The Heavy-Duty Oil Standard Is Changing In January, What It Means For Your Fleet, Your Costs, And Your Equipment

CDL & Trucking News · · Source: FreightWaves · By Adam Wingfield · 10 min read at the source

(Photo: The research floor at the Shell Technology Center Houston, one of the company’s global lubricant technology hubs behind the new CL-4 and FB-4 oils arriving in January. Adam L. Wingfield, FrieghtWaves)
(Photo: The research floor at the Shell Technology Center Houston, one of the company’s global lubricant technology hubs behind the new CL-4 and FB-4 oils arriving in January. Adam L. Wingfield, FrieghtWaves)

If your trucks have been running the same heavy-duty diesel engine oil since roughly 2017, whether you manage a hundred-truck fleet, run a small operation of a few units, or own the one truck you drive yourself, that oil is about to be replaced by something new, because the American Petroleum Institute is rolling out […]

Reported by Adam Wingfield for FreightWaves (Fleet and Maintenance), originally published October 15, 2026.

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Topics: Fleet and Maintenance, Playbook: Equipment, Maintenance & Tech

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