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Foodliner/Quest Liner's Road to Success
How Optimizing the Lubricant Program has assisted
Foodliner / Quest Liner with improving productivity
and reducing the total cost of operation.
The Foodliner/Quest Liner and CITGO
Lubricants business partnership began
11 years ago with the objective of
optimizing lubricant service intervals.
At that time, Foodliner/Quest Liner
was operating approximately 800
power units with Cummins, Mack and
Detroit Diesel engines. Today, they
operate over 1,200 power units that
are primarily Detroit Diesel 13 liter
engines. At the outset of implementing
the lubricant program, their earlier
goal was to safely go from 24,000 mile
oil changes to 48,000-mile oil changes,
while protecting engine durability and
not incur increased maintenance costs
with engine repairs. Kyle Neumann,
the Maintenance Director, knows that
maintaining the engine protection and
safeguarding engine durability are
the primary objective that must be
achieved without compromise.
To accomplish this, Neumann elected
to use CITGARD 700 Synthetic Blend

heavy-duty engine oil SAE 15W-40
combined with the CITGO LubeAlert
Oil Analysis program. Neumann set up
his maintenance schedules to take a
sample at 24,000 miles, or what is the
dry maintenance, and a follow-up oil
sample at the 48,000 mile oil change.
This would help to build a database that
would ensure that both the oil condition
and the engine wear protection was
trending in a manner that clearly
showed the level of engine protection
needed to ensure engine durability.
Thinking back to that first
year of initiating the program,
Neumann reported, "The benefit of
implementing this program resulted in
a $250,000 savings the first year right
out of the gate!"
In 2013, Neumann elected to convert
the fleet to CITGARD 700 Synthetic
Blend SAE 10W-30 to gain both
additional fuel savings and maintain
the 48,000-mile oil change intervals.

Based on positive oil condition trends
from oil samples taken at 24,000 mile
intervals, the program was upgraded
to 72,000 mile oil changes. Neumann
will continue to evaluate the engine
change interval capability beyond the
72,000 miles in an effort to optimize oil
change intervals and reduce the total
cost of the operation.
The continued success of the
lubricant program to the present
day has resulted in Neumann taking
advantage of yet another opportunity
by changing his Detroit Diesel fleet to
CITGARD API FA-4 10W-30 engine oil,
which further optimizes fuel efficiency
while maintaining the 72,000-mile oil
change intervals.

Kyle Neumann and Foodliner/Quest
Liner represent a fleet that has, and
continues to operate, a cutting-edge
maintenance program. Neumann
has embraced CITGARD 700 highperformance lubricant technologies
and integrated oil analysis into
their state-of-the-art maintenance
practices. He recommends that fleets
explore the potential that exists today
with CITGO lubricant technology like
CITGARD 700 and Lube Alert, which
can provide real cost savings and
contribute to reducing the total cost of
fleet operations.

About Foodliner/
Quest Liner

Foodliner and Quest Liner are part
of McCoy Group, Inc.  McCoy Group
was founded in 1958 by Robert McCoy
in Shullsburg, Wisconsin. Today, the
company is still family owned and
operated with a "customer first"
philosophy. Corporate offices are
located in Dubuque, Iowa.
Foodliner is the largest Bulk Food
Grade carrier in the country and
a Transport Topic Top 100 carrier.
Their customized transportation
system utilizes the latest technology
and provides individualized service
throughout North America. They have
an outstanding on time performance
record and have earned the reputation
for being a professional organization
with a commitment to operating
safely. Foodliner offers exciting careers
in the transportation industry and
opportunities for career growth.
Quest Liner targets the chemical and
biofuels markets, specializing in total
transportation management. Quest
Liner has received numerous carrier
awards, and has been named to the
Transport Topics Top 100 since 2014.

About CITGO Lubricants
CITGO Lubricants offers a broad
spectrum of performance-focused
products that exceed industry
standards and are available
through local, regional and national
distributors and retailers. Strategically
located manufacturing facilities and
a robust distribution network ensure
products are readily available and
delivered promptly.
To learn more about becoming
a CITGO distributor, feel free to
contact us at lubescs@citgo.com. For
questions about our products, contact
our technical experts on our product
answer line at 1-800-248-4684.
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