Wärtsilä approved Q8 Mahler G5 SAE 40 gas engine oil for the use in several Wärtsilä engine types, with natural gas as main fuel. The approval is the result of an 8.411-hour validation test at the Rofeica Energia power plant located in Spain.

Q8Oils and INNIO Jenbacher have today launched Jenbacher S Oil 40 gas engine oil , an innovative new lubricant for engines that operate on non-natural gas (including, but not limited to biogas, sewage gas and landfill gas).

Q8 Mahler gas engine oil shows excellent condition monitoring results in Caterpillar 3500 engines. That is the conclusion of the analysis of more than 1.000 Q8 Mahler samples in the QRAS database.

Q8Oils has signed a long-term global partnership agreement with INNIO Jenbacher to supply lubricants for all Jenbacher gas engines that operate on non-natural gas, including biogas, sewage gas and landfill gas.

The energy market is high-demanding when it comes to the lubrication of gas engines. The performance of the oil is of the utmost importance for gas engine owners. Switching to a new oil is not common because operators fear the financial risks of an inferior oil performance. Yet relying on a professional performance evaluation test, many existing gas engines could benefit from the added value of new lubricants.

Until the early 1980s there was no requirement for a group of lubricating oils specifically formulated for gas engines, despite the first commercially viable gas engine having been developed and sold in 1860. A lot has changed since then, and with the Q8 Mahler range, Q8Oils is ready for the future.

Gas engines are subjected to extreme operating conditions, speeding up the deposit formation process in the oil and thus posing high engine wear risks. The Q8 Mahler is especially developed to perform in these harsh circumstances.

Nitration is an undesirable degradation of engine oil that occurs in a reduced oxygen environment. It causes deposit forming and can eventually result in reduced engine performance and damaged engine parts. Discover how to detect, avoid and solve nitration in your gas engine.