Ongoing expansion for Motul CV offer
Lubricant provider Motul has reported that it continues to make inroads into the UK CV market, as it celebrates its 170th birthday this year.
“Motul understands that, when compared to passenger cars, service intervals on commercial vehicles are very high, and also, of course, towing capacity is key,” said the company.
“Truck engines have significantly more displacement and achieve maximum torque at lower engine speeds than passenger vehicles and this means they require specific engine oils that are designed for CVs and their mode of operation.
“To meet the constant demand for improved mechanical performance, Motul has developed a high quality, high-performance range of heavy-duty products which meet and exceed the standards demanded by industry OEMs and CV customers everywhere.
“It fully recognises the specific requirements of trucks and the range covers different generations of diesel engine, with products aimed directly at helping optimise running for those who operate them.
“So, whether the requirement is for Fully Synthetic, Mineral-based or for Motul’s Technosynthese technology (which combines synthetic and best mineral base oil stocks) the company offers a tailored product to meet operator’s specific needs.”
The Motul Tekma label is to be found on the brand’s premium engine oils. These are specially designed to reduce engine wear, improve fuel economy and prevent mechanical failure, says the firm, even under the most severe operating conditions.
“Naturally, Motul products meet the varying compliance needs for engines – ranging from CATII through to CATVI,” said the company.
“The range carries OE approvals from the leading manufacturers – from Renault to Mercedes, MAN to DAF, Volvo to Scania and beyond.
“Though renowned for its high quality, cost effective engine oils, Motul actually offers the industry much more. It has a complete range of fluids to cover just about every potential application – covering transmission oils, hydraulic fluids, coolants, additives and greases.”
Motul also also provides a comprehensive range of maintenance products for CV workshops and operators.
“As with all Motul products they are designed to perform to the highest industry standards, whilst protecting vehicles on a daily basis – recognising that the vehicles are complex and valuable pieces of equipment, but also ever-conscious of how important keeping downtime to an absolute minimum is to all commercial vehicle owners and operators,” the firm added.
It recently launched BioClean – a sustainable alternative to standard cold cleaning technology, which it says is already finding favour at workshops across the country. “Traditional parts cleaning systems employ fluids that pose a danger to people with unpleasant odour-producing solvents, which are a hazard to the environment, and bring risk of fire and damage to surfaces,” said Motul.
“They also require high energy consumption, and incur expensive downstream disposal costs, together with all of the hassle of managing the waste they produce.
“BioClean, at a stroke, overcomes all of the issues of traditional cold cleaning, in a self-contained efficient, environmentally-friendly system that consists of a wash stand and a heated water-based cleaning fluid that gets its cleaning power from natural bio-microorganisms.
“And, performance-wise, its cleaning effect in removing and decomposing mineral oils, greases, waxes, machining oils and other impurities – on surfaces ranging from steel through aluminium, plastics and even painted surfaces – is at least as good as traditional cold cleaning.
“In addition, BioClean retains its performance level over a much longer period of time and this means that it is extremely cost-effective, as it only requires occasional replenishment.”
Motul now has a dedicated technical resource in the UK, which is available to all factor, workshop and end-users who sell or use the products. For workshops, it also produces a comprehensive range of metalworking fluids.
Motorsport and competition continue to provide the proving ground for new products, says the firm.
“Motul uses motorsport as a development hub and this technology – tested on race tracks around the world or, in the case of trucks, also in the deserts of the Dakar Rally – filters down to Motul’s everyday motoring product ranges.”
