Caltex Lubricants East Africa Delo

Caltex Kenya & East Africa - Delo® lubricants for heavy duty vehicles

Delo offers different variants of lubricants crafted to address your engine’s shelf life, performance and durability. When it comes to a reliable engine oil, you can anticipate top-tier quality in terms of fuel efficiency, performance, and dependability with Delo.

What is ISOSYN Technology?

ISOSYN® Technology is how Caltex® formulates its top tier Caltex® Delo® products. It’s the combination of our premium base oils and high performance additives with Chevron’s formulation expertise that results in the provision of superb diesel engine parts protection. ISOSYN Technology is Delo’s Differentiator ISOSYN Technology represents decades of experience in diesel engine parts protection, and it is how we formulate our top-tier Delo® products.
Caltex Delo engine oil Kenya & East Africa

Products

Delo Gold Ultra 15W-40

High performance heavy duty diesel engine lubricant

Delo® Gold Ultra is a high performance, multigrade, heavy-duty diesel engine oil specifically designed to lubricate a wide range of engines

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Delo Silver Multigrade 15W-40

High performance heavy duty diesel engine lubricant

Delo Silver Multigrade are heavy-duty diesel engine oils designed to lubricate engines requiring API CF-4, CF or SG performance lubricants.

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Delo FleetPro 15W-40

Heavy-Duty Diesel Engine Oil

Heavy-duty diesel engine oil specifically formulated to meet API CH-4. Robust performance designed for use in diesel engines

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Delo XLD Multigrade 10W-40

High Performance Multigrade Diesel Engine Lubricant

Synthetic-blend, high performance diesel engine oil designed to meet current ACEA reguirements and more challenging OEM specifications for Euro IV and V compliant diesel vehicles not fitted with diesel particulate filters.

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Delo Silver SAE 50

Lubricating Oil

Delo Silver monograde are heavy-duty diesel engine oils designed to lubricate engines requiring API CF or SF performance lubricants.

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Delo Silver SAE 40

Lubricating Oil

Delo Silver monograde are heavy-duty diesel engine oils designed to lubricate engines requiring API CF or SF performance lubricants.

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Delo 6300 SAE 40

Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Oil

Heavy duty diesel engine oil specifically formulated to meet API CH-4/ SJ. Proven performance designed for use in diesel engines

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Delo 400 MGX SAE 15W40

Premium Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Oil

Heavy duty engine oil specifically formulated for on-highway and off-highway applications using either High Sulfur or Low Sulfur Diesel

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Delo XLI Corrosion Inhibitor

Premium Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Oil

Concentrate is a water based, low toxicity, environmentally friendly, nitrite free carboxylate inhibitor.

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Delo Starplex EP 2

High performance multipurpose automotive and industrial EP grease

Delo Starplex® EP is a premium, multipurpose automotive and industrial EP grease containing an ISO 220 mineral base oil, a lithium complex thickener

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Delo Starplex EP 3

High performance multipurpose automotive and industrial EP grease

Delo Starplex® EP is a premium, multipurpose automotive and industrial EP grease containing an ISO 220 mineral base oil, a lithium complex thickener

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  • 1936

    • Caltex® founded as a joint venture of Standard Oil of California.
    • Marketed first compounded diesel engine oil (RPM Diesel Engine Lubricating Oil) making high-speed diesel engines feasible.
  • 1941

    First in the world to develop compound diesel engine oil that could be used in any diesel engine adopted by the US Navy. Delo® becomes a registered trademark.

  • 1953

    First in the world to develop a successful multi-grade engine oil.

  • 1958

    First in the world to develop an ashless detergent 2-cycle diesel engine oil.

  • 1971

    First grease capable of extending lubrication intervals of heavy-duty equipment to 20,000 miles.

  • 1973

    First borate base “ultra” extreme pressure gear lubricant for industrial and automotive applications.

  • 1980

    First low-wear tractor hydraulic fluid with satisfactory wet brake performance in Ford/Massey/Fergus on bronze brakes and John Deere paper composite brakes.

  • 1989

    First low-wear tractor hydraulic fluid with satisfactory wet brake performance in Ford/Massey/Fergus on bronze brakes and John Deere paper composite brakes.

  • 1993

    Launch of Delo® Gear ESI & Delo® Trans ESI – first extended drain non-synthetic axle and transmission oils.

  • 1995

    Delo® ELC technology is the first extended life coolant technology launched and approved as factory fill at Caterpillar under Cat EC-1 specification.

  • 1996

    Documents the first million-mile, no overhaul engine life for the three major U.S. engine manufacturers and is first to meet the performance levels of PC-7 (CH-4).

  • 2001

    Recognized for outstanding performance, Chevron® Delo® products have been honored by Lubricant Lubricants World magazine in 1999, 2000 and 2001 because these products “are poised to contribute greatly to the achievement and enrichment of the lubricants industry”

  • 2003

    Delo® products meet the API CI-4 Plus standard before official licensing.

  • 2006

    Delo’s Extended Life Coolant formulation is the first to deliver 750,000 miles of service life with no Extender required, and also reached first 1,000,000 mile life in heavy duty trucks with the addition of an extender.

  • 2011

    Chevron® launches Delo® Grease ESI which provides extended service protection to 30,000 miles.

  • 2013

    Chevron® receives SAE research award for “Extending the Boundaries of Diesel Particulate Filter Maintenance with Ultra-Low Ash – Zero Phosphorus Oil.”

  • 2014

    Launched Delo® 400 MGX SAE 15W-40 – the first low emission oil (API CJ-4) formulated to protect diesel engines using up to 2000ppm diesel fuel Sulphur levels.

  • 2016

    Delo® Grease ESI is first grease to document 50,000 mile re-greasing intervals on over the road trucks for wheel bearings, chassis, U-Joints and fifth wheels.

    Delo® 400 XLE SAE 15W-40 is the first North American SAE 15W-40 diesel engine oil to achieve both API CK-4 and European ACEA E6 long oil drain performance; and it also achieved the first Daimler MB228.51 approval at this viscosity grade in North America.

    Delo® 400 LE Synthetic SAE 5W-30 becomes first SAE 5W-30 diesel engine oil to achieve 100,000 mile oil drain interval with NO oil filter change in Detroit Diesel DD15 diesel engines.

  • 2017

    Chevron® Delo® 400 (API CK-4 and API FA-4 products) is the first product line to be fully formulated using new low phosphorus advanced additive chemistry in the industry.

  • 2019

    Introduction of Delo® 600 ADF with Ultra Low Ash HDMO and OMNIMAX technology.