Hopkins Oil went into the market place in serach of the very best high end motor oils, hydraulic oils and greases. In order to compete for National contracts, the major oils make a good product that just meets the manufacturers specifications.

15W-40 Motor Oils

With CAM2, Hopkins Oil is able to offer our customes the very best products on the makret at an affordable price. No one offers a high quality product at prices competive with regular oils.

Our CAM2 15W*-40 is a 12 TBN (Total Base Number) all Calcium detergent. Most major oils are only 9 or 10 TBN. A diesel engine is primarily an acid making mcahine. The detergent package buffered the engine agaqinst this acid. The higher the TBN, the better.

If one were to look at most major oils, you would find a mixture of Calcium and Magnsium in the detergent package. Magnesium based detergents are cheaper, but do not lubricate as high up in the compression chamber. We went further and added a zero sheer polymer that keeps the motor at 40 at high temperatures, where most oils become thinner. We buy this polymer from Shell, the same product that makes Rotella such a good motor oil (but still lower TBN, not all Calcium).

CAM2 15W-40 L

The only product better than our 15W-40 is our CAM2 15W-40 with Lubricity or L product. This additive makes 15W-40L a semi-synthetic motor oil . When one compares the friction coeficients of Mobil 1 15W-40 and CAM2 15w-40, there is only minimal difference. This L product reduces engine wear and increases fuel mileage at least 3% on road vehicles. This more than pays for the motor oils. One obtains the benefits of a full synthetic at 1/3 the price. Needless to say, CAM2 15W-40 with Lubricity is the only oil that Hopkins Oil Co uses in our Fuel Depot truck fleet.

*The W in motor oil ratings does not stand for Weight but for Winter, or the cold crankding weight of the oil.

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HYDRACAT

Our Hydracat product is formulated for all hydraulic systems but particularly for CAT equipment. Hydracat contains the high levels of zinc that CAT requires and avoids using the more expensive motor oils to achieve those Zinc levels. Hydracat has the added benefit that, in the presence of water, it does not form an emulsion as the motor oils would, and the water can be decanted off from the bottom of the tank. Hydracat meets all of CAT's warranty requirements.