Valvoline launches all-new Premium Blue™ 8600
One premium HD diesel oil to rule them all.
Key Points
- Compatible with low emission aftertreatment systems
- SCR/ Adblue system-compatible
- EGR-compatible
- DPF-compatible
- Offers improved TBN retention
Valvoline has introduced Premium Blue™ 8600 15W-40, a Heavy Duty diesel engine oil recommended and endorsed globally by Cummins and covering all Cummins’ On- and Off-Highway diesel platforms.
The 2025 Premium Blue™ 8600 is based on the latest API CK-4 chemistry and has been optimised to offer a wide range of the benefits of the Premium Blue 8600ES including low emission-compatible and improved durability.
It meets Euro 6 and backward to Euro 1 on-highway legislation and Stage V and Tier IV off-highway legislation. It is backward-compatible for previous categories to include the popular Stage III, IV and Tier III.
Premium Blue™ 8600 offers strong performance in diesel-fuelled engines. It provides enhanced protection against catalyst poisoning, particulate filter blocking, oil oxidation, engine wear, piston deposits, viscosity loss due to shear, degradation of low and high temperature properties, and soot-related viscosity increase.
Alastair Weston, Technical Applications Manager Europe for Valvoline, said: “Working closely with Cummins, we carried out extensive research into the power source of choice in Europe for the many applications in operation."
“For the ultra-low emission zone needs (ULEZ) of the big towns and cities of the continent, we have seen a dramatic change in the market from operating or choosing multi-fuel agnostic engines over to 100% battery electric vehicles.
“Consequently, there is a reduced need for a multi-fuel engine oil like the Premium Blue One Solution Gen 2, although it will remain on sale for the customers who prefer this strategy.”
The Premium Blue One Solution Gen 2 was launched to great fanfare as the world’s first engine oil that could lubricate CNG (compressed natural gas) engines like the Cummins L9G as well as being suitable and formulated for use in the latest low emission diesel engines such as the Euro 6 and Stage V tier IV engines.
Premium Blue™ 8600 has been designed to provide advanced lubricant performance in modern, emission-equipped Cummins and other diesel engines.
This formulation is based on the latest API CK-4 engine oil classification and meets and exceeds the Cummins CES 20086 engine oil standard too. It also carries the latest ACEA E119 European classifications.
Premium Blue™ 8600 has been formulated in a way that can be mixed with any of the previous Premium Blue™ diesel products, including Premium Blue™ 7800 or Premium Blue™ 8100. This new product has been designed to be an upgrade over and above Premium Blue™ 7800 and Premium Blue™ 8100.
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