How Shell Diesel Extra Works
Heavy duty vehicles are the everyday athletes of today's industry.
Like their human counterparts, they're finely tuned and tested to the limit in all conditions and all parts
of the world.
As with human athletes, your heavy duty vehicles need to be able to perform at their best.....because
the fitness of your business is directly related to the fitness of your fleet.
However, human beings and vehicles can get less efficient with time.
A less efficient vehicle costs more to run, uses more fuel, and produces more CO2 emissions and black
smoke.
So if there were a way of keeping your heavy duty vehicles fitter for longer, would it not save your
business money?
A fantasy?
No. It's a reality.
Shell Diesel Extra can help you save fuel by up to 3%.
It's designed to help maintain the optimum performance of your vehicles - new or older - over their
lifetime to help your vehicles emit less CO2 and black smoke, to protect their engines from corrosion.
What can the benefits be for you?
Less vehicle maintenance, less vehicle downtime, and overall, lower fleet operating costs.
Shell Diesel Extra is the result of years of research, development and testing by Shell Scientists.
So how does it work?
Over time, deposits can build up on the nozzles of injectors in heavy duty diesel engines.
This can adversely affect the spray pattern and the combustion process itself, meaning engines can lose
efficiency.
Over time, the engine needs to use more fuel to do the same amount of work.
Shell Diesel Extra has been specially formulated to prevent the buildup of deposits and keep the fuel
system clean in order to burn fuel more efficiently, and help reduce fuel consumption.
Just as Dutch fleet operator Rijk Logistics has discovered.
Partas Transportation, a major bus operator in the Philippines, has a similar experience.
We have noticed savings between 2.5% through 5% on our fuel and other related maintenance costs.
Fuel system corrosion is another issue that can be faced by heavy duty diesel fleet operators.
Under the right conditions, for example, extreme operating environments, corrosion can begin to take
place which can damage critical fuel system components.
Shell Diesel Extra is specifically formulated with a powerful corrosion inhibitor designed to protect
against the onset of corrosion.
Let's think about vehicle CO2 emissions.
If we can help a transport fleet reduce its fuel consumption which is what Shell Diesel Extra is designed
to do, then we can also help reduce vehicle CO2 emissions.
And as Partas found out, for some engines, EURO 2 and 3 specifically, improved combustion can mean
reduced black smoke emissions, too.
Our buses don't have the smoke belching problem anymore.
In the race, you need to be fit to be able to win.
In today's competitive environment, efficiency is vital as Daimler's Record Run 2011 illustrated with the
help of Shell Diesel Extra.
The new Actros Euro 5 and 6 trucks powered with Shell Diesel Extra and Shell Rimula R6LME engine oil,
achieved fuel savings of 7.6% and 4.5% compared to the established Actros Euro 5.
Well, it certainly looks like those trucks are pretty fit.
Improve the fitness of your fleet, and you can help improve the performance of your business.
Shell Diesel Extra is designed to help...
Save fuel by up to 3%.
Reduce fall off in engine performance.
Prevent fuel system corrosion.
Lower CO2 emission and black smoke.
If it can work for me,
it will also work for you.