77 Lubricants Motor Oil SL 10W-40

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Semi-synthetic 10W-40 rated API SN and ACEA A3/B3 for petrol and diesel cars and vans without a particulate filter.

Classification
Product line 77 Lubricants Motor Oil SL 3 oils
SAE viscosity 10W-40What SAE means
Base oil semi-synthetic
Intended use passenger cars
API class What API means
ACEA class What ACEA means
Approvals
Meets the requirements of What an approval means
Typical properties
Viscosity at 40 °C 88.2 mm²/s
Viscosity at 100 °C 13.9 mm²/s
Viscosity index 161
HTHS viscosity 3.9 mPa·s
Pour point -36 °C
Flash point >201 °C
Base number (TBN) 9.5 mg KOH/g
Sulphated ash 1.1 %
Density 855 kg/m³

The car maker has not officially approved the entries in the “Meets the requirements of” row.

Description

77 Lubricants Motor Oil SL 10W-40 is a semi-synthetic engine oil for cars and vans. It is intended for petrol and diesel engines, both naturally aspirated and turbocharged.

The oil is rated API SN and ACEA A3/B3. The data sheet lists no official approvals but claims that it meets MB 229.1, VW 501.01 and VW 505.00.

Typical figures: kinematic viscosity 13.9 mm²/s at 100 °C, viscosity index 161, HTHS viscosity 3.9 mPa·s, pour point -36 °C, sulphated ash 1.1 %.

It is not intended for diesel engines fitted with a particulate filter.

Application

Cars and vans with petrol and diesel engines, turbocharged or not, that have no particulate filter.

Worth knowing

The letters SL in the line’s name do not denote this oil’s class: the data sheet says API SN, while API SL belongs to Motor Oil SL/CF 10W-40, whose name is almost the same. The figures of the two are close: 13.9 and 14.2 mm²/s at 100 °C, HTHS 3.9 mPa·s in both. The codes differ more: of the two, only this oil has ACEA A3/B3, MB 229.1, VW 501.01 and VW 505.00, while diesel API CF appears only in SL/CF.

The data sheet gives the whole list on a single “exceeds” line, that is, as a claim by 77 Lubricants itself. The MB 229.1 number describes oils for Mercedes-Benz cars with engines built from 1998 to 2002; such oils are not recommended for the later M271, M275, OM646, OM647 and OM648. More on this in the article on the MB 229.1 approval. If your manual names API SP, ACEA A3/B4 or MB 229.3, the match in the same viscosity is Motor Oil Synthetic 10W-40 with MB 229.3 approval, though MB 229.1 is not in its entry.

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