Shell's engine teardown strategy

    May 15, 2014
    Shell Lubricants believes only extensive field tests of its engine oils in real-world truck opertaions deliver true validation for its products. And part of that 'validation' process includes tearing down (and then rebuilding) the engines of customer trucks involved in field trials. Shell brought journalists along to examine one of its engine teardown/rebuild efforts, conducted with the help of Clarke Power Services located outside Greensboro, N.C.

    Shell Lubricants believes only extensive field tests of its engine oils in real-world truck opertaions deliver true validation for its products. And part of that 'validation' process includes tearing down (and then rebuilding) the engines of customer trucks involved in field trials. Shell brought journalists along to examine one of its engine teardown/rebuild efforts, conducted with the help of Clarke Power Services located outside Greensboro, N.C.

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    Sean Kilcarr is a former longtime FleetOwner senior editor who wrote for the publication from 2000 to 2018. He served as editor-in-chief from 2017 to 2018.

     

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