, specially formulated for use in Cummins engines which exclusively carries a Cummins extended
drain approval* in the U.S.A.
* For more details on how to to achieve lower operating cost and extended drain intervals
through use of Fleetguard Filters and Valvoline Premium Blue, please contact you nearest
Cummins Distributor.
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The power behind
Premium Blue
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What Makes Premium Blue Different?
Premium Blue is designed with dedication to quality and innovation shared by both Cummins and Valvoline. It is designed to meet the needs
of advanced diesel engines and perform at a level only achieved through the joint development by Cummins and Valvoline. And as a result of
meeting their stringent requirements, Premium Blue is the ONLY diesel engine oil endorsed by Cummins.
Valvoline is the “owner/operator” of an advanced engine and fleet testing facility. The facility
spans half of a city block with a 52,000 square foot mechanical testing laboratory. No other
lubricant manufacturer has the overall on-demand testing capabilities with focused employees
dedicated to making Premium Blue the best conventional lubricant available.
But Premium Blue is not just tested in R&D and engine lab tests, but out on the road in exclusive
fleet relationships providing real world performance “fine-tuning”. Premium Blue is field proven
for extended drains.
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Premium Blue,™ a Family of Premium Products
Today, Valvoline offers the Premium Blue brand as finest conventional, re-refined, semi-synthetic and full synthetic base oil blended products,
in 15W-40, 10W-30 and 5W-40 SAE viscosity grades. Cummins endorsed… exclusive oil drain interval extension.
Premium Blue 15W-40
Premium Blue is designed to provide advanced lubricant performance in diesel engines operating under a
variety of service conditions. The advanced technology can also help optimize extended service intervals
in appropriate applications.
• P remium Blue is the only diesel engine oil endorsed by Cummins meeting CJ-4 specifications/Cummins
Engineering Standard (CES) 20081
• Premium Blue holds Cummins Exclusive Extended Drain recommendation for CJ-4
• Normal Duty Service of 30,000 miles
• Light Duty Service of 40,000 miles
Additional Benefits of Premium Blue API CJ-4
• Designed for Exhaust Aftertreatment and Ultra-low Sulfur Diesel (15 ppm Sulfur).
• Reduces the amount of ash that is created during the combustion process
• B
alanced chemistry provides maximum soot dispercency and handling. Special dispersants provide
superior performance and maximum engine protection
• Oxidation Control for maximum corrosion protection
• Superior Valve-train Wear Protection
• Complete backward compatibility with previous performance categories for 4 stroke diesel engines
• Enhanced Low Temperature Pumpability additives to ensure the oil flows quickly, even in cold conditions
• Lowest levels of oil consumption in properly maintained engines
Premium Blue Semi-Synthetic 10W-30
Valvoline’s Premium Blue 10W-30 Engine Oil is a blend of premium conventional and synthetic base oils.
designed to provide advanced lubricant performance in modern,
emissions treatment equipped diesel engines, including all types of Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), Diesel
Particulate Filters (DPF), and other modern diesel engine technology. When used in conjunction with UltraLow Diesel Sulfur fuel, this product technology offers a long-life performance and maintains the exclusive
Cummins extended drain approval.
• Cummins approved for 5,000-mile oil drain extension, under normal and light duty
• Superior shear stability and viscosity control
• Improved fuel economy over conventional SAE 15W-40 engine oils.
• Higher TBN retention for long-life performance, while meeting all chemical limits.
Premium Blue Extreme 5W-40
Valvoline’s Premium Blue Extreme is a high-performance synthetic motor oil formulated
to deliver improved cold starting and performance under extreme temperature conditions.
Controlled SAE J1321 tests and real-world operating conditions have proven better fuel
economy in commercial fleet operations over conventional oils.
• Strong Performance Under Extreme Conditions
• Proven Fuel Economy Gains Vs. Conventional Oils
• Proprietary Additive Package Optimizes Performance On Engines Equipped With DPF
Control Systems
• P remium Blue Extreme holds Cummins Exclusive Extended Drain recommendation for 2013
- Normal Duty Service of 35,000 miles
- Light Duty Service of 45,000 miles
NextGen Premium Blue 15W-40
NextGen Premium Blue provides the same excellent performance as conventional Premium
Blue. Proprietary formulations start with high quality API Category Group II re-refined
baseoils. Valvoline’s NextGen is a revolutionary, environmentally responsible engine oil.
It is 50% recycled oil and 100% Valvoline protection. NextGen Premium Blue meets or
exceeds all the same performance attributes as conventional Premium Blue 15W-40.
It requires less energy and resources to make.
“Probably a maintenance managers’ worst nightmare is switching
products: Valvoline made it seem effortless for us. They always stayed in
contact and handled any issue that we ever had. Valvoline always came
through for us.”
– John Lane,
Director of fleet maintenance
for Wilson Trucking.
Cummins Inc. support for NextGen Premium Blue is uncompromising. Shawn Whitacre, Director-Fluids Engineering,
Cummins Inc., “…re-refined lubricating oils can be used in Cummins engines, if they have an API license signifying
they have been tested and meet the minimum standards for that quality level. It is important to be certain these oils
are actually re-refined and not just reclaimed. Re-refined oils have been treated to remove additives and wear debris,
distilled, and refortified with additives.”